Parliamentary election in Belgium in 1987
The 1987 election to the Belgian Parliament was held on December 13, 1987. The 212 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 106 directly elected out of 185 members of the Senate stood for election .
prehistory
Since the 1985 election , the Martens VI government , consisting of Christian Democrats ( CVP and PSC ) and Liberals ( PRL and PVV ), had been in office. Due to the still unresolved language dispute in Voeren , which had led Prime Minister Wilfried Martens to resign in 1986 , the government resigned on October 21, 1987. King Baudouin then entrusted Martens with the leadership of a transitional government based on the same four parties and scheduled new elections for December 13th.
Chamber (lower house)
Parties
The high voter turnout of over 90% was due to the compulsory voting in Belgium. The four parties involved in the government were able to maintain their parliamentary majority, but had to accept a loss of mandate. The Walloon Christian Democrats ( PSC ) had to give up a mandate, despite a very small gain in votes, the Flemish Christian Democrats ( CVP ) lost six seats. The Walloon Liberals ( PRL ) lost one seat, while the Flemish Liberals ( PVV ) gained three seats.
The Walloon Socialists ( PS ) won five seats, the Flemish Socialists ( SP ) were able to maintain the number of seats with slight gains in votes.
The two Green parties gained votes, but the Walloon Greens ( Ecolo ) lost two seats and the Flemish Greens ( Agalev ) gained two additional seats.
The right-wing populist Vlaams Blok (VB) gained slightly and doubled the number of seats to two, while the nationalist Flemish Volksunie (VU) held its 16 seats. The FDF kept its three mandates, the RAD / URT only got 0.1% and lost its only seat in the chamber.
Results
Eleven parties won seats in the Chamber of Deputies .
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 7,044,211 | ||||
| votes cast | 6,577,047 | 93.37% | |||
| valid votes | 6.145.207 | 93.43% | |||
| be right | proportion of | ± to 1985 | Seats | ± to 1985 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVP | 1,195,363 | 19.45% | −1.84% | 43 | −6 |
| PS | 961.361 | 15.64% | +1.88% | 40 | +5 |
| SP | 915,432 | 14.90% | + 0.35% | 32 | ± 0 |
| PVV | 709.758 | 11.55% | +0.08% | 25th | +3 |
| PRL | 577,959 | 9.41% | −0.80% | 23 | −1 |
| VU | 495.120 | 8.06% | + 0.18% | 16 | ± 0 |
| PSC | 491.908 | 8.00% | + 0.05% | 19th | −1 |
| AGALEV | 275,437 | 4.48% | + 0.74% | 6th | +2 |
| Ecolo | 157.988 | 2.57% | +0.06% | 3 | −2 |
| VB | 116,534 | 1.90% | + 0.49% | 2 | +1 |
| FDF | 71,338 | 1.16% | −0.03% | 3 | ± 0 |
| RAD / UDRT | 6,452 | 0.10% | −1.05% | 0 | −1 |
Senate (upper house)
In addition to the chamber deputies, 106 out of 185 senators were directly elected.
The Flemish Christian Democrats (CVP) lost three seats, the Flemish sister party PSC lost one seat. The Flemish Liberals from the PVV kept their Senate seats, the Walloon Liberals (PRL) lost one seat. The Walloon Socialists (PS) provided two additional senators, the Flemish Socialists (SP) won a Senate seat. The Flemish Greens of the Agalev won a Senate seat, the Walloon Greens (Ecolo) held their seats. The Flemish nationalist VU retained its eight senators, the right-wing populist Vlams Blok, who had not been represented so far, won a mandate, and the FDF retained its Senate seat.
Results
A total of 11 parties were elected to the Senate .
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 7,044,211 | ||||
| votes cast | 6,578,244 | 93.39% | |||
| valid votes | 6.092.168 | 92.61% | |||
| be right | proportion of | ± to 1985 | Seats | ± to 1985 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVP | 1,169,377 | 19.19% | −1.83% | 22nd | −3 |
| PS | 958.686 | 15.74% | +1.85% | 20th | +2 |
| SP | 896.294 | 14.71% | + 0.22% | 17th | +1 |
| PVV | 686.440 | 11.27% | + 0.63% | 11 | ± 0 |
| PRL | 564,367 | 9.26% | −0.56% | 12 | −1 |
| VU | 494.410 | 8.12% | +0.03% | 8th | ± 0 |
| PSC | 474,370 | 7.79% | −0.14% | 9 | −1 |
| AGALEV | 299,049 | 4.91% | +1.09% | 3 | +1 |
| Ecolo | 168.491 | 2.77% | + 0.04% | 2 | ± 0 |
| VB | 122,953 | 2.02% | +0.52% | 1 | +1 |
| FDF | 77,522 | 1.27% | + 0.10% | 1 | ± 0 |
Government formation
The governing parties suffered losses, but still had a majority with 110 out of 212 seats. Negotiations to form a government dragged on for five months until the Martens VIII government was sworn in on May 9, 1988 . In addition to the Flemish and Walloon Christian Democrats (CVP and PSC), the Walloon and Flemish Socialists ( PS and SP ) and the Flemish nationalists of the VU were involved in government.
literature
- Xavier Mabille, Evelyne Lentzen: Les Élections du 13 December 1987 . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 34 , no. 1179-1180 , 1987, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 1-50 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.1179.0001 ( cairn.info ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1989 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-596-19089-4 , Sp. 85 f .
- ↑ Résultat Election Chambre 13-12-1987 Royaume. Belgian Federal Government, accessed November 22, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Résultat Election Senate 13-12-1987 Royaume. Belgian Federal Government, accessed November 22, 2019 (French).