Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982.Dieter Nohlen & 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;Nohlen & Stöver, p1414 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.
Results
By province + Results by province Province PvdA CDA VVD D'66 PSP SGP CPN PPR RPF CP GPV EVP Others 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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