1981 Dutch general election

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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.

Results

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By province

Results by province[4]
Province CDA PvdA VVD D'66 PSP CPN SGP PPR RPF GPV Others
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Template:Country data Drenthe 24.8 38.6 17.8 9.3 1.3 1.3 0.3 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.9
Template:Country data Friesland 33.2 33.2 12.7 9.5 1.7 1.7 0.8 1.8 2.1 1.4 1.9
Template:Country data Gelderland 34.4 26.1 16.6 10.2 2.1 0.8 3.4 2.1 1.7 0.5 2.1
Template:Country data Groningen 21.4 39.3 13.4 8.8 2.6 4.1 0.2 2.2 1.7 3.7 2.6
Template:Country data Limburg (Netherlands) 43.4 25.3 12.6 11.2 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.9 0.1 0.1 2.6
Template:Country data North Brabant 42.7 23.6 14.5 11.2 1.9 0.9 0.5 1.9 0.3 0.1 2.4
Template:Country data North Holland 22.7 28.4 21.3 12.4 3.5 5.3 0.4 2.4 0.8 0.3 2.5
Template:Country data Overijssel 37.8 26.8 13.2 9.2 1.2 1.1 2.8 1.5 2.4 2.1 1.9
Template:Country data South Holland 23.7 31.2 19.8 12.0 1.9 1.9 3.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 0.9
Template:Country data Flevoland 20.8 30.8 18.9 14.6 1.7 4.6 0.6 2.4 1.5 1.0 3.1
Template:Country data Utrecht 28.9 22.6 21.9 11.4 2.5 1.4 3.0 2.5 1.8 1.4 2.6
Template:Country data Zeeland 29.5 27.2 17.0 9.9 1.1 0.7 8.0 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.7

References

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  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 Template:ISBN
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  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1414
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