1991 Belgian general election

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.

1991 Belgian general election

24 November 1991

212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 70 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
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PS
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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 Decrease4 Decrease5 Decrease4
Popular vote 1,035,165 831,199 737,976
Percentage 16.8% 13.5% 12.0%
Swing Decrease2.7% Decrease2.1% Decrease2.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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PRL
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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 Increase1 Decrease3 Decrease1
Popular vote 738,016 501,647 476,470
Percentage 12.0% 8.1% 7.7%
Swing Increase0.5% Decrease1.3% Decrease0.3%


Government before election

Martens IX
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

Government after election

Martens IX
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian People Party1,036,16516.8139–4
Parti Socialiste831,19913.4935–5
Party for Freedom and Progress738,01611.9826+1
Socialistische Partij737,97611.9828–4
Liberal Reformist Party501,6478.1420–3
Christian Social Party476,7307.7418–1
Vlaams Blok405,2476.5812+10
People's Union363,1245.8910–6
Ecolo312,6245.0710+7
Agalev299,5504.867+1
ROSSEM198,1823.223New
Democratic Front of the Francophones–Party for Wallonia90,8131.4730
National Front64,9921.051+1
Workers' Party of Belgium30,4910.4900
Belgium–Europe–Belgium15,4290.250New
Rainbow11,9440.190New
Agir11,1890.180New
Communist Party5,7060.090New
Socialist Workers' Party5,2430.0900
VD4,4670.070New
Walloon Rally3,7560.0600
VCD–PCS2,9410.050New
Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour2,4160.0400
Independent Alliance Two Thousand New Policy2,4130.040New
Party of New ForcesPCN1,8700.0300
Party for Christian Solidarity1,7690.030New
DVA1,1390.020New
FNBB1,1280.020New
ROSSUM1,0120.020New
UCD7210.010New
PLI–POL7090.010New
NV6930.010New
Solidarité nationale wallonne4910.010New
SRD3680.010New
Total6,162,160100.002120
Valid votes6,162,16093.03
Invalid/blank votes461,8276.97
Total votes6,623,987100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,623,987100.00
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian People Party1,028,69916.8220–2
Parti Socialiste814,13613.3118+2
Socialistische Partij730,27411.9414–3
Party for Freedom and Progress713,54211.6613+2
Liberal Reformist Party496,5628.129–3
Christian Social Party483,9617.9190
Vlaams Blok414,4816.785+4
People's Union365,1735.975–3
Ecolo323,6835.296+4
Agalev314,3605.145+2
ROSSEM196,0523.201New
Democratic Front of the Francophones–Party for Wallonia86,0261.4110
National Front60,8761.000New
Workers' Party of Belgium31,7540.5200
Belgium–Europe–Belgium15,8930.260New
Rainbow12,1500.200New
Communist Party6,5520.110New
Socialist Workers' Party6,4850.1100
VD4,2280.070New
Walloon Rally3,4410.0600
Party of New ForcesPCN2,7770.0500
Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour2,2090.0400
UCD1,3870.020New
FNBB1,1970.020New
ROSSUM1,0760.020New
NV6400.010New
Total6,117,614100.001060
Valid votes6,117,61492.34
Invalid/blank votes507,3617.66
Total votes6,624,975100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,144,88892.72
Source: Belgian Elections


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