1999 Belgian federal election

The June 13, 1999 Belgian federal elections was a Belgian election for the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and Belgian Senate. The federal general elections were held on the same day as the European elections and the regional elections. The Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) became the largest party.

1999 Belgium federal election

13 June 1999 (1999-06-13)

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
40 of 71 seats in the Senate
respectively 76 and 36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Guy Verhofstadt Jean-Luc Dehaene^ Elio Di Rupo
Party VLD CVP PS
Leader since 1997 Candidate for PM 1999
Last election 21 seats, 13.1% 29 seats, 17.18% 21 seats, 11.87%
Seats before 21 29 21
Seats won 23 22 19
Seat change 2 7 2
Popular vote 888,861 875,455 631,653
Percentage 14.30% 14.09% 10.16%
Swing 1.15% 3.09% 1.71%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Louis Michel Frank Vanhecke Fred Erdman
Party PRL + FDF VB SP
Leader since 1995 1996 1998
Last election 18 seats, 10.26% 11 seats, 7.83% 14 seats, 12.56%
Seats before 18 11 20
Seats won 18 15 14
Seat change 4 6
Popular vote 630,219 613,399 593,372
Percentage 10.14% 9.87% 9.55%
Swing 0.12% 2.04% 3.01%

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

Government before election

Dehaene II
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

Elected Government

Verhofstadt I
VLD-PRL-PS-SP-Agalev-Ecolo

The Christian Democrats (CVP/PSC) suffered historic losses due to the dioxine affair that broke loose that year. Jean-Luc Dehaene's reign of eight years came to an end. Verhofstadt formed a six-party coalition comprising the liberal (VLD and PRL), socialist (SP and PS), and green parties (Agalev and Ecolo). It was the first liberal-led government since 1938, and the first since 1958 that didn't include a Christian Democratic party.

Chamber of Representatives

 Summary of the 13 June 1999 Belgian Chamber of Representatives election results
← 1995 • 1999 • 2003 →
Party Main ideology Leader(s) Votes % +/– E.c. % Seats +/–
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) Liberalism Guy Verhofstadt 888,861 14.30 1.15 23 2
Christian People's Party (CVP) Christian democracy Marc Van Peel 875,455 14.09 3.09 22 7
Socialist Party (Wallonia) (PS) Social democracy Elio Di Rupo 631,653 10.16 1.71 19 2
Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) Liberalism Louis Michel 630,219 10.14 0.12 18 0
Flemish Block (VB) Flemish nationalism Frank Vanhecke 613,399 9.87 2.04 15 4
Socialist Party (Flanders) (SP) Social democracy Fred Erdman 593,372 9.55 3.01 14 6
Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) Green politics Isabelle Durant 457,281 7.36 3.35 11 5
Living Differently (AGALEV) Green politics Jos Geysels 434,449 6.99 2.56 9 4
Christian Social Party (PSC) Christian democracy Philippe Maystadt 365,318 5.88 1.85 10 2
People's Union–ID (VU-ID) Flemish nationalism Patrik Vankrunkelsven 345,576 5.56 0.86 8 3
National Front (FN) Nationalism 90,401 1.45 0.83 1 1
Vivant (VIVANT) Social liberalism Roland Duchâtelet 130,701 2.10 new
Others (parties that received less than 1% of the national vote) 157,389 2.53
Valid votes 6,214,074 93.44
Blank and invalid votes 435,941 6.56
Totals 6,650,015 100.00 150
Electorate and voter turnout 7,343,464 90.56
Source: 1999 Federal Election.

Senate

 Summary of the 13 June 1999 Belgian Senate election results
Parties Senate
Votes+/-%+/-Seats+/-
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten)952,11615.46± 0
Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij)913,50814.76- 1
Liberal Reformist PartyDemocratic Front of Francophones (PRL–FDF)654,96110.65± 0
Socialist Party (Wallonia) (Parti Socialiste)597,8909.74- 1
Flemish Block (Vlaams Blok)583,2089.44+ 1
Socialist Party (Flanders) (Socialistische Partij)550,6578.94- 2
Ecolo458,6587.43+ 1
Agalev438,9317.13+ 2
Christian Social Party (Parti Social Chrétien)374,0026.03± 0
VU&ID317,8305.12± 0
Vivant (total)123,4982.0
National Front (Front National)92,9241.5
Workers Party of Belgium (total)35,4930.6
FNB (Front Nouveau de Belgique)23,3820.4
Communist Party (Parti Communiste)21,9910.4
PNPB (Paul Marchal)26,1240.5
Other29,1980.5
Total (turnout 90.6%) 6,194,371   100   40  
Source: IBZ.
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