1989 Dutch general election

1989 Dutch general election

← 1986 6 September 1989 1994 →
All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	80.3% ( 5.5 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CDA Ruud Lubbers 35.3% 54 0 PvdA Wim Kok 31.9% 49 −3 VVD Joris Voorhoeve 14.5% 22 −5 D66 Hans van Mierlo 7.9% 12 +3 GL Ria Beckers 4.1% 6 +3 SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.9% 3 0 GPV Gert Schutte 1.2% 2 +1 RPF Meindert Leerling 1.0% 1 0 CD Hans Janmaat 0.9% 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by municipality Cabinet before Cabinet after Second Lubbers cabinet CDA–VVD Third Lubbers cabinet CDA–PvdA

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989.^[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) remained the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2] This chamber served for 4 years and 7 months, the longest tenure of any modern Dutch parliament.

Following the elections, the CDA formed a coalition government with the Labour Party with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers continuing as Prime Minister.