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1991 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Third party
PS
Leader
Wilfried Martens
Guy Spitaels
Frank Vandenbroucke
Party
CVP
PS
sp.a
Leader since
Candidate for PM
1981
1989
Last election
43 seats, 19.5%
40 seats, 15.6%
32 seats, 14.9%
Seats won
39
35
28
Seat change
4
5
4
Popular vote
1,035,165
831,199
737,976
Percentage
16.8%
13.5%
12.0%
Swing
2.7%
2.1%
2.9%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
PRL
Leader
Guy Verhofstadt
Antoine Duquesne and
Daniel Ducarme
Gérard Deprez
Party
Open Vld
PRL
cdH
Leader since
1989
1990
1981
Last election
25 seats, 11.5%
23 seats, 9.4%
19 seats, 8.0%
Seats won
26
20
18
Seat change
1
3
1
Popular vote
738,016
501,647
476,470
Percentage
12.0%
8.1%
7.7%
Swing
0.5%
1.3%
0.3%
Chamber of Representatives results
Senate election results
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
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian People Party 1,036,165 16.81 39 –4
Parti Socialiste 831,199 13.49 35 –5
Party for Freedom and Progress 738,016 11.98 26 +1
Socialistische Partij 737,976 11.98 28 –4
Liberal Reformist Party 501,647 8.14 20 –3
Christian Social Party 476,730 7.74 18 –1
Vlaams Blok 405,247 6.58 12 +10
People's Union 363,124 5.89 10 –6
Ecolo 312,624 5.07 10 +7
Agalev 299,550 4.86 7 +1
ROSSEM 199,194 3.23 3 New
Democratic Front of the Francophones –Party for Wallonia 90,813 1.47 3 0
National Front 64,992 1.05 1 +1
Workers' Party of Belgium 30,491 0.49 0 0 Belgium–Europe–Belgium 15,429 0.25 0 New
Rainbow 11,944 0.19 0 New
Agir 11,189 0.18 0 New
Communist Party 5,706 0.09 0 New
Socialist Workers' Party 5,243 0.09 0 0 VD 4,467 0.07 0 New
Walloon Rally 3,756 0.06 0 0 VCD–PCS 2,941 0.05 0 New
Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 2,416 0.04 0 0 Independent Alliance Two Thousand New Policy 2,413 0.04 0 New
Party of New Forces –
PCN 1,870 0.03 0 0 Party for Christian Solidarity 1,769 0.03 0 New DVA 1,139 0.02 0 New FNBB 1,128 0.02 0 New UCD 721 0.01 0 New PLI–POL 709 0.01 0 New NV 693 0.01 0 New Solidarité nationale wallonne 491 0.01 0 New SRD 368 0.01 0 New Total 6,162,160 100.00 212 0 Valid votes 6,162,160 93.03 Invalid/blank votes 461,827 6.97 Total votes 6,623,987 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,623,987 100.00 Source:
Belgian Elections
Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian People Party 1,028,699 16.82 20 –2
Parti Socialiste 814,136 13.31 18 +2
Socialistische Partij 730,274 11.94 14 –3
Party for Freedom and Progress 713,542 11.66 13 +2
Liberal Reformist Party 496,562 8.12 9 –3
Christian Social Party 483,961 7.91 9 0
Vlaams Blok 414,481 6.78 5 +4
People's Union 365,173 5.97 5 –3
Ecolo 323,683 5.29 6 +4
Agalev 314,360 5.14 5 +2
ROSSEM 197,128 3.22 1 New
Democratic Front of the Francophones –Party for Wallonia 86,026 1.41 1 0
National Front 60,876 1.00 0 New
Workers' Party of Belgium 31,754 0.52 0 0 Belgium–Europe–Belgium 15,893 0.26 0 New
Rainbow 12,150 0.20 0 New
Communist Party 6,552 0.11 0 New
Socialist Workers' Party 6,485 0.11 0 0 VD 4,228 0.07 0 New
Walloon Rally 3,441 0.06 0 0
Party of New Forces –
PCN 2,777 0.05 0 0
Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour 2,209 0.04 0 0 UCD 1,387 0.02 0 New FNBB 1,197 0.02 0 New NV 640 0.01 0 New Total 6,117,614 100.00 106 0 Valid votes 6,117,614 92.34 Invalid/blank votes 507,361 7.66 Total votes 6,624,975 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,144,888 92.72 Source:
Belgian Elections
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