Dutch general election, 1982
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Labour Party | 2,503,517 | 30.4 | 47 | +3 |
Christian Democratic Appeal | 2,420,441 | 29.4 | 45 | –3 |
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,900,763 | 23.1 | 36 | +10 |
Democrats 66 | 351,278 | 4.3 | 6 | –11 |
Pacifist Socialist Party | 187,547 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
Reformed Political Party | 156,636 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 |
Communist Party of the Netherlands | 147,753 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
Political Party of Radicals | 136,446 | 1.7 | 2 | –1 |
Reformatory Political Federation | 124,235 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Reformed Political League | 67,163 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 |
Centre Party | 68,423 | 0.8 | 1 | +1 |
Evangelical People's Party | 56,466 | 0.7 | 1 | +1 |
Democratic Socialists '70 | 115,598 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 |
God with Us | 0 | 0 | ||
Small Party | 0 | 0 | ||
Dutch Peoples-Union | 0 | 0 | ||
Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society | 0 | New | ||
Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 0 | 0 | ||
Right-wing People's Party | 0 | 0 | ||
Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 37,115 | – | – | – |
Total | 8,732,631 | 100 | 150 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 10,216,627 | 81.0 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414