sentences:  The Labour Party made a small win, gaining 5 seats but fell back as the second largest party and now had 52 seats in the House of Representatives.The following cabinet formation of 1986 resulted in a continuation of the previous coalition agreement which formed the Cabinet Lubbers II again without the Labour Party.Shortly after installation of the new cabinet Den Uyl announced that he was stepping down as Leader of the Labour Party and Parliamentary leader and endorsed Wim Kok as a candidate to succeed him.