# 1989 Dutch general election

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 September 1989. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) remained the largest party, winning 54 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives. This chamber served for 4 years and 7 months, the longest tenure of any modern Dutch parliament.
Following the elections, the CDA formed a coalition government with the Labour Party with the CDA's Ruud Lubbers continuing as Prime Minister.

## Results

| | Christian Democratic Appeal | 3,135,056 | 35.32 | 54 | 0 |
| | Labour Party | 2,832,739 | 31.91 | 49 | –3 |
| | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,290,427 | 14.54 | 22 | –5 |
| | Democrats 66 | 700,538 | 7.89 | 12 | +3 |
| | GroenLinks | 361,324 | 4.07 | 6 | +3 |
| | Reformed Political Party | 165,918 | 1.87 | 3 | 0 |
| | Reformed Political League | 109,458 | 1.23 | 2 | +1 |
| | Reformatory Political Federation | 85,081 | 0.96 | 1 | 0 |
| | Centre Democrats | 81,337 | 0.92 | 1 | +1 |
| | Socialist Party | 38,829 | 0.44 | 0 | 0 |
| | The Greens | 30,698 | 0.35 | 0 | New |
| | Women's Party | 12,018 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
| | Elderly Central [nl] | 7,840 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| | League of Communists in the Netherlands | 7,361 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 |
| | Realistic Netherlands [nl] | 6,032 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
| | Socialist Workers' Party | 4,283 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| | Anti-Unemployment Party [nl] | 2,166 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Political Party for the Elderly | 2,149 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Progressive Minorities Party | 1,939 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Party of Democratic Socialists | 452 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Socialist Minority Party | 328 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Humanist Party | 318 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| | Environmental Defence Party 2000+ | 138 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Great Alliance Party | 54 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Constitutional Federation | 31 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Total | Total | 8,876,514 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 8,876,514 | 99.70 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 26,389 | 0.30 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,902,903 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 11,091,070 | 80.27 | | |
| Source: Kiesraad ||||||

### By province

Results by province :
| Province | CDA | PvdA | VVD | D66 | GL | SGP | GPV | RPF | CD | Others |
| Drenthe | 27.5 | 43.6 | 15.2 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Flevoland | 28.6 | 31.4 | 17.6 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Friesland | 34.6 | 39.5 | 11.0 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Gelderland | 38.3 | 30.6 | 13.4 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Groningen | 23.4 | 45.5 | 11.5 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
| Limburg | 46.9 | 33.4 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| North Brabant | 45.1 | 28.7 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| North Holland | 28.1 | 32.3 | 18.9 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| Overijssel | 42.0 | 30.6 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| South Holland | 30.4 | 31.1 | 16.9 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Utrecht | 34.3 | 25.1 | 18.0 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Zeeland | 33.9 | 29.6 | 14.1 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 |