General elections were held in Belgium on 13 December 1987 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate .[1] [2] Elections to the nine provincial councils were also held.
1987 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Third party
PS
Leader
Wilfried Martens
Guy Spitaels
Karel Van Miert
Party
CVP
PS
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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
Open Vld
PRL
cdH
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%
Chamber of Representatives results Senate election results
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 CVP leader Wilfried Martens .
Chamber of Representatives
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Party Votes % Seats +/– Christian People's Party 1,195,363 19.45 43 –6 Parti Socialiste 961,361 15.64 40 +5 Socialistische Partij 915,432 14.90 32 0 Party for Freedom and Progress 709,758 11.55 25 +3 Liberal Reformist Party 577,959 9.41 23 –1 People's Union 495,120 8.06 16 0 Christian Social Party 491,908 8.00 19 –1 Agalev 275,437 4.48 6 +2 Ecolo 157,988 2.57 3 –2 Vlaams Blok 116,534 1.90 2 +2 Democratic Front of the Francophones 71,338 1.16 3 0 Communist Party of Belgium 51,046 0.83 0 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 45,218 0.74 0 0 Socialist Workers' Party 31,446 0.51 0 0 Walloon Rally 12,391 0.20 0 New National Front 7,596 0.12 0 0 Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 6,452 0.10 0 –1 Green 6,096 0.10 0 0 Party of German-speaking Belgians 5,683 0.09 0 0 Party of New Forces –PCN 5,053 0.08 0 0 Christian Liberal Party 4,136 0.07 0 0 United Feminist Party 959 0.02 0 0 Appeal to All European Social Libertarians 593 0.01 0 0 Green Party Radical 340 0.01 0 New Total 6,145,207 100.00 212 0 Valid votes 6,145,207 93.43 Invalid/blank votes 431,840 6.57 Total votes 6,577,047 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,044,211 93.37 Source: Belgian Elections
Party Votes % Seats +/– Christian People's Party 1,169,377 19.19 22 –3 Parti Socialiste 958,686 15.74 20 +2 Socialistische Partij 896,294 14.71 17 +1 Party for Freedom and Progress 686,440 11.27 11 0 Liberal Reformist Party 564,367 9.26 12 –1 People's Union 494,410 8.12 8 0 Christian Social Party 474,370 7.79 9 –1 Agalev 299,049 4.91 3 +1 Ecolo 168,491 2.77 2 0 Vlaams Blok 122,953 2.02 1 +1 Democratic Front of the Francophones 77,522 1.27 1 0 Communist Party of Belgium 52,318 0.86 0 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 43,386 0.71 0 0 Socialist Workers' Party 32,187 0.53 0 0 Walloon Rally 14,333 0.24 0 New Green 7,648 0.13 0 0 Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 6,203 0.10 0 0 Parti Communautaire National-Européen 5,614 0.09 0 0 Party of German-speaking Belgians 5,588 0.09 0 0 Christian Liberal Party 3,144 0.05 0 0 United Feminist Party 1,127 0.02 0 0 Union of Progressive Walloons–Christian Liberal Party 475 0.01 0 New Other parties 8,186 0.13 0 – Total 6,092,168 100.00 106 0 Valid votes 6,092,168 92.61 Invalid/blank votes 486,076 7.39 Total votes 6,578,244 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,044,211 93.39 Source: Belgian Elections