1982 Dutch general election|
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 81.0% ( 6.0 pp) |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Tweede_Kamerverkiezingen_1982.png/290px-Tweede_Kamerverkiezingen_1982.png) Most voted-for party by municipality |
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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] however, this would be the last time it did so until 1994.
The Centre Party received 0.8% of the vote, winning one seat, which was taken by Hans Janmaat. This was the first time since World War II that a party considered to be right-wing extremist won a seat in the Dutch parliament.
Following the election the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) formed a coalition government with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers becoming Prime Minister.
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 2,503,517 | 30.40 | 47 | +3 |
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 2,420,441 | 29.39 | 45 | –3 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,900,763 | 23.08 | 36 | +10 |
| Democrats 66 | 351,278 | 4.26 | 6 | –11 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 187,547 | 2.28 | 3 | 0 |
| Reformed Political Party | 156,636 | 1.90 | 3 | 0 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 147,753 | 1.79 | 3 | 0 |
| Political Party of Radicals | 136,446 | 1.66 | 2 | –1 |
| Reformatory Political Federation | 124,235 | 1.51 | 2 | 0 |
| Centre Party | 68,423 | 0.83 | 1 | +1 |
| Reformed Political League | 67,163 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 |
| Evangelical People's Party | 56,466 | 0.69 | 1 | +1 |
| Socialist Party | 44,959 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 31,047 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Right-wing People's Party | 21,987 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 12,689 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| God with Us | 3,157 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch People's Union | 1,632 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society | 250 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Small Party | 127 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 8,236,516 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 8,236,516 | 99.55 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 37,115 | 0.45 | |
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Total votes | 8,273,631 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 10,216,627 | 80.98 | |
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Source: Kiesraad |
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