The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed. It was an unprecedented coalition of the two liberal parties and Labour. The CDA was consigned to opposition for the first time in its history. It was also the first government since 1918 not to include a Christian Democratic party.
Before the 1994 general election opinion polls predicted that the Centre Democrats party could win more than five seats in the House of Representatives. However, media reports claiming that some newly elected local members had extremist pasts damaged the Centre Democrats' prospects. A secret recording broadcast on national television one week before the election showed an Amsterdam council member bragging about having set immigrant centers on fire in the early 1980s.[3] In the election that followed, the Centre Democrats won 2.5% of the vote and three seats in the House of Representatives (Janmaat was joined by Wil Schuurman and Cor Zonneveld),[4] well below earlier expectations. Janmaat claimed that the relatively poor result was a result of an anti-CD campaign in the media.[3] Due to its growth, and questions arising amongst the other parties over the development of a multicultural society, political opponents began to confront the Centre Democrats directly rather than maintain a strict cordon sanitaire around it.[5][6]
^"Tweede Kamer 3 mei 1994". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
Further readingEdit
Irwin, Galen A. "The Dutch Parliamentary Election of 1994," Electoral Studies (1995) 14#1 pp. 72–77
October 15, 2023
1994, dutch, general, election, general, elections, were, held, netherlands, 1994, labour, party, emerged, largest, party, winning, seats, house, representatives, election, resulted, significant, losses, both, labour, party, christian, democratic, appeal, libe. General elections were held in the Netherlands on 3 May 1994 1 The Labour Party emerged as the largest party winning 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives 2 The election resulted in significant losses for both the Labour Party and the Christian Democratic Appeal The two liberal parties People s Party for Freedom and Democracy and Democrats 66 made large gains whilst two pro elderly parties and the Socialist Party all passed the electoral threshold to win seats 1994 Dutch general election 1989 3 May 1994 1998 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout78 8 1 5 pp Party Leader Seats PvdA Wim Kok 24 0 37 12CDA Elco Brinkman 22 2 34 20VVD Frits Bolkestein 20 0 31 9D66 Hans van Mierlo 15 5 24 12AOV Jet Nijpels 3 6 6 NewGL Ina Brouwer Mohamed Rabbae 3 5 5 1CD Hans Janmaat 2 5 3 2RPF Leen van Dijke 1 8 3 2SGP Bas van der Vlies 1 7 2 1GPV Gert Schutte 1 3 2 0SP Jan Marijnissen 1 3 2 2U55 Bertus Leerkes 0 9 1 1Cabinet before Cabinet afterThird Lubbers cabinetCDA PvdA First Kok cabinetPvdA VVD D66The formation of a government coalition was arduous but after four months the First Kok cabinet was formed It was an unprecedented coalition of the two liberal parties and Labour The CDA was consigned to opposition for the first time in its history It was also the first government since 1918 not to include a Christian Democratic party Contents 1 Background 2 Results 2 1 By province 3 References 4 Further readingBackground EditBefore the 1994 general election opinion polls predicted that the Centre Democrats party could win more than five seats in the House of Representatives However media reports claiming that some newly elected local members had extremist pasts damaged the Centre Democrats prospects A secret recording broadcast on national television one week before the election showed an Amsterdam council member bragging about having set immigrant centers on fire in the early 1980s 3 In the election that followed the Centre Democrats won 2 5 of the vote and three seats in the House of Representatives Janmaat was joined by Wil Schuurman and Cor Zonneveld 4 well below earlier expectations Janmaat claimed that the relatively poor result was a result of an anti CD campaign in the media 3 Due to its growth and questions arising amongst the other parties over the development of a multicultural society political opponents began to confront the Centre Democrats directly rather than maintain a strict cordon sanitaire around it 5 6 Results Edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Labour Party2 153 13523 9737 12Christian Democratic Appeal1 996 41822 2334 20People s Party for Freedom and Democracy1 792 40119 9631 9Democrats 661 391 20215 4924 12General Elderly Alliance326 4013 636NewGroenLinks311 3993 475 1Centre Democrats220 7342 463 2Reformatory Political Federation158 7051 773 2Reformed Political Party155 2511 732 1Reformed Political League119 1581 3320Socialist Party118 7681 322 2Union 55 78 1470 871NewCentre Party 8632 3270 360NewNatural Law Party27 6650 310NewFree Indian Party17 2300 190NewThe Greens13 9020 1500New Communist Party of the Netherlands11 6300 130NewSolidarity Farmers Party9 0960 100NewParty for Environment and Justice8 7160 100NewSolidarity 937 9190 090NewPacifist Socialist Party 927 3850 080NewThe New Party6 8250 080NewGeneral Democratic Party5 1960 060NewPatriotic Democratic Appeal4 8450 050NewSocialist Alternative Politics4 3470 0500Libertarian Party2 7540 030NewTotal8 981 556100 001500Valid votes8 981 55699 56Invalid blank votes39 7270 44Total votes9 021 283100 00Registered voters turnout11 455 92478 75Source KiesraadBy province Edit Results by province 7 Province PvdA CDA VVD D66 AOV GL CD RPF SGP GPV SP U55 Others nbsp Drenthe 34 5 19 8 18 2 13 9 2 5 1 2 1 7 0 4 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 2 nbsp Flevoland 20 1 17 6 23 6 17 0 4 2 3 1 2 4 2 8 2 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 4 nbsp Friesland 31 6 27 5 14 2 12 5 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 6 0 6 2 2 0 6 0 4 1 9 nbsp Gelderland 23 8 24 7 18 3 15 3 2 8 3 3 1 8 2 7 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 7 nbsp Groningen 34 8 17 3 14 2 14 1 2 8 4 5 1 3 1 8 0 2 4 5 1 7 0 6 1 3 nbsp Limburg 24 5 28 9 14 8 14 5 5 4 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 nbsp North Brabant 21 0 27 1 18 1 16 3 5 7 2 8 2 8 0 5 0 5 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 8 nbsp North Holland 24 9 16 2 24 5 17 2 4 1 4 9 2 3 0 9 0 3 0 6 0 9 1 0 1 6 nbsp Overijssel 24 2 29 6 15 4 12 9 2 1 2 5 1 5 3 2 2 1 2 9 0 8 1 2 1 6 nbsp South Holland 22 2 18 3 23 4 15 8 3 2 3 1 3 5 2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 8 1 8 nbsp Utrecht 19 1 20 6 23 2 16 9 2 9 4 7 2 4 2 5 2 3 2 0 0 9 0 8 1 5 nbsp Zeeland 22 4 20 9 18 8 13 5 3 7 2 4 2 8 3 0 7 9 1 8 0 6 0 9 2 2References Edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1396 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover p1414 a b Mudde 2003 p 125 Hans Janmaat 1934 2002 Historiek net in Dutch 17 January 2008 Retrieved 28 December 2010 Hoetink Carla 25 August 2008 Janmaat Hans Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland in Dutch Retrieved 21 March 2011 Lucardie 1998 p 121 Tweede Kamer 3 mei 1994 Kiesraad in Dutch Retrieved 4 November 2021 Further reading EditIrwin Galen A The Dutch Parliamentary Election of 1994 Electoral Studies 1995 14 1 pp 72 77 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1994 Dutch general election amp oldid 1167202217, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
