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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 | +/– | |
| 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 | |
| Valid votes | 8,236,516 | 99.55 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 37,115 | 0.45 | |||
| Total votes | 8,273,631 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,216,627 | 80.98 | |||
| Source: Kiesraad | |||||
By province
| Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | PSP | SGP | CPN | PPR | RPF | CP | GPV | EVP | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Drenthe
|
41.1 | 23.7 | 21.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
 Friesland
|
37.0 | 31.5 | 17.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
 Gelderland
|
28.0 | 32.5 | 22.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
 Groningen
|
42.2 | 20.9 | 16.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
 Limburg
|
26.1 | 42.9 | 18.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
 North Brabant
|
24.6 | 40.1 | 22.3 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
 North Holland
|
31.6 | 21.7 | 27.2 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
 Overijssel
|
28.3 | 36.3 | 18.1 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
 South Holland
|
33.1 | 22.9 | 25.1 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
 Southern IJsselmeer Polders
|
35.6 | 18.5 | 25.5 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
 Utrecht
|
25.3 | 27.3 | 27.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
 Zeeland
|
27.9 | 27.4 | 23.2 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 8 september 1982". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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