1999 Belgian regional elections

Regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community on 13 June 1999. The regional elections were held on the same day as the European elections and the federal elections.

Flemish Parliament
1999 Flemish parliamentary election
13 June 1999
All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament
62 seats needed for a majority

The incumbent Flemish Government consisted of the Christian democrats (CVP) and the Socialist Party (SP), led by Minister-President Luc Van den Brande (CVP). Following this election, a government was formed without the Christian democrats. New Minister-President Patrick Dewael (VLD) led a "purple-green-yellow" coalition of his own liberal VLD, the Socialist Party (SP), Agalev and the nationalist Volksunie-ID. This change mirrored what happened on the federal level, where the Dehaene Government was succeeded by the Verhofstadt Government.

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

 Summary of the 13 June 1999 Flemish Parliament election results
← 1995 • 1999 • 2004 →
Party Main ideology Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
FLA BRU TOT
Christian People's Party (CVP) Christian democracy Luc Van den Brande 857,732 22.09 4.69 28 2 30 7
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) Liberalism Karel De Gucht 855,867 22.04 1.86 27 0 27 0
Flemish Block (VB) far-right Flemish nationalism Filip Dewinter 603,345 15.54 3.21 20 2 22 5
Socialist Party (SP) Social democracy Steve Stevaert 582,419 15.00 4.45 19 1 20 6
Living Differently (AGALEV) Green politics Vera Dua 451,361 11.62 4.54 12 0 12 5
People's Union–ID (VU-ID) Flemish nationalism Johan Sauwens 359,226 9.25 0.29 11 1 12 3
Union of Francophones (UF) Francophone minority politics Christian Van Eyken 36,683 0.94 0.23 1 0 1 0
Vivant (VIVANT) Social liberalism 77,864 2.01 new 0 0 0 new
Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 58,687 1.55 — 0 0 0 —
Valid votes 3,883,184 94.21
Blank and invalid votes 238,749 5.79
Totals 4,121,933 100.00 — 118 6 124 0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout * 4,471,695 92.18
Notes: FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total / * = The number of registered voters is not known for the constituency to elect the Brussels Members of the Flemish Council (BMFC).
Consequently, the number of registered voters and the turnout for the Flemish Council considers only the 5 provincial constituencies, excluding the constituency BMFC.
Vote share
CVP
 
 22.09%
VLD
 
 22.04%
VB
 
 15.54%
SP
 
 15.00%
Agalev
 
 11.62%
VU-ID
 
 9.25%
Vivant
 
 2.01%
UF
 
 0.94%
Other
 
 1.55%

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 346231–19
Hasselt-Tongeren-Maaseik 432411–15
Mechelen-Turnhout 432212–14
Ghent-Eeklo 332121–12
Halle-Vilvoorde 232111111
Kortrijk-Roeselare-Tielt 321211–10
Leuven 22121109
Sint-Niklaas-Dendermonde 221111–8
Aalst-Oudenaarde 122201–8
Veurne-Diksmuide-Ypres 221101–7
Bruges 210110–5
Total (Flemish Region only) 2827201912111 118
Brussels-Capital 202101–6
Total (Flemish Community) 3027222012121 124

Walloon Regional Parliament
1999 Walloon parliamentary election
13 June 1999
All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
 Summary of the 13 June 1999 Walloon Parliament election results
← 1995 • 1999 • 2004 →
National party Main ideology Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Socialist Party (PS) Social democracy Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe 560,867 29.44 5.78 25 5
Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) Liberalism Serge Kubla 470,454 24.69 1.02 21 2
Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) Green politics Philippe Defeyt 347,225 18.22 7.80 14 6
Christian Social Party (PSC) Christian democracy André Antoine 325,229 17.07 4.49 14 2
National Front (FN) Nationalism 75,262 3.95 1.16 1 1
Vivant (VIVANT) Social liberalism 46,099 2.42 new 0 new
Communist Party (PC) Communism 19,178 1.01 0.67 0 0
Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats) — 0 —
Valid votes 1,905,239 91.62
Blank and invalid votes 174,322 8.38
Totals 2,079,561 100.00 — 75 0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 2,301,411 90.36 0.16
Vote share
PS
 
 29.44%
PRL-FDF
 
 24.69%
Ecolo
 
 18.22%
PSC
 
 17.07%
FN
 
 3.95%
Vivant
 
 2.42%
Other
 
 4.23%

Brussels Regional Parliament
Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  PRL-FDF 146,845 34.41% −0.57% 27 −1
  Ecolo 77,969 18.27% +9.24% 14 +7
  PS 68,307 16.01% −5.39% 13 −4
  PSC 33,815 7.92% −1.34% 6 −1
  Vlaams Blok 19,310 4.52% +1.49% 4 +2
  CVP 14,284 3.35% +0.06% 3 0
  VLD-VU-O 13,729 3.22% −0.84% 2 −1
  SP-Agalev 13,223 3.10% −0.26% 2 0
  FN 11,204 2.63% −4.83% 2 −4
  Vivant 6,431 1.51% +1.51% 1 +1
  FNB 5,528 1.30% +1.30% 1 +1
  All Others 16,096 3.77% -- 0 0

Council of the German-speaking Community
Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  CSP 12,822 34.78% −1.15% 9 −1
  PFF 7,860 21.32% +1.43% 6 +1
  SP 5,519 14.97% −1.12% 4 0
  PJU-PDB 4,739 12.86% −0.78% 3 0
  Ecolo 4,694 12.73% −1.12% 3 0
  Vivant 1,228 3.33% +3.33% 0 0
Vote share
CSP
 
 34.78%
PFF
 
 21.32%
SP
 
 14.97%
PJU-PDB
 
 12.86%
Ecolo
 
 12.73%
Vivant
 
 3.33%
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