General elections were held in the Netherlands on 21 May 1986.[1] The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) emerged as the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
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.
Electoral system
The Dutch parliament was elected using party-list proportional representation with a single nationwide constituency.[3]
Results
By province
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
- ^ Derbyshire and Derbyshire, Political Systems of the World, p. 505
- ^ https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/TK19860521
- ^ "Tweede Kamer 21 mei 1986". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
Further reading
- Van Der Eijk, Cees; Irwin, Galen; Niemöller, Kees (1986). "The Dutch parliamentary election of May 1986". Electoral Studies. 5 (3): 289–296.
- Gladdish, Ken. "The Centre Holds: the 1986 Netherlands Election," West European Politics (1987). 10#1 pp. 115–119
