All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
87.0% ( 1.1 pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
CDA
Dries van Agt
30.8%
48
−1
PvdA
Joop den Uyl
28.3%
44
−9
VVD
Hans Wiegel
17.3%
26
−2
D66
Jan Terlouw
11.1%
17
+9
PSP
Fred van der Spek
2.1%
3
+2
CPN
Marcus Bakker
2.1%
3
+1
SGP
Henk van Rossum
2.0%
3
0
PPR
Ria Beckers
2.0%
3
0
RPF
Meindert Leerling
1.2%
2
+2
GPV
Gert Schutte
0.8%
1
0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality
Cabinet before
Cabinet after
First Van Agt cabinet CDA–VVD
Second Van Agt cabinet CDA–PvdA–D66
General elections were held in the Netherlands on 26 May 1981.[1][2] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 48 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[3]
The incumbent Christian Democratic Appeal-People's Party for Freedom and Democracy coalition lost its overall majority leading to a new coalition being formed between the CDA, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Democrats 66, with the CDA's Dries van Agt continuing as Prime Minister. However due to disagreements between the CDA and PvdA on government spending the coalition collapsed after just a year, leading to fresh elections.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^van Mierlo, Hans J. G. A. (1981). "The 1981 Netherlands election". West European Politics. 4 (3): 297–301. doi:10.1080/01402388108424339. ISSN 0140-2382.
^Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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