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Belgian federal election, 1999

Belgium federal election, 1999
Belgium
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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
  Guy Verhofstadt Jean-Luc Dehaene Elio Di Rupo
Leader Guy Verhofstadt Jean-Luc Dehaene^ Elio Di Rupo
Party VLD CVP PS
Leader since 1997 Candidate for PM 1999
Leader's seat Dendermonde Vilvoorde Mons
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 Increase2 Decrease7 Decrease2
Popular vote 888,861 875,455 631,653
Percentage 14.3% 14.09% 10.16%
Swing Increase1.15% Decrease3.09% Decrease1.71%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Louis Michel Frank Vanhecke
Leader Louis Michel Frank Vanhecke Fred Erdman
Party PRL + FDF VB SP
Leader since 1995 1996 1998
Leader's seat Jodoigne Antwerp Antwerp
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 Steady Increase4 Decrease6
Popular vote 630,219 613,399 593,372
Percentage 10.14% 9.87% 9.55%
Swing Decrease0.12% Increase2.04% Decrease3.01%

Belgian federal election 1999 - Chamber - circumscriptions.svg
Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district, as shown in the table of results.

Prime Minister before election

Jean-Luc Dehaene
CVP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Guy Verhofstadt
VLD


Jean-Luc Dehaene
CVP

Guy Verhofstadt
VLD

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.

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.


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