1999 Belgian federal election

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1999 Belgian federal election

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Chamber of Representatives
All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	90.56%
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 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%
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 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.^[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.