1985 Belgian general election

none 1985 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary no 1981 Belgian general election 1981 1987 Belgian general election 1987 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 13 October 1985 Wilfried_Martens_1982_(cropped).jpg 125 120 160 0 0 Wilfried Martens Candidate for PM Christian People's Party (Belgium) 43 seats, 19.34% 49 6 1,291,244 21.29% 1.95% PS Guy Spitaels 1981 Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) 35 seats, 12.17% 35 834,488 13.76% 1.59% Karel_van_Miert_(SP,_Belgi%C3%AB),_Bestanddeelnr_933-5684.jpg 300 120 160 30 80 Karel Van Miert 1978 Socialist Party (Flanders) 26 seats, 12.36% 32 6 882,200 14.55% 2.19% Louis_Michel.jpg 258 120 160 0 85 Louis Michel 1982 Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) 24 seats, 7.97% 24 619,390 10.21% 2.24% Verhofstadt cropped.jpg 150 120 160 5 10 Guy Verhofstadt 1982 Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) 28 seats, 12.89% 22 6 651,806 10.75% 2.14% Gerard_DEPREZ_(16039228164).jpg 400 120 160 20 190 Gérard Deprez 1981 Christian Social Party (Wallonia) 18 seats, 6.49% 20 2 482,254 7.95% 1.50% Government Government after election Martens V CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL Martens VI CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL 300px Chamber of Representatives results 300px Senate election results thumb|Prime Minister Martens General elections were held in Belgium on 13 October 1985. The Christian People's Party emerged as the largest party, with 49 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 25 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Elections to the nine provincial councils were also held. The incumbent government was a coalition of Christian democrats (CVP/PSC) and liberals (PVV/PRL) led by Prime Minister Wilfried Martens. Following the elections, the same parties formed a new Martens Government.Fitzmaurice John Van den Berghe Guido 1986 The Belgian general election of 1985 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379486900302 Electoral Studies 5 1 73–76 10.1016/0261-3794(86)90030-2 0261-3794 subscription Guy Verhofstadt, PVV leader since 1982, was elected for the first time as representative. Despite PVV being the only governing party to lose seats, he was able to weigh on the government agreement and he became Deputy Prime Minister in the Martens VI Government. The government would fall two years later due to the Voeren issue; distrust of labour unions in Verhofstadt proved to be a factor as well. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1985.svg Christian People's Party 1291244 49 +6 Socialistische Partij 882200 32 +6 Parti Socialiste 834488 35 0 Party for Freedom and Progress 651806 22 –6 Liberal Reformist Party 619390 24 0 Social Christian Party (PSC) 482254 20 +2 People's Union 477755 16 –4 Agalev 226758 4 +2 Ecolo 152483 5 +3 Vlaams Blok 85391 1 0 Democratic Front of Francophones 72361 3 – Communist Party of Belgium 71695 0 –2 Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 69707 1 –2 Workers' Party of Belgium 46034 0 0 Solidarity and Participation 31983 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 13681 0 0 Green 9719 0 New Walloon Party 9284 0 New Organic Front for the Cultural Renewal of Solidarist Europe 8221 0 New Union for a New Democracy 6609 0 New Party of German-speaking Belgians 5228 0 0 National Front 3738 0 New Christian Liberal Party 3442 0 New Parti Communautaire National-Européen 1763 0 New Zo Maar 1630 0 New United Feminist Party 1201 0 0 Union of Progressive Walloons 828 0 New Flemish People's Party 678 0 New Charlier 655 0 New GIOT 640 0 New Humanist Party 518 0 New Appeal to All 464 0 New SDU–USD 412 0 New 487974 0 7001297 Belgian Elections Senate File:Belgium Senate 1985.svg Christian People's Party 1260113 25 +3 Socialistische Partij 868624 16 +3 Parti Socialiste 832792 18 0 Party for Freedom and Progress 637776 11 –3 Liberal Reformist Party 588373 13 +2 People's Union 484996 8 –2 Social Christian Party 475119 10 +2 Agalev 229206 2 +1 Ecolo 163361 2 –1 Vlaams Blok 90120 0 0 Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 73045 0 –1 Communist Party of Belgium 71020 0 –1 Democratic Front of Francophones 70239 1 – Workers' Party of Belgium 44799 0 0 Solidarity and Participation 33554 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 16786 0 0 Green 10988 0 New Walloon Party 10539 0 New Organic Front for the Cultural Renewal of Solidarist Europe 9318 0 New Union for a New Democracy 7200 0 New Party of German-speaking Belgians 5364 0 New National Front 4201 0 New Christian Liberal Party 3267 0 New United Feminist Party 1430 0 0 Parti Communautaire National-Européen 1312 0 New Flemish People's Party 446 0 New Paix 443 0 0 558259 0 7001297 Belgian Elections References Category:1985 elections in Belgium Category:October 1985 in Europe Belgium