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Elections in the Netherlands for the Tweede Kamer of Parliament

Introduction

The 1994 elections led to a landslide loss for the governing coalition of PvdA and CDA. The two liberal parties, VVD and D66 profited from this. As did two parties for the elderly, AOV and Unie 55+, and the socialist SP. These three had not previously held seats.

Quite unexpected, both the green GroenLinks and the orthodox-christian SGP lost one seat.

The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the cabinet Kok-I was formed. An unprecedented coalition of social-democrats, progressive and conservative liberals was formed keeping christian-democrats out of government. These had governed since 1918.

National summary

Party Lijsttrekker Votes % Seats +/-
Partij van de ArbeidWim Kok2,151,39423.937- 12
Christen-Democratisch AppèlElco Brinkman1,995,15522.234- 20
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en DemocratieFrits Bolkestein1,790,95219.931+ 8
Democraten 66Hans van Mierlo1,390,04715.424+ 12
Algemeen OuderenverbondJet Nijpels-Hezemans326,1293.66+ 6
GroenLinksMohammed Rabbae and Ina Brouwer311,0333.45- 1
CentrumdemocratenHans Janmaat220,6212.43+ 2
Reformatorisch Politieke FederatieLeen van Dijke158,6271,73+ 2
Staatkundig Gereformeerde PartijBas van der Vlies155,2301,72- 1
Gereformeerd Politiek VerbondGert Schutte119,1081,320
Socialistische PartijJan Marijnissen118,7381.32+ 2
Unie 55+Bertus Leerkes78,0790.81+ 1
Total8,981,556-1500


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Parties

  • Center Democrats (Centrumdemocraten)
  • Christian Democratic Appeal (Christen-Democratisch Appèl)
  • Democrats 66 (Democraten 66)
  • General Elderly People's League (Algemeen Ouderenverbond)
  • Green Left (GroenLinks)
  • Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid)
  • People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie)
  • Political Reformed Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij)
  • Reformatorian Political Federation (Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie)
  • Reformed Political Alliance (Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond)
  • Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij)
  • Union 55+ (Unie 55+)
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