1995 Belgian federal election

1995 Belgian federal election

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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   PS Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Guy Verhofstadt Philippe Busquin Party CVP Open Vld PS Leader since Candidate for PM 1992 1992 Last election 39 seats, 16.8% 26 seats, 12.0% 35 seats, 13.5% Seats won 29 21 21 Seat change 10 5 14 Popular vote 1,042,933 798,363 720.819 Percentage 17.2% 13.1% 11.9% Swing 0.4% 1.1% 1.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Louis Tobback Louis Michel Gérard Deprez Party sp.a MR cdH Leader since 1994 1995 1981 Last election 28 seats, 12.0% 23 seats, 9.6% 18 seats, 7.7% Seats won 20 18 12 Seat change 8 5 6 Popular vote 762.444 623.250 469.101 Percentage 12.6% 10.1% 7.7% Swing 0.6% 0.5%
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Government before election Dehaene I SP Government after election Dehaene II SP

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Federal elections were held in Belgium on 21 May 1995 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate. The Christian People's Party (CVP) kept its position as largest party in Flanders and overall in Belgium, and Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP) continued as Prime Minister.

On the same day,

, which turned Belgium formally into a federal state. The new Constitution also reduced the number of seats in the Chamber (from 212 to 150) and in the Senate (from 70 to 40 directly elected senators).

Results

Chamber of Representatives

National Front						138,496	2.28	2	+1
	BANAAN	40,098	0.66	0	New
	Aging with Dignity (Wallonia)	26,227	0.43	0	New
	Aging with Dignity (Flanders)	25,195	0.41	0	New
	Workers' Party of Belgium (Flanders)	20,997	0.35	0	0
	Agir	15,374	0.25	0	0
	Unitarist and Centrist	13,878	0.23	0	New
	Workers' Party of Belgium (Wallonia)	13,250	0.22	0	0
	Belgium–Europe–Belgium	10,186	0.17	0	0
	Flemish People's Party	8,480	0.14	0	New
	WALLON	6,462	0.11	0	New
	Communist Party	6,277	0.10	0	0
	Natural Law Party	5,314	0.09	0	New
	Youth	5,243	0.09	0	New
	Party of German-speaking Belgians	4,426	0.07	0	New
	EMPLOI	3,812	0.06	0	New
	PSP	2,939	0.05	0	New
	Employment is Investing in the Future	2,936	0.05	0	New
	Workers' Party of Belgium	2,852	0.05	0	0
	Parti Communautaire National-Européen	2,554	0.04	0	0
	Solidarity, Universality, Human Rights–BEB	2,412	0.04	0	0
	White	2,410	0.04	0	New
	Rally for the Freedom of the Belgians	1,892	0.03	0	New
	PLUS	1,705	0.03	0	New
	Renovators	1,606	0.03	0	New
	General Union of Total Independents	1,603	0.03	0	New
	PLN	1,478	0.02	0	New
	D	1,471	0.02	0	New
	General Association of the Elderly	1,274	0.02	0	New
	List for Europe, Workers and Democracy	1,270	0.02	0	New
	Democratic Union of the Francophones	1,179	0.02	0	New
	Union and Democratic Renewal	1,009	0.02	0	New
	UL	907	0.01	0	New
	Radical Alliance	882	0.01	0	New
	ADM	831	0.01	0	New
	LIGUE	808	0.01	0	New
	Front regional wallon	750	0.01	0	New
	Volksnationalitische Partij	670	0.01	0	New
	RVM	566	0.01	0	New
	DSA	536	0.01	0	New
	United Feminist Party	533	0.01	0	New
	ADD	506	0.01	0	New
	DLL	450	0.01	0	New
	Parti Communautaire National-Européen	441	0.01	0	0
	BEBEL	393	0.01	0	New
	Protection of the Animals	329	0.01	0	New
	National Interest	311	0.01	0	New
	Referendum	310	0.01	0	New
Total		6,072,051	100.00	150	–72
Valid votes		6,072,051	92.53
Invalid/blank votes		490,098	7.47
Total votes		6,562,149	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,199,440	91.15
Source: Belgian Elections, Global Elections Database

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Community	Co-opted	Total
	Christian People's Party	1,009,656	16.85	7	3	2	12
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats	796,154	13.29	6	2	2	10
	Socialistische Partij	792,941	13.23	6	2	1	9
	Parti Socialiste	764,610	12.76	5	4	2	11
	Liberal Reformist Party–Democratic Front of Francophones	672,798	11.23	5	3	1	9
	Vlaams Blok	463,896	7.74	3	1	1	5
	Christian Social Party	434,492	7.25	3	3	1	7
	People's Union	318,453	5.31	2	1	0	3
	Ecolo	258,635	4.32	2	1	0	3
	Agalev	223,355	3.73	1	1	0	2
	Aging with Dignity (Wallonia)	32,913	0.55	0	0	0	0
	BANAAN	31,956	0.53	0	0	0	0
	SAMUEL	31,392	0.52	0	0	0	0
	VLAAMS	22,632	0.38	0	0	0	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium (Flanders)	21,607	0.36	0	0	0	0
	HOERA	20,790	0.35	0	0	0	0
	Aging with Dignity (Flanders)	20,426	0.34	0	0	0	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium (Wallonia)	16,667	0.28	0	0	0	0
	United Left	15,994	0.27	0	0	0	0
	Party of German-speaking Belgians	13,762	0.23	0	0	0	0
	Parti Communautaire National-Européen	10,058	0.17	0	0	0	0
	D	7,567	0.13	0	0	0	0
	Flemish People's Party	7,187	0.12	0	0	0	0
	Natural Law Party	4,384	0.07	0	0	0	0
Total		5,992,325	100.00	40	21	10	71
Valid votes		5,992,325	91.32
Invalid/blank votes		569,783	8.68
Total votes		6,562,108	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,199,440	91.15
Source: Belgian Elections, IPU