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Exit Polls General Election 1995 The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) has won the 1995 general election, becoming the largest party with 35 out of the 150 seats in parliament. This will allow the Christian Democratic Appeal to lead the efforts in forming a new government, which will most likely result in a center to center-right coalition with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Democrats '66 (D66) to gain a majority in both houses. A second, but unlikely posibility would be the formation of a grand coalition with the Labour Party (PvdA). Full Results | CDA - 35 | PvdA - 32 | VVD - 29 | D66 - 17 | GL - 14 | SP - 14 | SPG - 9 |​

 

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Governing Coalition Formed The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) has managed to form a government with the support of the People's Party for Freedom & Democracy (VVD) and the Democrats '66. This coalition will ensure a stable center-right government with a majority of 25 seats in the Senate and a majority of 19 seats in the House of Representatives. Brinkman-Cabinet Elco Brinkman - Minister of General Affairs (Prime Minister) Michelle Andringa - Minister of Interior Affairs & Kingdom Relations (Deputy Prime Minister) Maximiliaan Theunissen - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jette Meeuwis - Minister of Defence Ewoud Fortuin - Minister of Justice & Security Izaak Assenberg - Minister of Economic Affairs & Climate (Deputy Prime Minister) Jasper Martens - Minister of Finance Bart Jonkers - Minister of Social Affairs & Employment Julius Ververs - Minister of Infrastructure & Water Elisabeth Moorens - Minister of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality Anita van Heel - Minister of Education, Culture & Science Huub van Horn - Minister of Public Health, Welfare & Sports Rik Ramakers - Secretary of State for Personnel & Procurement Augustijn de Vries - Secretary of State for Business Angelique Paul - Secretary of State for Environmental Affairs Ruud Dirkse - Secretary of State for Tax & Customs Alex van Pey - Secretary of State for Immigration & Naturalisation Nico de Cloet - Secretary of State for Intelligence​

 

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Cabinet Grows The government has established a new position within the cabinet. Noor Alink has been appointed Secretary of State for Trade & International Development and will be working as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to a government spokesperson, the government aims to increase its diplomatic capabilities by expanding the focus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms Alink's responsibilities will be to establish and expand the Dutch trade network, increase the Netherlands' role in international aid and development and assist the Minister with diplomatic outreach programmes. It has been resported by sources inside the government that Ms Alink has been put straight to work by leading the diplomatic outreach with the new Canadian government while Minister Theunissen leads peace talks between the French and Belgian governments.

 

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Provincial Elections The Provincial Elections of 1997 are upon us as millions of eligible voters flock to the polls in order to directly elect their preferred parties to the Provincial legislatures, who are responsible for electing Senators, therefore this election will also indirectly appoint the Senate. The opposition will be seeking to increase their influence in the Senate with the goal of putting the government into the minority in the Senate, which would force the coalition into seeking compromise on any draft legislation in order for Bills to pass the Senate. The governing coalition will be seeking to maintain or increase their majority as a sign of the nation supporting their policies in the last two years. In the event that a coalition party suffers major losses, then their relationship with the rest of the coalition may become tense as they seek to improve their standing with their traditional voters. In the past Provincial Elections have caused the collapse of three governments. Political Scientists will keep a keen eye on the developments of this elections.