1985 Belgian general election
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Belgium portal |
General elections were held in
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. 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
National Front 3,738 | 0.06 | 0 | New | | |||||
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Christian Liberal Party | 3,442 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |||||
Parti Communautaire National-Européen | 1,763 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |||||
Zo Maar | 1,630 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |||||
United Feminist Party | 1,201 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Union of Progressive Walloons | 828 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Flemish People's Party | 678 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Charlier | 655 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
GIOT | 640 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Humanist Party | 518 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Appeal to All | 464 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
SDU–USD | 412 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Total | 6,064,260 | 100.00 | 212 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 6,064,260 | 92.55 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 487,974 | 7.45 | |||||||
Total votes | 6,552,234 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,001,297 | 93.59 | |||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
Senate
National Front 4,201 | 0.07 | 0 | New | | |||||
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Christian Liberal Party | 3,267 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |||||
United Feminist Party | 1,430 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Parti Communautaire National-Européen | 1,312 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |||||
Flemish People's Party | 446 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |||||
Paix | 443 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 5,994,431 | 100.00 | 106 | 0 | |||||
Valid votes | 5,994,431 | 91.48 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 558,259 | 8.52 | |||||||
Total votes | 6,552,690 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,001,297 | 93.59 | |||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |