1999 Belgian regional elections
Regional elections were held in
Brussels and the German-speaking Community on 13 June 1999. The regional elections were held on the same day as the European elections and the federal elections
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Flemish Parliament
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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority | |||
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The incumbent
Agalev and the nationalist People's Union (VU-ID). This change mirrored what happened on the federal level, where the Jean-Luc Dehaene Government was succeeded by the Guy Verhofstadt Government
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Also notable was the continuation of the rise of Vlaams Blok, especially in the constituency of Antwerp where Filip Dewinter was candidate and where the party received 25% of the votes, or as much as 30% in the city of Antwerp itself.
Flemish Socialist Party | 582,419 | 15.00 | 19 | 1 | 20 | -6 | |
Agalev | 451,361 | 11.62 | 12 | – | 12 | +5 | |
People's Union | 359,226 | 9.25 | 11 | 1 | 12 | +3 | |
Vivant | 77,864 | 2.01 | – | – | – | – | |
Union of Francophones | 36,683 | 0.94 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
PVDA-AE | 24,162 | 0.62 | – | – | – | – | |
PNPB | 12,489 | 0.32 | – | – | – | – | |
W.O.W. | 8,043 | 0.21 | – | – | – | – | |
UDDU | 4,150 | 0.11 | – | – | – | – | |
Solide | 2,464 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | |
A | 2,331 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | |
W.I.T. | 1,659 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | |
LEEF | 1,621 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | |
V.N.P. | 727 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | |
Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde | 563 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | |
MLINKS | 478 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 3,883,184 | 100.00 | 118 | 6 | 124 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 3,883,184 | 94.21 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 238,749 | 5.79 | |||||
Total votes | 4,121,933 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,471,695 | 92.18 | |||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
By constituency
These were only the second direct election for the Flemish Parliament, but the last to use arrondissement-based constituencies. They were merged into provincial constituencies starting from the 2004 election.
Constituency \ Party | CVP | VLD | VB | SP | Agalev | VU-ID | UF | Total |
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Antwerp | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 19 |
Hasselt-Tongeren-Maaseik | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 15 |
Mechelen-Turnhout | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 14 |
Ghent-Eeklo | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 |
Halle-Vilvoorde | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Kortrijk-Roeselare-Tielt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 10 |
Leuven | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Sint-Niklaas-Dendermonde | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
Aalst-Oudenaarde | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 8 |
Veurne-Diksmuide-Ypres | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 7 |
Bruges | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 |
Total (Flemish Region only) | 28 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 118 |
Brussels-Capital | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 6 |
Total (Flemish Community) | 30 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 124 |
Walloon Regional Parliament
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All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority | |||
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National Front 75,262 | 3.95 | 1 | -1 | | |||||
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Vivant | 46,099 | 2.42 | – | – | |||||
Communist Party | 19,178 | 1.01 | – | – | |||||
New Belgian Front | 14,969 | 0.79 | – | – | |||||
Wallon | 11,550 | 0.61 | – | – | |||||
PTB-UA | 9,408 | 0.49 | – | – | |||||
PNPB | 8,205 | 0.43 | – | – | |||||
France | 6,638 | 0.35 | – | – | |||||
Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB | 3,894 | 0.20 | – | – | |||||
A | 1,346 | 0.07 | – | – | |||||
CTV | 755 | 0.04 | – | – | |||||
PMTJ | 675 | 0.04 | – | – | |||||
FN-FW | 654 | 0.03 | – | – | |||||
- | 563 | 0.03 | – | – | |||||
FNBP | 532 | 0.03 | – | – | |||||
UDDU | 458 | 0.02 | – | – | |||||
PCN | 403 | 0.02 | – | – | |||||
PSD | 339 | 0.02 | – | – | |||||
LC | 315 | 0.02 | – | – | |||||
REF | 221 | 0.01 | – | – | |||||
Total | 1,905,239 | 100.00 | 75 | – | |||||
Valid votes | 1,905,239 | 91.62 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 174,322 | 8.38 | |||||||
Total votes | 2,079,561 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,301,411 | 90.36 | |||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
Brussels Regional Parliament
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All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority | |||
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National Front 11,204 | 2.63 | 2 | -4 | | |||||
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Vivant | 6,431 | 1.51 | 1 | +1 | |||||
New Belgian Front | 5,528 | 1.30 | 1 | +1 | |||||
D.MARET | 3,430 | 0.80 | – | – | |||||
PC | 3,346 | 0.78 | – | – | |||||
PTB-UA | 1,760 | 0.41 | – | – | |||||
TARTE | 1,612 | 0.38 | – | – | |||||
ZUT | 788 | 0.18 | – | – | |||||
PNPB* | 722 | 0.17 | – | – | |||||
A | 701 | 0.16 | – | – | |||||
BLOC WL | 681 | 0.16 | – | – | |||||
PSD | 644 | 0.15 | – | – | |||||
MARS | 546 | 0.13 | – | – | |||||
ICB | 439 | 0.10 | – | – | |||||
La G.P. | 412 | 0.10 | – | – | |||||
DD | 312 | 0.07 | – | – | |||||
UDDU | 278 | 0.07 | – | – | |||||
PH | 254 | 0.06 | – | – | |||||
PMTJ | 171 | 0.04 | – | – | |||||
Total | 426,741 | 100.00 | 75 | – | |||||
Valid votes | 426,741 | 95.08 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 22,098 | 4.92 | |||||||
Total votes | 448,839 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 544,044 | 82.50 | |||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
Council of the German-speaking Community
Party for Freedom and Progress 7,860 | 21.32 | +1.43% | 6 | +1 | | ||||||
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Socialist Party | 5,519 | 14.97 | −1.12% | 4 | – | ||||||
Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB | 4,739 | 12.86 | −0.78% | 3 | – | ||||||
Ecolo | 4,694 | 12.73 | −1.12% | 3 | – | ||||||
Vivant | 1,228 | 3.33 | +3.33% | – | – | ||||||
Total | 36,862 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | ||||||
Valid votes | 36,862 | 90.68 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,787 | 9.32 | |||||||||
Total votes | 40,649 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 45,649 | 89.05 | |||||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |