Early general elections were held in the
Netherlands
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on 8 September 1982.
Dieter Nohlen
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 The
Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the
House of Representatives
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;
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1414] however, this would be the last time it did so until
1994
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.
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
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that a party considered to be right-wing extremist won a seat in the Dutch parliament.
Following the election the
Christian Democratic Appeal
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Formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, and the Christian Historical ...
(CDA) formed a coalition government with the
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
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, with the CDA's
Ruud Lubbers becoming prime minister.
Results
By province
References
{{Dutch elections
General elections in the Netherlands
General
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Netherlands
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Netherlands
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