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

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Chamber of Representatives
All 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Turnout	92.72%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CVP Wilfried Martens 16.81 39 −4 Socialiste Guy Spitaels 13.49 35 −5 PVV-PLP Guy Verhofstadt 11.98 26 +1 Socialistische Frank Vandenbroucke 11.98 28 −4 PRL Antoine Duquesne Daniel Ducarme 8.14 20 −3 PSC Gérard Deprez 7.74 18 −1 Vlaams Blok Karel Dillen 6.58 12 +10 People's Union Jaak Gabriëls 5.89 10 −6 Ecolo 5.07 10 +7 Agalev Johan Malcorps [nl] 4.86 7 +1 ROSSEM Jean-Pierre Van Rossem 3.23 3 New FDF Georges Clerfayt [fr] 1.47 3 0 National Front Daniel Féret 1.05 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
All 70 seats in the Senate
Turnout	92.72%
Party Vote % Seats +/– CVP 16.82 20 −2 Socialiste 13.31 18 +2 Socialistische 11.94 14 −3 PVV-PLP 11.66 13 +2 PRL 8.12 9 −3 PSC 7.91 9 0 Vlaams Blok 6.78 5 +4 People's Union 5.97 5 −3 Ecolo 5.29 6 +4 Agalev 5.14 5 +2 ROSSEM 3.22 1 New FDF 1.41 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Chamber of Representatives results Senate election results Government before Government after election Martens IX CVP-PSC-PS-SP 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).