1991 Belgian general election

none June 2019 noref (GreenC bot) Belgium 1987 1995 24 November 1991 yes Chamber of Representatives All 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 92.72% CVP Wilfried Martens 16.81 39 43 Socialiste Guy Spitaels 13.49 35 40 Party for Freedom and Progress Guy Verhofstadt 11.98 26 25 Socialistische Frank Vandenbroucke 11.98 28 32 Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) Antoine DuquesneDaniel Ducarme 8.14 20 23 PSC Gérard Deprez 7.74 18 19 Vlaams Blok Karel Dillen 6.58 12 2 People's Union (Belgium) Jaak Gabriëls 5.89 10 16 Ecolo 5.07 10 3 Agalev Johan Malcorps nl 4.86 7 6 ROSSEM Jean-Pierre Van Rossem 3.23 3 New FDF Georges Clerfayt fr 1.47 3 3 National Front Daniel Féret 1.05 1 0 yes Senate All 70 seats in the Senate 92.72% yes CVP 16.82 20 22 Socialiste 13.31 18 16 Socialistische 11.94 14 17 Party for Freedom and Progress 11.66 13 11 Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium) 8.12 9 12 PSC 7.91 9 9 Vlaams Blok 6.78 5 1 People's Union (Belgium) 5.97 5 8 Ecolo 5.29 6 2 Agalev 5.14 5 3 ROSSEM 3.22 1 New FDF 1.41 1 1 300px Chamber of Representatives results 300px Senate election results Government Government after election Martens IX CVP-PSC-PS-SP Martens IX CVP-PSC-PS-SP General elections were held in Belgium on 24 November 1991 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate. The results represented a big loss for the majority parties (Christian democrats and Socialists) and significant gains for the Vlaams Blok. The day became known as "black Sunday" due to the rise of the far-right party. These were the last elections before the new 1993 Belgian Constitution, which turned Belgium formally into a federal state: after this election, the number of MPs were reduced while the regional parliaments would become directly elected. The provincial elections would no longer coincide with national elections, but with municipal elections. By law of 16 July 1991, experiments with electronic voting were carried out for the first time in Belgium during these elections, specifically in the canton of Verlaine (Liège Province) and the canton of Waarschoot (province of East Flanders). Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1991.svg Christian People Party 1036165 39 –4 Parti Socialiste 831199 35 –5 Party for Freedom and Progress 738016 26 +1 Socialistische Partij 737976 28 –4 Liberal Reformist Party 501647 20 –3 Christian Social Party 476730 18 –1 Vlaams Blok 405247 12 +10 People's Union 363124 10 –6 Ecolo 312624 10 +7 Agalev 299550 7 +1 ROSSEM 199194 3 New Democratic Front of the Francophones–Party for Wallonia 90813 3 0 National Front 64992 1 +1 Workers' Party of Belgium 30491 0 0 Belgium–Europe–Belgium 15429 0 New Rainbow 11944 0 New Agir 11189 0 New Communist Party 5706 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 5243 0 0 VD 4467 0 New Walloon Rally 3756 0 0 VCD–PCS 2941 0 New Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 2416 0 0 Independent Alliance Two Thousand New Policy 2413 0 New Party of New Forces–PCN 1870 0 0 Party for Christian Solidarity 1769 0 New DVA 1139 0 New FNBB 1128 0 New UCD 721 0 New PLI–POL 709 0 New NV 693 0 New Solidarité nationale wallonne 491 0 New SRD 368 0 New 461827 7144088 0 Belgian Elections Senate File:Belgium Senate 1991.svg Christian People Party 1028699 20 –2 Parti Socialiste 814136 18 +2 Socialistische Partij 730274 14 –3 Party for Freedom and Progress 713542 13 +2 Liberal Reformist Party 496562 9 –3 Christian Social Party 483961 9 0 Vlaams Blok 414481 5 +4 People's Union 365173 5 –3 Ecolo 323683 6 +4 Agalev 314360 5 +2 ROSSEM 197128 1 New Democratic Front of the Francophones–Party for Wallonia 86026 1 0 National Front 60876 0 New Workers' Party of Belgium 31754 0 0 Belgium–Europe–Belgium 15893 0 New Rainbow 12150 0 New Communist Party 6552 0 New Socialist Workers' Party 6485 0 0 VD 4228 0 New Walloon Rally 3441 0 0 Party of New Forces–PCN 2777 0 0 Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 2209 0 0 UCD 1387 0 New FNBB 1197 0 New NV 640 0 New 507361 7144888 0 Belgian Elections References Belgium General Belgian