1994 Dutch general election

1994 Dutch general election

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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78.8% ( 1.5 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PvdA Wim Kok 24.0% 37 −12 CDA Elco Brinkman 22.2% 34 −20 VVD Frits Bolkestein 20.0% 31 +9 D66 Hans van Mierlo 15.5% 24 +12 AOV Jet Nijpels 3.6% 6 New GL Ina Brouwer • Mohamed Rabbae 3.5% 5 −1 CD Hans Janmaat 2.5% 3 +2 RPF Leen van Dijke 1.8% 3 +2 SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.7% 2 −1 GPV Gert Schutte 1.3% 2 0 SP Jan Marijnissen 1.3% 2 +2 U55+ Bertus Leerkes 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 Third Lubbers cabinet CDA–PvdA First Kok cabinet PvdA–VVD–D66

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994.^[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2] The election resulted in significant losses for both the Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal. The two liberal parties, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democrats 66 made large gains, whilst two pro-elderly parties and the Socialist Party all passed the electoral threshold to win seats.

The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed. It was an unprecedented coalition of the two liberal parties and Labour. The CDA was consigned to opposition for the first time in its history. It was also the first government since 1918 not to include a Christian Democratic party.^[3]: 194