1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

1989 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1984 15 June 1989 1994 →
25 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	47.48%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Penders Piet Dankert Gijs de Vries Party CDA PvdA VVD Alliance EPP SOC LDR Seats won 10 / 25 8 / 25 3 / 25 Seat change 1 0 2 Popular vote 1,814,107 1,609,626 714,745 Percentage 34.60% 30.70% 13.63% Swing 4.58% 3.00% 5.30%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Herman Verbeek Jan-Willem Bertens Leen van der Waal Party Rainbow D66 SGP/RPF/GPV Alliance RBW LDR NI Seats won 2 / 25 1 / 25 1 / 25 Seat change 0 1 0 Popular vote 365,535 311,990 309,060 Percentage 6.97% 5.95% 5.90% Swing 1.37% 3.67% 0.69%

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An election for

type election for 25 seats.

Background

Combined lists

Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:

1. Rainbow of CPN and PSP, PPR
2. GPV

Electoral alliances

No lists formed an

Voting right

All Dutch, everywhere in the world were granted voting rights this election. Except for the Dutch living in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, because they can vote for the

. However, if the subject lived for 10 years or longer in the Netherlands they can still vote for the European Elections.

These people got right to vote in this fourth election for the European Parliament in 1989 in the Netherlands:^[1]

• Everyone who was allowed to vote in the Dutch parliament elections;
• Dutch who are resident anywhere in the world and did not already have voting rights for the Dutch Parliament elections; (except for Dutch living in the
  Estates of the Netherlands Antilles
  . Dutch from the Netherlands Antilles en Aruba are allowed to vote for European Elections if they lived for at least 10 years in the Netherlands.)
• Subjects of one of the other Member States which have residence in the Netherlands. Provided that the state of which they are from granted the same.

Numbering of the candidates list

The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1984 1989 1994 →
Lists
List			English translation	List name (Dutch)
1		list	Labour Party/European Socialists	Partij van de Arbeid/Europese Socialisten
2		list	CDA European People's Party	CDA Europese Volkspartij
3		list	VVD - European Liberal-Democrats	VVD - Europese Liberaal-Democraten
4		list	Rainbow (ppr-psp-cpn-evp-gpn-indep.)	Regenboog (ppr-psp-cpn-evp-gpn-onafh.)
5		list	SGP, GPV and RPF	SGP, GPV en RPF
6		list	D66
7		list	Socialist Party	Socialistiese Partij
8		list	God with Us	God met Ons
9		list	Initiative for European Democracy IDE	Initiatief voor Europese Democratie IDE
10		list	List Janmaat / Centre Democrats	Lijst Janmaat / Centrumdemocraten

Results

In the election the conservative liberal

on election day.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	SGP–GPV–RPF	309,060	5.90	1	0
	Centre Democrats	40,780	0.78	0	New
	Socialist Party	34,332	0.65	0	0
	Initiative for European Democracy	23,298	0.44	0	New
	God with Us	18,860	0.36	0	0
Total		5,242,333	100.00	25	0
Valid votes		5,242,333	99.47
Invalid/blank votes		28,041	0.53
Total votes		5,270,374	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,099,123	47.48
Source: Kiesraad

European groups

Summary of the 15 June 1989 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

← 1984 1989 1994 →
European group			Seats 1984	Seats 1989	Change
	European People's Party	EPP	9	10	1
	Confederation of Socialist Parties	SOC	8	8	0
	Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group	LDR	5	4	1
	Rainbow Group	RBW	2	2	0
	Non-Inscrits	NI	1	1	0
			25	25	0

Elected members

Below are the members elected in the 1989 European elections.

Christian Democratic Appeal

1. Bouke Beumer
2. Pam Cornelissen
3. Jim Janssen van Raaij
4. Hanja Maij-Weggen
5. Ria Oomen-Ruijten
6. Arie Oostlander
7. Karla Peijs
8. top candidate
   )
9. Jan Sonneveld
10. Maxime Verhagen

1. Hedy d'Ancona
2. top candidate
   )
3. Alman Metten
4. Hemmo Muntingh
5. Maartje van Putten
6. Wim van Velzen
7. Ben Visser
8. Eisso Woltjer

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

1. Jessica Larive
2. top candidate
   )
3. Florus Wijsenbeek

Rainbow of CPN, PSP and PPR

1. Nel van Dijk (CPN)
2. top candidate
   )

Democrats 66

1. top candidate
   )

1. top candidate
   )

MEPs period 1989–1994

Below is a complete list of members of the European Parliament for the period 1989–1994 as a result of this election.

MEPs for the Netherlands elected to the 3rd European Parliament session

← 1984–1989 1989–1994 1994–1999 →
Name	Sex	National party	EP Group	Period	Preference vote
Hedy d'Ancona	Female	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 7 November 1989[2]
Jan-Willem Bertens	Male	Democrats 66	LDR	24 July 1989 – 20 July 1999[3]
Bouke Beumer	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994[4]
Mathilde van den Brink	Female	Labour Party	SOC	20 November 1989 – 19 July 1994[5]
Pam Cornelissen	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999[6]
Piet Dankert	Male	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 7 November 1989[7]
Nel van Dijk	Female	Communist Party of the Netherlands	RBW	January 1987 – 1 September 1998[8]
Annemarie Goedmakers	Female	Labour Party	SOC	20 November 1989 – 19 July 1994[9]
Jim Janssen van Raaij	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 24 July 1984 October 1986 – 20 July 1999 [10]
Jessica Larive	Female	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999[11]
Hanja Maij-Weggen	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 6 November 1989[12]
Alman Metten	Male	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999[13]
Hemmo Muntingh	Male	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994[14]
Ria Oomen-Ruijten	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 1 July 2014[15]
Arie Oostlander	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004[16]
Karla Peijs	Female	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 27 May 2003[17]
Jean Penders	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994[18]
Bartho Pronk	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	20 November 1989 – 20 July 2004[19]
Maartje van Putten	Female	Labour Party	SOC	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999[20]
Jan Sonneveld	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999[21]
Wim van Velzen	Male	Labour Party	SOC	25 July 1989 – 20 July 1999[22]
Herman Verbeek	Male	Political Party of Radicals	RBW	25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994[23]
Maxime Verhagen	Male	Christian Democratic Appeal	EPP	25 July 1989 – 19 July 1994[24]
Ben Visser	Male	Labour Party	SOC	24 July 1984 – 19 July 1994[25]
Gijs de Vries	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LDR	24 July 1984 – 2 August 1998[26]
Leen van der Waal	Male	Reformed Political Party	NI	24 July 1984 – 2 September 1997[27]
Florus Wijsenbeek	Male	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	LDR	24 July 1984 – 20 July 1999[28]
Eisso Woltjer	Male	Labour Party	SOC	17 July 1979 – 19 July 1994[29]
Source:[30]

References