General elections were held in

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on 13 December 1987 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and

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. Elections to the nine

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councils were also held. The snap elections were called after the government led by

Wilfried Martens Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership ...

(CVP) fell due to the

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issue. Following the election, the King appointed

Jean-Luc Dehaene Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene (; 7 August 1940 – 15 May 2014) was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "The Plumber" and "The Minesweep ...

(CVP) as

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; Dehaene famously replied "

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, give me one hundred days". 106 days later a new government was formed, again led by

Chamber of Representatives

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" , Parties — ''Original name'' ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" , Total seats , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! style="text-align:center;" , Votes ! style="text-align:center;" , % ! style="text-align:center;" , +/− ! style="text-align:center;" , Seats ! style="text-align:center;" , +/− , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian People's Party — ''Christelijke Volkspartij'', , 1,195,363, , 19,5%, , , , 43, , -6 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Wallonia) — ''Parti Socialiste'', , 961,361, , 15,6%, , , , 40, , +5 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Flanders) — ''Socialistische Partij'', , 915,432, , 14,9%, , , , 32, , 0 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...

— ''Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang'', , 709,758, , 11,5%, , , , 25, , +3 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Reformist Party — ''Parti Réformateur Libéral'', , 577,959, , 9,4%, , , , 23, , -1 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Union — ''Volksunie'', , 495,120, , 8,1%, , , , 16, , 0 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian Social Party — ''Parti Social Chrétien'', , 491,908, , 8,0%, , , , 19, , -1 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Agalev Groen (English: Green; nl, Groen, ), founded as Agalev (see Name below), is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. Party history Before ...

, , 275,437, , 4,5%, , , , 6, , +2 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Ecolo Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The ...

, , 157,988, , 2,6%, , , , 3, , -2 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Flemish Bloc — ''Vlaams Blok'', , 116,534, , 1,9%, , , , 2, , +2 , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Front of the Francophones — ''Front Démocratique des Francophones'', , 71,338, , 1,2%, , *, , 3, , * , - style="text-align:right;" , style="background-color:darkred" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Party of Belgium french: Parti Communiste de Belgique , abbreviation = KPB-PCB , colorcode = , leader1_title = Historical leaders , leader1_name = Joseph JacquemotteJulien LahautLouis Van Geyt , founder = Julien Lahaut , founded = , dissolved = , merge ...

— ''Kommunistische Partij van België/Parti Communiste de Belgique'', , 51,046, , 0,8%, , , , –, , – , - , style="background-color:darkred" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Workers' Party of Belgium The Workers' Party of Belgium (french: Parti du Travail de Belgique, PTB; nl, Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA; ) is a Marxism, Marxist and Socialism, socialist political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. It is one of the few ...

— ''Partij van de Arbeid van België/Parti du Travail de Belgique'' , , 45,218, , 0,7%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Workers' Party — ''Socialistische Arbeiderspartij/Parti Ouvrier Socialiste'' , , 31,446, , 0,5%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Walloon Rally The Walloon Rally (french: Rassemblement wallon; RW) is a regionalist political party in Belgium, active in Wallonia since 1968. The party favoured federalism and since 1985 independence. Founded on 7 March 1968, the party contested the Belgi ...

— ''Rassemblement Wallon'', , 12,391, , 0,2%, , *, , –, , * , - style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:left;" , National Front — ''Front National'', , 7,596, , 0,1%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , UDRT/RAD — ''Union démocratique pour le respect du travail/Respect voor Arbeid en Democratie'', , 6,452, , 0,1%, , , , –, , -1 , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , GROEN, , 6,096, , 0,1%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , PDB, , 5,683, , 0,1%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , PFN/PCN, , 5,053, , 0,1%, , , , –, , – , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , PLC, , 4,136, , 0,1%, , , , –, , –

Senate

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Christelijke Volkspartij Christian Democratic and Flemish (, , CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism ( ACV) and trade associations (UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party wa ...

(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 The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...

(PVV), , 686,440, , 11.3%, , 11 , , 0 , - , ,

Parti Réformateur Libéral The Liberal Reformist Party (french: Parti Réformateur Libéral, PRL) was a liberal political party active in Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium. The PRL grew out of the Francophone part of the unitary liberal Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV-P ...

(PRL) , , 564,367, , 9.3%, , 12 , , 1 , - , ,

Volksunie People's Union ( nl, Volksunie, VU) was a Flemish nationalist political party in Belgium, formed in 1954 as a successor to the Christian Flemish People's Union. The Volksunie defined itself as a big tent and catch-all party that combined suppor ...

(VU) , , 494,410, , 8.1%, , 8 , , 0 , - , , Parti social chrétien (PSC), , 474,370, , 7.8%, , 9 , , 1 , - , ,

, , 299,049, , 4.9%, , 3 , , 1 , - , ,

, , 168,491, , 2.8%, , 2 , , 0 , - , ,

Vlaams Blok ''Vlaams Blok'' ( en, Flemish Block, or VB) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.Erk, 2005, pp. 493-502. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence ...

(VB), , 122,953, , 2.0%, , 1 , , 1 , - , , Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF), , 77,522, , 1.3%, , 1 , , 0 , - , style="width: 10px;text-align:center;" , , KPB/PCB, , 52,318, , 0.9%, , , - , style="width: 10px;text-align:center;" , , PVDA/PTB, , 43,386, , 0.7%, , , - , style="width: 10px;text-align:center;" , , SAP/POS, , 32,187, , 0.5%, , , - , style="width: 10px;text-align:center;" , , Rassemblement Wallon (RW), , 14,333, , 0.2%, , , - , colspan="2" , Others , , 28,197 , , 0.5% , , , - ! colspan="4" , Total !! 106 {{Belgian elections 1987 elections in Belgium December 1987 events in Europe