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Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26

May 26, 1981

Elections

Partial
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Next national election
May 26, 1981
Role
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Selection method
Other method
Status
Completed
Round
1
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Contest rounds

Round 1 · Single round
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Completed
Published contest rules
{
  "early": true,
  "electorate": 10040121,
  "source": "ParlGov",
  "sourceElectionId": 81,
  "sourceElectionType": "parliament",
  "totalSeats": 150,
  "validVotes": 8690837,
  "votesCast": 8738238
}

Candidates

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

Election results

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Democratisch Socialisten '70

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
48,568
Seats
0
Original value
0.56
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share0.6%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Partij van de Arbeid

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,458,452
Seats
44
Original value
28.29
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share28.3%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
70,878
Seats
1
Original value
0.82
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share0.8%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
171,324
Seats
3
Original value
1.97
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share2.0%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Christen-Democratisch Appèl

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
2,677,259
Seats
48
Original value
30.81
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share30.8%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Politieke Partij Radicalen

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
171,042
Seats
3
Original value
1.97
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share2.0%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Reformatorische Politieke Federatie

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
108,364
Seats
2
Original value
1.25
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share1.3%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Pacifistisch-Socialistische Partij

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
184,422
Seats
3
Original value
2.12
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share2.1%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Communistische Partij van Nederland

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
178,292
Seats
3
Original value
2.05
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share2.1%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,505,311
Seats
26
Original value
17.32
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share17.3%

Netherlands — Parliamentary election — 1981-05-26 · Democraten '66

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
961,121
Seats
17
Original value
11.06
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share11.1%

Signal

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Sources

3

  1. 1Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026