1999 Belgian regional elections

Regional elections were held inBelgium,to choose representatives in the regionalcouncilsofFlanders,Wallonia,Brusselsand theGerman-speaking Communityon 13 June 1999. The regional elections were held on the same day as theEuropean electionsand thefederal elections.

Flemish Parliament

1999 Flemish parliamentary election

13 June 1999
All 124 seats in theFlemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority
Flemish Governmentbefore election Van Den Brande IV Government CVP-SPcoalition Flemish Governmentafter election Dewael Government VLD-SP-Agalev-People's Unioncoalition

The incumbentFlemish Governmentconsisted of theChristian People's Party(CVP) and theSocialist Party(SP), led by Minister-PresidentLuc Van den Brande(CVP). Following this election, a government was formed without the Christian democrats. New Minister-PresidentPatrick Dewael(Flemish Liberals and Democrats(VLD)) led a "purple-green-yellow" coalition of his own liberal VLD, the Socialist Party,Agalevand the nationalistPeople's Union(VU-ID). This change mirrored what happened on the federal level, where theJean-Luc DehaeneGovernment was succeeded by theGuy Verhofstadt Government.

Also notable was the continuation of the rise ofVlaams Blok,especially in the constituency ofAntwerpwhereFilip Dewinterwas candidate and where the party received 25% of the votes, or as much as 30% in the city of Antwerp itself.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Flanders	Brussels	Total	+/-
	Christian People's Party	857,732	22.09	28	2	30	-7
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats	855,867	22.04	27	–	27	–
	Flemish Block	603,345	15.54	20	2	22	+5
	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

See also:List of members of the Flemish Parliament, 1999–2004

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
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

1999 Walloon parliamentary election

13 June 1999
All 75 seats in theWalloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Walloon Governmentbefore election Collignon II Government PS-cdHcoalition Walloon Governmentafter election Di Rupo I Government (Wallonia) PS-PRL-Ecolocoalition

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party	560,867	29.44	25	-5
	Liberal Reformist Party-Democratic Front of Francophones	470,454	24.69	21	+2
	Ecolo	347,225	18.22	14	+6
	Christian Social Party	325,229	17.07	14	-2
	National Front	75,262	3.95	1	-1
	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

1999 Brussels parliamentary election

13 June 1999
All 89 seats in theBrussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority
Brussels Governmentbefore election Picqué II Government PRL-PS-CVP-FDF-sp.a-People's Unioncoalition Brussels Governmentafter election Simonet I Government PS-PRL-Ecolocoalition

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Reformist Party-Democratic Front of Francophones	146,845	34.41	27	-1
	Ecolo	77,969	18.27	14	+7
	Socialist Party	68,307	16.01	13	-4
	Christian Social Party	33,815	7.92	6	-1
	Flemish Block	19,310	4.52	4	+2
	Christian People's Party	14,284	3.35	3	–
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats-People's Union-O	13,729	3.22	2	-1
	Flemish Socialist Party-Agalev	13,223	3.10	2	–
	National Front	11,204	2.63	2	-4
	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		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social Party	12,822	34.78	−1.15%	9	-1
	Party for Freedom and Progress	7,860	21.32	+1.43%	6	+1
	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

External links

• Belgian government election database