European Parliament election, 1989 (Netherlands)
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The European Parliament election of 1989 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency
for the 1989-1994 term of the European Parliament
. It was part of the wider 1989 European election
. It was held on on June 15, 1989.
Ten parties competed in a D'Hondt
type election for 25 seats.
These combined lists are:
. 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:
on election day.
Christian Democratic Appeal
Dutch Labour Party
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
Rainbow
of CPN
, PSP
and PPR
Democrats 66
SGP, RPF
and GPV
Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, the Netherlands is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-five MEPs. It covers the member state of the Netherlands...
for the 1989-1994 term of the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
. It was part of the wider 1989 European election
European Parliament election, 1989
The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members...
. It was held on on June 15, 1989.
Ten parties competed in a D'Hondt
D'Hondt method
The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...
type election for 25 seats.
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:
- RainbowRainbow (Netherlands)The Rainbow was an alliance of Dutch political parties Political Party of Radicals, Pacifist Socialist Party, Evangelical People's Party and Communist Party.The parties entered in the 1989 European Parliament elections with a common list...
of CPNCommunist Party of the NetherlandsThe Communist Party of the Netherlands was a Dutch communist political party. The CPN is one of the predecessors of the GreenLeft.- Foundation :...
and PSPPacifist Socialist PartyThe Pacifist Socialist Party was a Dutch left-socialist political party. The PSP played a small role in Dutch politics. It is a predecessor of the GreenLeft.-Before 1957:...
, PPR - SGP, RPFReformatory Political FederationThe Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
and GPV
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 Estates of the Netherlands AntillesEstates of the Netherlands Antilles
The Estates of the Netherlands Antilles were the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. They had 22 members, elected for a four year term in three multi-seat constuencies and 2 single-seat constuencies. On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved, and so were their Estates.-2010...
. 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:
- 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 AntillesNetherlands AntillesThe Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
and ArubaArubaAruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
, because they vote for the Estates of the Netherlands AntillesEstates of the Netherlands AntillesThe Estates of the Netherlands Antilles were the parliament of the Netherlands Antilles. They had 22 members, elected for a four year term in three multi-seat constuencies and 2 single-seat constuencies. On 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles were dissolved, and so were their Estates.-2010...
. 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.
Dutch political parties
In the election the conservative liberal VVD loses seats to the progressive liberal D66, who return to the European parliament after a five year absence. 45.7% of the Dutch population turned outVoter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
on election day.
Elected Members
Below are the members elected in the 1989 European elections.Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
- Bouke Beumer
- Pam Cornelissen
- Jim Janssen van Raaij
- Hanja Maij-WeggenHanja Maij-WeggenJohanna Rika Hermanna Maij-Weggen is a former Dutch politician. From 1989 until 1994 she was Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the third cabinet of prime minister Ruud Lubbers, and from 2003 until 2009 the Queen's Commissioner of the province of North Brabant.-Life and...
- Ria Oomen-RuijtenRia Oomen-RuijtenRia Oomen-Ruijten is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, a member of the bureau of the EPP-ED group, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.She is also a substitute for the Committee...
- Arie Oostlander
- Karla PeijsKarla PeijsKarla Maria Henriëtte Peijs is a Dutch politician of the CDA. She was minister of Transport and Waterworks in the second and third Balkenende cabinet. In August 2006 she announced she would not be accepting a position in a new cabinet. On 1 March 2007 she was appointed Queen's Commissioner for the...
- Jean Penders
- Jan Sonneveld
- Maxime VerhagenMaxime VerhagenMaxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen is a Dutch politician in the Christian Democratic Appeal party. He is the Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and Deputy Prime Minister since October 14, 2010 in the Cabinet Rutte.He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament for...
Dutch Labour Party
- Hedy d'Ancona
- Piet Dankert
- Alman Metten
- Hemmo Muntingh
- Maartje van PuttenMaartje van PuttenMaria Jeanette Anna van Putten is a Dutch politician and was a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party between 1989 to 1999, in which she was committed to the protection of nature and environment in developing countries...
- Wim van Velzen
- Ben Visser
- Eisso Woltjer
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
- Jessica Larive
- Gijs de VriesGijs de VriesGijs M. de Vries is a Dutch Democrats 66 politician. He was deputy Interior Minister between 1998 and 2002, and was the European Union's anti-terrorism co-ordinator from 25 March 2004 to March 2007...
(top candidateLijsttrekkerLijsttrekker is a Dutch term for the top candidate of a party on a party list. He or she is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's faction in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if his party is part of...
) - Florus Wijsenbeek
Rainbow
Rainbow (Netherlands)
The Rainbow was an alliance of Dutch political parties Political Party of Radicals, Pacifist Socialist Party, Evangelical People's Party and Communist Party.The parties entered in the 1989 European Parliament elections with a common list...
of CPN
Communist Party of the Netherlands
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a Dutch communist political party. The CPN is one of the predecessors of the GreenLeft.- Foundation :...
, PSP
Pacifist Socialist Party
The Pacifist Socialist Party was a Dutch left-socialist political party. The PSP played a small role in Dutch politics. It is a predecessor of the GreenLeft.-Before 1957:...
and PPR
- Nel van Dijk (CPNCommunist Party of the NetherlandsThe Communist Party of the Netherlands was a Dutch communist political party. The CPN is one of the predecessors of the GreenLeft.- Foundation :...
) - Herman Verbeek (PPR)
Democrats 66
Democrats 66
Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
- Jan-Willem Bertens
SGP, RPF
Reformatory Political Federation
The Reformatory Political Federation was a minor Protestant Christian political party in the Netherlands.-History:The RPF was founded in 1975 by three groups of orthodox Christians...
and GPV
- Leen van der WaalLeen van der WaalLeendert van der Waal is a Dutch engineer and former politician. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party and former Member of the European Parliament.- References :...
(SGP)