1995 Belgian federal election

1995 Belgian federal election

21 May 1995
Chamber of Representatives

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.15%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
CVP Jean-Luc Dehaene 17.18 29 −10
VLD Guy Verhofstadt 13.15 21 −5
Socialistische Philippe Busquin 12.56 20 −8
Socialiste Louis Tobback 11.87 21 −14
PRLFDF Louis Michel 10.26 18 −5
Vlaams Blok Karel Dillen 7.83 11 −1
PSC Gérard Deprez 7.73 12 −6
People's Union Bert Anciaux 4.67 5 −5
Agalev Johan Malcorps 4.43 5 −2
Ecolo Olivier Deleuze 4.01 6 −4
National Front Daniel Féret 2.28 2 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate

40 of the 71 seats in the Senate
36 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.15%
Party Vote % Seats
CVP 16.85 12
VLD 13.29 10
Socialistische 13.23 9
Socialiste 12.76 11
PRLFDF] 11.23 9
Vlaams Blok 7.74 5
PSC 7.25 7
People's Union 5.31 3
Ecolo 4.32 3
Agalev 3.73 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after election
Dehaene I
CVP-PSC-PS-SP
Dehaene II
CVP-PSC-PS-SP

Federal elections were held in Belgium on 21 May 1995 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate. The Christian People's Party (CVP) kept its position as largest party in Flanders and overall in Belgium, and Jean-Luc Dehaene (CVP) continued as Prime Minister.

On the same day, regional elections were also held. These were the first elections after the new 1993 Belgian Constitution, which turned Belgium formally into a federal state. The new Constitution also reduced the number of seats in the Chamber (from 212 to 150) and in the Senate (from 70 to 40 directly elected senators).