1991 Belgian general election

The 24 November 1991 Belgian general elections was a Belgian election for the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and Belgian Senate. The results represented a big loss for the majority parties (Christian democrats and Socialists). The Vlaams Blok on the other hand had a very big gain; the day became known as "black Sunday" due to the rise of the far-right party.

1991 Belgian general election

24 November 1991

212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 70 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Wilfried Martens Guy Spitaels Frank Vandenbroucke
Party CVP PS SP
Leader since Candidate for PM 1981 1989
Last election 43 seats, 19.5% 40 seats, 15.6% 32 seats, 14.9%
Seats won 39 35 28
Seat change 4 5 4
Popular vote 1,035,165 831,199 737,976
Percentage 16.8% 13.5% 12.0%
Swing 2.7% 2.1% 2.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Guy Verhofstadt Antoine Duquesne
Daniel Ducarme
Gérard Deprez
Party PVV PRL PSC
Leader since 1989 1990 1981
Last election 25 seats, 11.5% 23 seats, 9.4% 19 seats, 8.0%
Seats won 26 20 18
Seat change 1 3 1
Popular vote 738,016 501,647 476,470
Percentage 12.0% 8.1% 7.7%
Swing 0.5% 1.3% 0.3%

Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district, as shown in the table of results.

Government before election

Martens IX
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

Elected Government

Martens IX
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

These were the last elections before the new 1993 Belgian Constitution, which turned Belgium formally into a federal state: after this election, the number of MPs were reduced while the regional parliaments would become directly elected. The provincial elections would no longer coincide with national elections, but with municipal elections.

By law of 16 July 1991, experiments with electronic voting were carried out for the first time in Belgium during these elections, specifically in the canton of Verlaine (province of Liège) and the canton of Waarschoot (province of East Flanders).

Chamber of Representatives

Elections Belgian chamber 24/11/1991
Party Total Dutch-speaking electoral college French-speaking electoral college
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
  Christian People Party (CVP)1,036,16516.8391,036,16539
  Socialist Party (PS)831,19913.535831,19935
  Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV)738,01612.026738,01626
  Socialist Party (SP)737,97612.028737,97628
  Liberal Reform Party (PRL)501,6478.120501,64720
  Christian Social Party (PSC)476,7307.718476,73018
  Flemish Bloc (VB)405,2476.612405,24712
  People's Union (VU)363,1245.910363,12410
  Ecolo312,6245.110312,62410
  Agalev299,5504.97299,5507
ROSSEM198,1823.23198,1823
  Democratic Front of the Francophones (FDF)/PPW90,8131,5390,8133
  National Front (FN)64,9921.1164,9921
  Workers' Party (PVDA/PTB)30,4910.5
B.E.B.15,4290.3%-
REGEBO11,9440.2%-
Agir11,1890.2%-
PC5,7060.1%-
Socialist Workers' Party (SAP/POS)5,2430.1%-
V.D.4,4670.1%-
Walloon Rally7560.1%-
Total6,162,160100212100100

Senate

Elections Belgian Senate 24/11/1991
PartyVotesPercentageSeats
total6,117,614100%70
CVP1,028,69916.8%20
PS814,13613.2%18
SP730,27411.9%14
PVV713,54211.7%13
PRL496,5628.1%9
PSC483,9617.9%9
Vlaams Blok414,4816.8%5
Volksunie365,1736.0%5
Ecolo323,6835.3%6
Agalev314,3605.1%5
ROSSEM196,0523.2%1
FDF/PPW86,0261.4%1
FN60,8761.0%-
PVDA/PTB31,7540.5%-
B.E.B.15,8930.3%-
REGEBO12,1500.2%-
PC6,5520.1%-
SAP/POS6,4850.1%-
V.D.4,2280.1%-
RW3,4410.1%-
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