sentences:  The Christian Democratic Appeal suffered a small loss, losing 1 seat but became the largest party for the first time and now had 48 seats in the House of Representatives and Van Agt was appointed as Formateur.Van Agt subsequently returned as a Member of the House of Representatives and Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives, taking office on 10 June 1981.The following cabinet formation of 1981 resulted in a coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Appeal, the Labour Party (PvdA) and Democrats 66 (D66) party which formed the cabinet Van Agt II with Van Agt remaining Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of General Affairs, taking office on 11 September 1981.