1986 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 21 May 1986. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.

1986 Dutch general election

21 May 1986

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout85.76% ( 4.78pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
CDA Ruud Lubbers 34.59 54 +9
PvdA Joop den Uyl 33.27 52 +5
VVD Ed Nijpels 17.41 27 −9
D66 Hans van Mierlo 6.13 9 +3
SGP Bas van der Vlies 1.74 3 0
PPR Ria Beckers 1.26 2 0
PSP Andrée van Es 1.20 1 −2
GPV Gert Schutte 0.96 1 0
RPF Meindert Leerling 0.91 1 −1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before Cabinet after
First Lubbers cabinet
CDA–VVD
Second Lubbers cabinet
CDA–VVD

The incumbent CDA-VVD coalition maintained exactly the same number of seats as they had achieved at the last general election and continued working together in government with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister.

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