1999 Belgian federal election

Belgium

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All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majorityTurnout90.56%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
VLD	Guy Verhofstadt	14.30	23	+2
CVP	Jean-Luc Dehaene	14.09	22	−7
Socialiste	Elio Di Rupo	10.16	19	−2
PRL–FDF	Louis Michel	10.14	18	0
Vlaams Blok	Frank Vanhecke	9.87	15	+4
Socialistische	Fred Erdman	9.55	14	−6
Ecolo	7.36	11	+5
Agalev	Jos Geysels	6.99	9	+4
PSC	Philippe Maystadt	5.88	10	−2
People's Union	Patrik Vankrunkelsven	5.56	8	+3
National Front	Daniel Féret	1.45	1	−1

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40 of the 71 seats in the Senate
36 seats needed for a majorityTurnout90.57%

Party		Vote %	Seats
VLD	15.37	11
CVP	14.75	10
PRL–FDF	10.57	9
Socialiste	9.65	10
Vlaams Blok	9.42	6
Socialistische	8.89	6
Ecolo	7.4	6
Agalev	7.09	5
PSC	6.04	5
People's Union	5.13	3

Government before	Government after election
Dehaene II CVP-PSC-PS-SP	Verhofstadt I VLD-PRL-PS-SP-Agalev-Ecolo

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Federal elections were held in Belgium on June 13, 1999 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.^[1] The 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.

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.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Flemish Liberals and Democrats	888,861	14.30	23	+2
Christian People's Party	875,455	14.09	22	–7
Parti Socialiste	631,653	10.16	19	–2
Liberal Reformist Party–Democratic Front of Francophones	630,219	10.14	18	0
Vlaams Blok	613,399	9.87	15	+4
Socialistische Partij	593,372	9.55	14	–6
Ecolo	457,281	7.36	11	+5
Agalev	434,449	6.99	9	+4
Christian Social Party	365,318	5.88	10	–2
People's Union	345,576	5.56	8	+3
Vivant	130,701	2.10	0	New
National Front	90,401	1.45	1	–1
Workers' Party of Belgium	25,215	0.41	0	0
Communist Party	23,081	0.37	0	0
Party for a New Politics in Belgium	22,591	0.36	0	New
New Belgian Front	22,491	0.36	0	New
WALLON	11,863	0.19	0	0
Aging with Dignity (Flanders)	8,033	0.13	0	0
FRANCE	7,493	0.12	0	New
Alliance	4,001	0.06	0	New
PJU–PDB	2,945	0.05	0	0
Social-Liberal Democrats	2,623	0.04	0	New
Social Democrat Party	1,928	0.03	0	New
LEEF	1,703	0.03	0	New
Employment is Investing in the Future	1,610	0.03	0	0
Alliance for Truth and Law in Belgium	1,597	0.03	0	New
Belgian Indian with No Name	1,488	0.02	0	New
Noor	1,244	0.02	0	New
Democratic Union	1,119	0.02	0	New
For a Movement in Defence of Workers and Youth	1,068	0.02	0	New
NP	943	0.02	0	New
National Front – Walloon Federation	859	0.01	0	New
Front of the Belgian Nation–Party	671	0.01	0	New
People's Nationalist Party	656	0.01	0	0
Stardust	649	0.01	0	New
VIC	636	0.01	0	New
Democratic Right	607	0.01	0	New
Referendum	601	0.01	0	0
Militant Left	438	0.01	0	New
Parti Communautaire National-Européen	399	0.01	0	0
Humanist Party	369	0.01	0	New
Civic List	242	0.00	0	New
Paradise Action Party	105	0.00	0	New
Other parties	8,121	0.13	0	–
Total		6,214,074	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		6,214,074	93.44
Invalid/blank votes		435,941	6.56
Total votes		6,650,015	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,343,464	90.56
Source: Belgian Elections, Global Elections Database

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Community	Co-opted	Total
Flemish Liberals and Democrats	952,116	15.37	6	3	2	11
Christian People's Party	913,508	14.75	6	3	1	10
Liberal Reformist Party–Democratic Front of Francophones	654,961	10.57	5	3	1	9
Parti Socialiste	597,890	9.65	4	4	2	10
Vlaams Blok	583,208	9.42	4	1	1	6
Socialistische Partij	550,657	8.89	4	1	1	6
Ecolo	458,658	7.40	3	3	0	6
Agalev	438,931	7.09	3	1	1	5
Christian Social Party	374,002	6.04	3	1	1	5
People's Union	317,830	5.13	2	1	0	3
Vivant	123,498	1.99	0	0	0	0
National Front	92,924	1.50	0	0	0	0
Workers' Party of Belgium	35,493	0.57	0	0	0	0
Party for a New Politics in Belgium	26,124	0.42	0	0	0	0
New Belgian Front	23,382	0.38	0	0	0	0
Communist Party	21,991	0.36	0	0	0	0
Social-Liberal Democrats	7,446	0.12	0	0	0	0
Democratic Union	7,368	0.12	0	0	0	0
PJU–PDB	6,372	0.10	0	0	0	0
VLAAMS	4,902	0.08	0	0	0	0
Parti Communautaire National-Européen	3,110	0.05	0	0	0	0
Total		6,194,371	100.00	40	21	10	71
Valid votes		6,194,371	93.14
Invalid/blank votes		456,425	6.86
Total votes		6,650,796	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,343,466	90.57
Source: Belgian Elections