Belgian general election, 1991

24 November, 1991

212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives All 70 seats in the Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Wilfried Martens	Guy Spitaels	Frank Vandenbroucke
Party	CVP	PS	SP
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

Leader	Guy Verhofstadt	Antoine Duquesne Daniel Ducarme	Gérard Deprez
Party	PVV	PRL	PSC
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%

Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district, as shown in the table of results.

Prime Minister before election

Wilfried Martens
CVP

Elected Prime Minister

Wilfried Martens
CVP

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The 24 November 1991 Belgian general elections was a Belgian election for the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and Belgian Senate. The results represented a big loss for the majority parties (Christian democrats and Socialists). The Vlaams Blok on the other hand had a very big gain; 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 (province of Liège) and the canton of Waarschoot (province of East Flanders).

Chamber of Representatives

**Elections Belgian chamber 24/11/1991**
Party		Total			Dutch-speaking electoral college			French-speaking electoral college
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Christian People Party (CVP)	1,036,165	16.8	39	1,036,165		39
	Socialist Party (PS)	831,199	13.5	35				831,199		35
	Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV)	738,016	12.0	26	738,016		26
	Socialist Party (SP)	737,976	12.0	28	737,976		28
	Liberal Reform Party (PRL)	501,647	8.1	20				501,647		20
	Christian Social Party (PSC)	476,730	7.7	18				476,730		18
	Flemish Bloc (VB)	405,247	6.6	12	405,247		12
	People's Union (VU)	363,124	5.9	10	363,124		10
	Ecolo	312,624	5.1	10				312,624		10
	Agalev	299,550	4.9	7	299,550		7
	ROSSEM	198,182	3.2	3	198,182		3
	Democratic Front of the Francophones (FDF)/PPW	90,813	1,5	3				90,813		3
	National Front (FN)	64,992	1.1	1				64,992		1
	Workers' Party (PVDA/PTB)	30,491	0.5	—			—			—
	B.E.B.	15,429	0.3%	-
	REGEBO	11,944	0.2%	-
	Agir	11,189	0.2%	-
	PC	5,706	0.1%	-
	Socialist Workers' Party (SAP/POS)	5,243	0.1%	-
	V.D.	4,467	0.1%	-
	Walloon Rally	756	0.1%	-
	Total	6,162,160	100	212		100			100

Senate

**Elections Belgian Senate 24/11/1991**
Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
total	6,117,614	100%	70
CVP	1,028,699	16.8%	20
PS	814,136	13.2%	18
SP	730,274	11.9%	14
PVV	713,542	11.7%	13
PRL	496,562	8.1%	9
PSC	483,961	7.9%	9
Vlaams Blok	414,481	6.8%	5
Volksunie	365,173	6.0%	5
Ecolo	323,683	5.3%	6
Agalev	314,360	5.1%	5
ROSSEM	196,052	3.2%	1
FDF/PPW	86,026	1.4%	1
FN	60,876	1.0%	-
PVDA/PTB	31,754	0.5%	-
B.E.B.	15,893	0.3%	-
REGEBO	12,150	0.2%	-
PC	6,552	0.1%	-
SAP/POS	6,485	0.1%	-
V.D.	4,228	0.1%	-
RW	3,441	0.1%	-

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