1982 Dutch general election
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.<ref name=NS>Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1396 Template:ISBN</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives;<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1414</ref> 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.
ResultsEdit
By provinceEdit
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| Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | PSP | SGP | CPN | PPR | RPF | CP | GPV | EVP | Others |
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| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |
| Template:Flag | 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 |