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1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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1994 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1989 9 June 1994 1999 →

31 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout35.69%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hanja Maij-Weggen Hedy d'Ancona Gijs de Vries
Party CDA PvdA VVD
Alliance EPP PES ELDR
Seats won
10 / 31
8 / 31
6 / 31
Seat change 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Increase
Popular vote 1,271,855 945,869 740,443
Percentage 30.77% 22.88% 17.91%
Swing 3.8% Decrease 7.8% Decrease 3.7% Increase

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jan-Willem Bertens Leen van der Waal Nel van Dijk
Party D66 SGP/RPF/GPV GL
Alliance ELDR EN /I-EN Greens-EFA
Seats won
4 / 31
2 / 31
1 / 31
Seat change 3 Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease
Popular vote 481,843 322,793 154,547
Percentage 11.66% 7.81% 3.74%
Swing 5.7% Increase 1.9% Increase 3.3% Decrease
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An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1994–1999 term of the European Parliament was held on 9 June 1994. It was part of the wider 1994 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats (up from 25).

Background

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Combined lists

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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. SGP, RPF and GPV

Electoral alliances

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No lists formed an electoral alliance.

Voting right

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All subjects from other member states in the Netherlands were allowed to vote this election. It's no longer necessary that the member state of which the subject is from does the same. Only for this election no ahead registration had to take place to take part.

These people got right to vote in this fifth election for the European Parliament in 1994 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 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, because they vote for 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.

Numbering of the candidates list

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The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands
← 1989 1994 1999 →
Lists
List English translation List name (Dutch)
1 list CDA - European People's Party CDA – Europese Volkspartij
2 list P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats P.v.d.A./Europese Sociaaldemocraten
3 list VVD/European Liberal-Democrats VVD/Europese Liberaal-Democraten
4 list D66
5 list SGP, GPV and RPF SGP, GPV en RPF
6 list A Better Future... Een Betere Toekomst...
7 list SP (Socialist Party) SP (Socialistische Partij)
8 list The Greens De Groenen
9 list List De Groen Lijst De Groen
10 list CD
11 list GREENLEFT GROENLINKS

Results

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The liberal VVD and D66 parties and the orthodox Protestant alliance of Political Reformed Party, Reformatory Political Federation and Reformed Political Alliance profited from the expansion of the number of seats. While the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party lost a considerable number of votes, but remained stabile in seats. 35.69% of Dutch citizens turned out on election day.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal1,271,85530.77100
Labour Party945,86922.8880
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy740,44317.916+3
Democrats 66481,84311.664+3
SGP–GPV–RPF322,7937.812+1
GroenLinks154,5473.741–1
The Greens97,2062.350New
Socialist Party55,3111.3400
Centre Democrats43,2991.0500
A Better Future...11,5470.280New
List de Groen8,8440.210New
Total4,133,557100.0031+6
Valid votes4,133,55799.68
Invalid/blank votes13,1730.32
Total votes4,146,730100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,618,67735.69
Source: Kiesraad[2]

European groups

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Summary of the 9 June 1994 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands
← 1989 1994 1999 →
European group Seats 1989 Seats 1994 Change
European People's Party EPP 10 10 0 Steady
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party ELDR 4 10 6 Increase
Party of European Socialists PES 8 8 0 Steady
Green Group in the European Parliament G/EFA 2 1 1 Decrease
Europe of Nations EN 0 2 2 Increase
Non-Inscrits NI 1 0 1 Decrease
25 31 6 Increase

Elected members

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References

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