Dutch general election, 1986

Dutch general election, 1986

1982 ← May 21, 1986 → 1989

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Ruud Lubbers Joop den Uyl Ed Nijpels Party CDA PvdA VVD Leader since 1982 1966 1982 Last election 45 seats, 29,3% 47 seats, 30,4% 36 seats, 23,1% Seats won 54 52 27 Seat change +9 +5 -9 Popular vote 3.170.081 3.052.268 1.595.377 Percentage 34,6% 33,3% 17,4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Hans van Mierlo Bas van der Vlies Ria Beckers Party D66 SGP PPR Leader since 1986 1986 1977 Last election 6 seats, 4,3% 3 seats, 1,8% 2 seats, 1,6% Seats won 9 3 2 Seat change +3 0 0 Popular vote 561.865 159.897 115.009 Percentage 6,1% 1,8% 1,3%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Andrée van Es Gert Schutte Meindert Leerling Party PSP GPV RPF Leader since 1985 1981 1980 Last election 3 seats, 2,3% 1 seats, 0,8% 2 seats, 1,5% Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change -2 0 -1 Popular vote 110.331 88.006 83.269 Percentage 1,2% 1,0% 0,9%

Seats

Prime Minister before election Ruud Lubbers CDA Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers CDA

The General Election to the House of Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands was held in the Netherlands on May 21, 1986.

National summary

Party	Lijsttrekker	%	Seats
Christian Democratic Appeal	Ruud Lubbers	34.6	54
Labour Party	Joop den Uyl	33.3	52
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	Ed Nijpels	17.4	27
Democrats 66	Hans van Mierlo	6.1	9
Reformed Political Party	Bas van der Vlies	1.8	3
Political Party of Radicals	Ria Beckers	1.3	2
Pacifist Socialist Party	Andrée van Es	1.2	1
Reformed Political League	Gert Schutte	1.0	1
Reformatory Political Federation	Meindert Leerling	0.9	1
Total		-	150

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