During the 1998 election the purple coalition of social democrats and liberals (left and right) fortified its majority. Both the social democratic PvdA and the conservative liberal VVD won considerably, much at the cost of their junior partner in cabinet, the social liberal D66.
Political observers attributed the win to the economic performance of the coalition, including the reduction of unemployment and the budget deficit, steady growth and job creation, combined with wage freezes and trimming of the welfare state, together with a policy of fiscal restraint.[2]
The two small left opposition parties, the green GroenLinks, and the Socialist Party, were rewarded for their 'quality opposition'. The major opposition party, CDA, after being in opposition for the first time in its history, also lost seats, and also failed to secure the most votes in the country's southernmost provinces North Brabant and Limburg for the first time ever. The two parties for the elderly AOV and Unie 55+ and the right-wing populist CD did not return to parliament.
The formation resulted in the continuation of the Kok cabinet with the second Kok cabinet, consisting of the PvdA, VVD, & D66, even though the latter was not necessary for a majority of 76 seats.
Irwin, Galen A. (1999). "The Dutch parliamentary election of 1998". Electoral Studies. 18 (2): 271–276. doi:10.1016/S0261-3794(98)00048-1.
Irwin, Galen A.; van Holsteyn, Joop J.M. (1999). "Parties and politicians in the parliamentary election of 1998". Acta Politica. 34 (2). Palgrave Macmillan: 130–157.
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1998, dutch, general, election, general, elections, were, held, netherlands, 1998, 1994, 1998, 2002, seats, house, representatives76, seats, needed, majorityturnout73, 40pp, party, leader, seats, pvda, frits, bolkestein, jaap, hoop, scheffer, borst, paul, rose. General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998 1 1998 Dutch general election 1994 6 May 1998 2002 All 150 seats in the House of Representatives76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout73 35 5 40pp Party Leader Seats PvdA Wim Kok 28 98 45 8 VVD Frits Bolkestein 24 69 38 7 CDA Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 18 37 29 5 D66 Els Borst 8 99 14 10 GL Paul Rosenmoller 7 27 11 6 SP Jan Marijnissen 3 53 5 3 RPF Leen van Dijke 2 03 3 0 SGP Bas van der Vlies 1 78 3 1 GPV Gert Schutte 1 26 2 0 This lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Most voted for party by municipalityCabinet before Cabinet afterFirst Kok cabinetPvdA VVD D66 Second Kok cabinetPvdA VVD D66 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Results 2 1 By province 3 References 4 Further readingIntroduction editDuring the 1998 election the purple coalition of social democrats and liberals left and right fortified its majority Both the social democratic PvdA and the conservative liberal VVD won considerably much at the cost of their junior partner in cabinet the social liberal D66 Political observers attributed the win to the economic performance of the coalition including the reduction of unemployment and the budget deficit steady growth and job creation combined with wage freezes and trimming of the welfare state together with a policy of fiscal restraint 2 The two small left opposition parties the green GroenLinks and the Socialist Party were rewarded for their quality opposition The major opposition party CDA after being in opposition for the first time in its history also lost seats and also failed to secure the most votes in the country s southernmost provinces North Brabant and Limburg for the first time ever The two parties for the elderly AOV and Unie 55 and the right wing populist CD did not return to parliament The formation resulted in the continuation of the Kok cabinet with the second Kok cabinet consisting of the PvdA VVD amp D66 even though the latter was not necessary for a majority of 76 seats Results edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Labour Party2 494 55528 9845 8People s Party for Freedom and Democracy2 124 97124 6938 7Christian Democratic Appeal1 581 05318 3729 5Democrats 66773 4978 9914 10GroenLinks625 9687 2711 6Socialist Party303 7033 535 3Reformatory Political Federation174 5932 0330Reformed Political Party153 5831 783 1Reformed Political League108 7241 2620Centre Democrats52 2260 610 3General Elderly Alliance Union 55 45 9940 530 7Mobile Netherlands45 2190 530NewSeniors 200036 1570 420NewNew Middle Party23 5120 270NewThe Greens16 5850 1900Natural Law Party15 7460 1800Catholic Political Party8 2330 100NewFree Indian Party7 2250 0800New Solidarity Elderly Union6 4550 070NewNew Communist Party of the Netherlands5 6200 0700Idealists Jij2 5000 030NewThe Voters Collective1 6680 020NewTotal8 607 787100 001500Valid votes8 607 78799 83Invalid blank votes14 4350 17Total votes8 622 222100 00Registered voters turnout11 755 13273 35Source Kiesraad By province edit Results by province 3 Province PvdA VVD CDA D66 GL SP RPF SGP GPV Others nbsp Drenthe 37 3 21 6 17 9 8 1 5 6 2 9 1 9 0 2 2 4 2 1 nbsp Flevoland 25 8 29 1 14 8 9 0 6 6 2 7 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 nbsp Friesland 33 6 16 4 26 4 7 0 6 8 3 2 2 4 0 5 1 9 1 8 nbsp Gelderland 29 0 23 0 20 4 8 1 6 7 2 9 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 4 nbsp Groningen 37 1 16 4 16 0 8 6 8 1 4 3 1 9 0 2 4 5 2 9 nbsp Limburg 29 9 21 3 24 3 7 4 7 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 nbsp North Brabant 28 9 24 5 21 5 8 4 6 7 5 3 0 6 0 4 0 3 3 4 nbsp North Holland 28 4 29 2 12 5 11 5 9 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 3 8 nbsp Overijssel 29 0 18 7 26 7 6 6 5 6 2 6 3 2 2 3 2 9 2 4 nbsp South Holland 27 7 28 0 14 6 9 4 6 7 3 4 2 6 3 1 1 1 3 4 nbsp Utrecht 23 6 27 7 16 0 11 4 8 6 2 6 3 0 2 4 2 0 2 7 nbsp Zeeland 27 8 23 3 17 2 6 9 5 5 2 8 3 6 8 3 1 8 2 8References edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p1396 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Netherlands Elections held in 1998 Inter Parliamentary Union Tweede Kamer 6 mei 1998 Kiesraad in Dutch Retrieved 4 November 2021 Further reading editAarts Kees Semetko Holli A 1999 Representation and responsibility the 1998 Dutch election in perspective Acta Politica 34 2 Palgrave Macmillan 111 129 Irwin Galen A 1999 The Dutch parliamentary election of 1998 Electoral Studies 18 2 271 276 doi 10 1016 S0261 3794 98 00048 1 Irwin Galen A van Holsteyn Joop J M 1999 Parties and politicians in the parliamentary election of 1998 Acta Politica 34 2 Palgrave Macmillan 130 157 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 Dutch general election amp oldid 1221969304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
