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1998 Dutch general election

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Field	Value
country	Netherlands
previous_election	[1994](1994-dutch-general-election)
next_election	[2002](2002-dutch-general-election)
seats_for_election	All 150 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	76
election_date	6 May 1998
turnout	73.35% ( 5.40pp)
leader1	Wim Kok
party1	Labour Party (Netherlands)
last_election1	37
seats1	45
percentage1	28.98
leader2	Frits Bolkestein
party2	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
last_election2	31
seats2	38
percentage2	24.69
leader3	Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
party3	Christian Democratic Appeal
last_election3	34
seats3	29
percentage3	18.37
leader4	Els Borst
party4	Democrats 66
last_election4	24
seats4	14
percentage4	8.99
leader5	Paul Rosenmöller
party5	GreenLeft
last_election5	5
seats5	11
percentage5	7.27
leader6	Jan Marijnissen
party6	Socialist Party (Netherlands)
last_election6	2
seats6	5
percentage6	3.53
leader7	Leen van Dijke
party7	Reformatory Political Federation
last_election7	3
seats7	3
percentage7	2.03
leader8	Bas van der Vlies
party8	Reformed Political Party
last_election8	2
seats8	3
percentage8	1.78
leader9	Gert Schutte
party9	Reformed Political League
last_election9	2
seats9	2
percentage9	1.26
map	Tweede Kamerverkiezingen 1998.png
map_caption	Most voted-for party by municipality
title	Cabinet
before_election	First Kok cabinet
before_party	PvdA–VVD–D66
after_election	Second Kok cabinet
after_party	PvdA–VVD–D66

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998. The elections saw the purple coalition of social democrats and liberals (left and right) strengthen its majority. Both the social democratic Labour Party (PvdA) and the conservative liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) won considerably, much at the cost of their junior coalition partner, the social liberal Democrats 66 (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.

The two small left opposition parties, the green GroenLinks, and the Socialist Party, were rewarded for their 'quality opposition'. The major opposition party, the Christian Democratic Appeal (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 Union 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 and D66, even though the latter was not necessary for a majority of 76 seats.

Results

By province

Province	PvdA	VVD	CDA	D66	GL	SP	RPF	SGP	GPV	Others
Drenthe	37.3	21.6	17.9	8.1	5.6	2.9	1.9	0.2	2.4	2.1
Flevoland	25.8	29.1	14.8	9.0	6.6	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.2	4.2
Friesland	33.6	16.4	26.4	7.0	6.8	3.2	2.4	0.5	1.9	1.8
Gelderland	29.0	23.0	20.4	8.1	6.7	2.9	3.1	3.3	1.1	2.4
Groningen	37.1	16.4	16.0	8.6	8.1	4.3	1.9	0.2	4.5	2.9
Limburg (Netherlands)	29.9	21.3	24.3	7.4	7.5	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	4.2
North Brabant	28.9	24.5	21.5	8.4	6.7	5.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	3.4
North Holland	28.4	29.2	12.5	11.5	9.7	3.1	1.0	0.3	0.5	3.8
Overijssel	29.0	18.7	26.7	6.6	5.6	2.6	3.2	2.3	2.9	2.4
South Holland	27.7	28.0	14.6	9.4	6.7	3.4	2.6	3.1	1.1	3.4
Utrecht	23.6	27.7	16.0	11.4	8.6	2.6	3.0	2.4	2.0	2.7
Zeeland	27.8	23.3	17.2	6.9	5.5	2.8	3.6	8.3	1.8	2.8

5 largest municipalities

Municipality	PvdA	VVD	CDA	D66	GL	SP	RPF	SGP	GPV	Others	Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"		People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"		Christian Democratic Appeal}};"		Democrats 66}};"		GroenLinks}};"		Socialist Party (Netherlands)}};"		Reformatory Political Federation}};"		Reformed Political Party}};"		Reformed Political League}};"
Amsterdam	32.3
(107 065)	22.2
(73 757)	6.1
(20 214)	14.3
(47 612)	15.0
(49 731)	4.5
(14 890)	0.5
(1 671)	0.1
(319)	0.3
(943)	4.8
(15 752)
Rotterdam	36.4
(96 189)	22.8
(60 256)	9.3
(24 525)	9.1
(24 147)	8.8
(23 298)	6.0
(15 810)	1.2
(3 219)	1.0
(2 742)	0.9
(2 395)	4.5
(11 958)
The Hague	27.8
(60 511)	30.7
(66 875)	11.6
(25 309)	11.1
(24 079)	8.9
(19 442)	3.7
(8 035)	1.1
(2 466)	0.6
(1 365)	0.7
(1 489)	3.7
(8 119)
Utrecht (municipality) Utrecht	29.2
(36 230)	20.1
(24 993)	9.6
(11 930)	15.2
(18 858)	15.7
(19 524)	4.7
(5 836)	1.0
(1 276)	0.3
(388)	0.7
(845)	3.3
(4 129)
Eindhoven	29.3
(30 197)	23.2
(23 943)	16.2
(16 698)	10.6
(10 874)	9.1
(9 328)	6.0
(6 153)	0.7
(681)	0.1
(114)	0.5
(501)	4.4
(4 550)

Maps

| File:Elections législatives néerlandaises 1998.svg | Results by province, shaded according to the vote share won by largest party | File:Opkomst Tweede Kamer 6 mei 1998 Nederland.png | Voter turnout by municipality

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2231_98.htm Netherlands: Elections held in 1998] Inter-Parliamentary Union
"Tweede Kamer 6 mei 1998".

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