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1999 Belgian federal election

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Field	Value
country	Belgium
previous_election	1995
next_election	2003
election_date
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Chamber of Representatives
seats_for_election	All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
majority_seats	76
turnout	90.56%
party1	VLD	leader1 = Guy Verhofstadt	percentage1 = 14.30	seats1 = 23	last_election1 = 21
party2	CVP	leader2 = Jean-Luc Dehaene	percentage2 = 14.09	seats2 = 22	last_election2 = 29
party3	Socialiste	leader3 = Elio Di Rupo	percentage3 = 10.16	seats3 = 19	last_election3 = 21
party4	PRL–FDF	leader4 = Louis Michel	percentage4 = 10.14	seats4 = 18	last_election4 = 18
party5	Vlaams Blok	leader5 = Frank Vanhecke	percentage5 = 9.87	seats5 = 15	last_election5 = 11
party6	Socialistische	leader6 = Fred Erdman	percentage6 = 9.55	seats6 = 14	last_election6 = 20
party7	Ecolo	leader7 =	percentage7 = 7.36	seats7 = 11	last_election7 = 6
party8	Agalev	leader8 = Jos Geysels	percentage8 = 6.99	seats8 = 9	last_election8 = 5
party9	PSC	leader9 = Philippe Maystadt	percentage9 = 5.88	seats9 = 10	last_election9 = 12
party10	People's Union (Belgium)	leader10 = Patrik Vankrunkelsven	percentage10 = 5.56	seats10 = 8	last_election10 = 5
party11	National Front	leader11 = Daniel Féret	percentage11 = 1.45	seats11 = 1	last_election11 = 2
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Senate
seats_for_election	40 of the 71 seats in the Senate
majority_seats	36
turnout	90.57%
noleader	yes
first_election	yes
party1	VLD	percentage1 = 15.37	seats1 = 11
party2	CVP	percentage2 = 14.75	seats2 = 10
party3	PRL–FDF	percentage3 = 10.57	seats3 = 9
party4	Socialiste	percentage4 = 9.65	seats4 = 10
party5	Vlaams Blok	percentage5 = 9.42	seats5 = 6
party6	Socialistische	percentage6 = 8.89	seats6 = 6
party7	Ecolo	percentage7 = 7.4	seats7 = 6
party8	Agalev	percentage8 = 7.09	seats8 = 5
party9	PSC	percentage9 = 6.04	seats9 = 5
party10	People's Union (Belgium)	percentage10 = 5.13	seats10 = 3
map
title	Government
posttitle	Government after election
before_election	Dehaene II
before_party	CVP-PSC-PS-SP
after_election	Verhofstadt I
after_party	VLD-PRL-PS-SP-Agalev-Ecolo

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

Senate

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.

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