1987 Belgian general election

The 13 December 1987 Belgian general elections was a Belgian election for the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and Belgian Senate. Elections to the nine provincial councils were also held.

1987 Belgian general election

13 December 1987

212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Wilfried Martens Guy Spitaels Karel Van Miert
Party CVP PS SP
Leader since Candidate for PM 1981 1978
Last election 49 seats, 21.29% 35 seats, 13.76% 32 seats, 14.55%
Seats won 43 40 32
Seat change 6 5
Popular vote 1,195,363 961,361 915,432
Percentage 19.5% 15.6% 14.9%
Swing 1.79% 1.84% 0.35%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Louis Michel Gérard Deprez
Party PVV PRL PSC
Leader since 1985 1982 1981
Last election 22 seats, 10.75% 24 seats, 10.21% 20 seats, 7.95%
Seats won 25 23 19
Seat change 3 1 1
Popular vote 709,758 577,959 491,908
Percentage 11.5% 9.4% 8.0%
Swing 0.75% 0.81% 0.05%

Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district (for the Chamber of Deputies).

Government before election

Martens VII
CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL

Elected Government

Martens VII
CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL

The snap elections were called after the government led by Wilfried Martens (CVP) fell due to the Voeren issue.

Following the election, the King appointed Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP) as informateur; Dehaene famously replied "Sire, give me one hundred days". 106 days later a new government was formed, again led by Wilfried Martens.

Chamber of Representatives

 Summary of the 1987 Belgian Chamber of Representatives 1987 Belgian general election
Parties Original name Total seats
Votes % +/− Seats +/−
Christian People's Party Christelijke Volkspartij1,195,36319,5% 43-6
Socialist Party (Wallonia) Parti Socialiste961,36115,6% 40+5
Socialist Party (Flanders) Socialistische Partij915,43214,9% 320
Party for Freedom and Progress Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang709,75811,5% 25+3
Liberal Reformist Party Parti Réformateur Libéral577,9599,4% 23-1
People's Union Volksunie495,1208,1% 160
Christian Social Party Parti Social Chrétien491,9088,0% 19-1
Agalev275,4374,5% 6+2
Ecolo157,9882,6% 3-2
Flemish Bloc Vlaams Blok116,5341,9% 2+2
Democratic Front of the Francophones Front Démocratique des Francophones71,3381,2%* 3*
Communist Party of Belgium Kommunistische Partij van België/Parti Communiste de Belgique51,0460,8%
Workers' Party of Belgium Partij van de Arbeid van België/Parti du Travail de Belgique45,2180,7%
Socialist Workers' Party Socialistische Arbeiderspartij/Parti Ouvrier Socialiste31,4460,5%
Walloon Rally Rassemblement Wallon12,3910,2%**
National Front Front National7,5960,1%
UDRT/RAD Union démocratique pour le respect du travail/Respect voor Arbeid en Democratie6,4520,1%-1
GROEN6,0960,1%
PDB5,6830,1%
PFN/PCN5,0530,1%
PLC4,1360,1%

Senate

 Summary of the 1987 Belgian Senate election results Senate
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/-
Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP)1,169,37719.2%223
Parti Socialiste (PS)958,68615.7%202
Socialistische Partij (SP)896,29414.7%171
Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang (PVV)686,44011.3%11 0
Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL)564,3679.3%121
Volksunie (VU)494,4108.1%8 0
Parti social chrétien (PSC)474,3707.8%82
Agalev299,0494.9%31
Ecolo168,4912.8%2 0
Vlaams Blok (VB)122,9532.0%11
Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF)77,5221.3%1 0
KPB/PCB52,3180.9%
PVDA/PTB43,3860.7%
SAP/POS32,1870.5%
Rassemblement Wallon (RW)14,3330.2%
Others28,1970.5%
Total105
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