Belgian general election, 1987

Belgian general election, 1987

13 December 1987

212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

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

Prime Minister before election Wilfried Martens CVP Elected Prime Minister Wilfried Martens CVP

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.

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 Belgian general election, 1987

Parties — Original name		Total seats
		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Christian People's Party — Christelijke Volkspartij	1,195,363	19,5%		43	-6
	Socialist Party (Wallonia) — Parti Socialiste	961,361	15,6%		40	+5
	Socialist Party (Flanders) — Socialistische Partij	915,432	14,9%		32	0
	Party for Freedom and Progress — Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang	709,758	11,5%		25	+3
	Liberal Reformist Party — Parti Réformateur Libéral	577,959	9,4%		23	-1
	People's Union — Volksunie	495,120	8,1%		16	0
	Christian Social Party — Parti Social Chrétien	491,908	8,0%		19	-1
	Agalev	275,437	4,5%		6	+2
	Ecolo	157,988	2,6%		3	-2
	Flemish Bloc — Vlaams Blok	116,534	1,9%		2	+2
	Democratic Front of the Francophones — Front Démocratique des Francophones	71,338	1,2%	*	3	*
	Communist Party of Belgium — Kommunistische Partij van België/Parti Communiste de Belgique	51,046	0,8%		–	–
	Workers' Party of Belgium — Partij van de Arbeid van België/Parti du Travail de Belgique	45,218	0,7%		–	–
	Socialist Workers' Party — Socialistische Arbeiderspartij/Parti Ouvrier Socialiste	31,446	0,5%		–	–
	Walloon Rally — Rassemblement Wallon	12,391	0,2%	*	–	*
	National Front — Front National	7,596	0,1%		–	–
	RAD/UDRT	6,452	0,1%		–	–
	GROEN	6,096	0,1%		–	–
	PDB	5,683	0,1%		–	–
	PFN/PCN	5,053	0,1%		–	–
	PLC	4,136	0,1%		–	–

Senate

 Summary of the 1987 Belgian Senate election results

Senate

	Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/-
	Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP)	1,169,377	19.2%	22	3
	Parti Socialiste (PS)	958,686	15.7%	20	2
	Socialistische Partij (SP)	896,294	14.7%	17	1
	Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang (PVV)	686,440	11.3%	11	0
	Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL)	564,367	9.3%	12	1
	Volksunie (VU)	494,410	8.1%	8	0
	Parti social chrétien (PSC)	474,370	7.8%	8	2
	Agalev	299,049	4.9%	3	1
	Ecolo	168,491	2.8%	2	0
	Vlaams Blok (VB)	122,953	2.0%	1	1
	Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF)	77,522	1.3%	1	0
	KPB/PCB	52,318	0.9%
	PVDA/PTB	43,386	0.7%
	SAP/POS	32,187	0.5%
	Rassemblement Wallon (RW)	14,333	0.2%
Others		28,197	0.5%
Total				105