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1987 Belgian general election

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Field	Value
country	Belgium
previous_election	1985
next_election	1991
election_date	13 December 1987
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Chamber of Representatives
seats_for_election	All 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
turnout	93.37%
party1	CVP	leader1 = Wilfried Martens	percentage1 = 19.45	seats1 = 43	last_election1 = 49
party2	Socialiste	leader2 = Guy Spitaels	percentage2 = 15.64	seats2 = 40	last_election2 = 35
party3	Socialistische	leader3 = Karel Van Miert	percentage3 = 14.90	seats3 = 32	last_election3 = 32
party4	Party for Freedom and Progress	leader4 = Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck	percentage4 = 11.55	seats4 = 25	last_election4 = 22
party5	Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)	leader5 = Louis Michel	percentage5 = 9.41	seats5 = 23	last_election5 = 24
party6	People's Union	leader6 = Jaak Gabriëls	percentage6 = 8.06	seats6 = 16	last_election6 = 16
party7	PSC	leader7 = Gérard Deprez	percentage7 = 8.00	seats7 = 19	last_election7 = 20
party8	Agalev	leader8 = Leo Cox	percentage8 = 4.48	seats8 = 6	last_election8 = 4
party9	Ecolo	leader9 =	percentage9 = 2.57	seats9 = 3	last_election9 = 5
party10	Vlaams Blok	leader10 = Karel Dillen	percentage10 = 1.90	seats10 = 2	last_election10 = 0
party11	FDF	leader11 =	percentage11 = 1.16	seats11 = 3	last_election11 = 3
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Senate
seats_for_election	All 106 seats in the Senate
turnout	93.39%
noleader	yes
party1	CVP	percentage1 = 19.19	seats1 = 22	last_election1 = 25
party2	Socialiste	percentage2 = 15.74	seats2 = 20	last_election2 = 18
party3	Socialistische	percentage3 = 14.71	seats3 = 17	last_election3 = 16
party4	Party for Freedom and Progress	percentage4 = 11.27	seats4 = 11	last_election4 = 11
party5	Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)	percentage5 = 9.26	seats5 = 12	last_election5 = 13
party6	People's Union (Belgium)	percentage6 = 8.12	seats6 = 8	last_election6 = 8
party7	PSC	percentage7 = 7.79	seats7 = 9	last_election7 = 10
party8	Agalev	leader8 =	percentage8 = 4.91	seats8 = 3	last_election8 = 2
party9	Ecolo	percentage9 = 2.77	seats9 = 2	last_election9 = 2
party10	Vlaams Blok	percentage10 = 2.02	seats10 = 1	last_election10 = 0
party11	FDF	percentage11 = 1.27	seats11 = 1	last_election11 = 1
map
title	Government
posttitle	Government after election
before_election	Martens VII
before_party	CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL
after_election	Martens VII
after_party	CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL

General elections were held in Belgium on 13 December 1987 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and 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 CVP leader Wilfried Martens.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

References

[https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1987/k%C3%B6nigreich/154962 Ergebnis Abgeordnetenkammer 13 Dezember 1987] Belgian Elections
[https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1987/k%C3%B6nigreich/160473 Ergebnis Senat 13 Dezember 1987] Belgian Elections
Leonard, Dick. (1989-08-01). "The Belgian general election of 13 December 1987". Electoral Studies.

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