# 1982 Dutch general election

Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 8 September 1982. The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 47 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives; 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

| | Labour Party | 2,503,517 | 30.40 | 47 | +3 |
| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2,420,441 | 29.39 | 45 | –3 |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,900,763 | 23.08 | 36 | +10 |
| | Democrats 66 | 351,278 | 4.26 | 6 | –11 |
| | Pacifist Socialist Party | 187,547 | 2.28 | 3 | 0 |
| | Reformed Political Party | 156,636 | 1.90 | 3 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of the Netherlands | 147,753 | 1.79 | 3 | 0 |
| | Political Party of Radicals | 136,446 | 1.66 | 2 | –1 |
| | Reformatory Political Federation | 124,235 | 1.51 | 2 | 0 |
| | Centre Party | 68,423 | 0.83 | 1 | +1 |
| | Reformed Political League | 67,163 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 |
| | Evangelical People's Party | 56,466 | 0.69 | 1 | +1 |
| | Socialist Party | 44,959 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 |
| | Democratic Socialists '70 | 31,047 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 |
| | Right-wing People's Party | 21,987 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
| | Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 12,689 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
| | God with Us [nl] | 3,157 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dutch People's Union | 1,632 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Progressive Party for the Preservation of Work, Environment and Society | 250 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Small Party | 127 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 8,236,516 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,236,516 | 99.55 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 37,115 | 0.45 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,273,631 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,216,627 | 80.98 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad ||||||

### By province

Results by province :
| Province | PvdA | CDA | VVD | D'66 | PSP | SGP | CPN | PPR | RPF | CP | GPV | EVP | Others |
| Drenthe | 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 |
| Friesland | 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 |
| Gelderland | 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 |
| Groningen | 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 |
| Limburg | 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 |
| North Brabant | 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 |
| North Holland | 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 |
| Overijssel | 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 |
| South Holland | 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 |
| Southern IJsselmeer Polders | 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 |
| Utrecht | 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 |
| Zeeland | 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 |