| |
|
Belgium 1987 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
Senate
|
|
Date of Election
|
December
13, 1987
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
183
*
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Directly Elected Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Social
Democratic |
37
|
-
|
 |
Socialist
Party (Walloon) (PS) |
|
20
|
|
-
|
| Belgian
Socialist Party (BSP) |
17
|
-
|
| Christian
Democratic |
31
|
-
|
|
Christian
People's Party (CVP) |
|
22
|
|
-
|
| Social
Christian Party (PSC) |
9
|
-
|
| Liberal |
23
|
-
|
|
Party
of Walloon (PRLW) |
|
12
|
|
-
|
| Party
of Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
11
|
-
|
| People's
Union (VU) |
8
|
-
|
| Ecologists
|
5
|
-
|
| French-speaking
Front (FDF) |
1
|
-
|
| Flemish
Bloc (VB) |
1
|
-
|
* The upper
house consisted of both directly and indirectly elected members. The number
of directly elected members (106) was equal to half the number of members
of the Chamber of Representatives.
|
Chamber
|
House
of Representatives
|
|
Date of Election
|
December
13, 1987
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
212
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Social
Democratic |
72
|
30.6%
|
|
Socialist
Party (Walloon) (PS) |
|
40
|
|
15.7%
|
| Belgian
Socialist Party (PSB/BSP) |
32
|
14.9%
|
| Christian
Democratic |
62
|
27.5%
|
|
Christian
People's Party (CVP) |
|
43
|
|
19.5%
|
| Social
Christian Party (PSC) |
19
|
8.0%
|
| Liberal |
48
|
20.9%
|
|
Party
of Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
|
25
|
|
11.5%
|
| Party
of Walloon (PRLW) |
23
|
9.4%
|
| People's
Union (VU) |
16
|
8.0%
|
| Ecologists |
9
|
7.1%
|
| French-speaking
Front (FDF) |
3
|
1.2%
|
| Flemish
Bloc (VB) |
2
|
1.9%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1989, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1989.
# Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
| Population
Size |
9
870 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
7
039 250
|
|
Total Votes
|
6
573 045
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
93.4%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
6.6%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Belgium. [Internet]. International IDEA. 3 April 2002. |
