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13 June 1999 (1999-06-13)

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Chamber of Representatives

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

90.56%

	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

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

40 of the 71 seats in the Senate
36 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

90.57%

	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

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Chamber of Representatives results by electoral district

Senate direct election results by province

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. 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.

Results

Chamber of Representatives



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

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	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

References

Carton, Ann (2001). "Open Forum: The General Elections in Belgium in June 1999: A Real Breakthrough for Women Politicians?". European Journal of Women's Studies. 8 (1): 127–135. doi:10.1177/135050680100800107.

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