Netherlands 1981 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 48 of 150 seats with 30.8% of the vote; 87.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1977.
- Netherlands
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 48 | −1 | 30.8 | −1.1 | 2,677,259 |
| Labour Party | 44 | −9 | 28.3 | −5.5 | 2,458,452 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 26 | −2 | 17.3 | −0.6 | 1,505,311 |
| Democrats 66 | 17 | +9 | 11.1 | +5.6 | 961,121 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 3 | +2 | 2.1 | +1.2 | 184,422 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 3 | +1 | 2.0 | +0.3 | 178,292 |
| Reformed Political Party | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | −0.2 | 171,324 |
| Political Party of Radicals | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | +0.3 | 171,042 |
| Reformatory Political Federation | 2 | +2 | 1.3 | +0.6 | 108,364 |
| Reformed Political League | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | −0.1 | 70,878 |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 0 | −1 | 0.6 | −0.2 | 48,568 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1977 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Appeal 2,677,259
- Labour Party 2,458,452
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1,505,311
- Democrats 66 961,121
- Pacifist Socialist Party 184,422
- Communist Party of the Netherlands 178,292
- Reformed Political Party 171,324
- Political Party of Radicals 171,042
- Reformatory Political Federation 108,364
- Reformed Political League 70,878
- Democratic Socialists '70 48,568
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
87.0% of the 10,040,121 registered voters cast a ballot (8,738,238 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1977. 8,690,837 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal30.8% of votes32.0% of seats
- Labour Party28.3% of votes29.3% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy17.3% of votes17.3% of seats
- Democrats 6611.1% of votes11.3% of seats
- Pacifist Socialist Party2.1% of votes2.0% of seats
- Communist Party of the Netherlands2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Political Party of Radicals2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformed Political Party2.0% of votes2.0% of seats
- Reformatory Political Federation1.3% of votes1.3% of seats
- Reformed Political League0.8% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.3 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 2.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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