Belgian federal election, 1995

Belgian federal election, 1995

21 May, 1995

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 40 of 71 seats in the Senate respectively 76 and 36 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Guy Verhofstadt Philippe Busquin Party CVP VLD PS Leader since Candidate for PM 1992 1992 Last election 39 seats, 16.8% 26 seats, 12.0% 35 seats, 13.5% Seats won 29 21 21 Seat change 10 5 14 Popular vote 1,042,933 798,363 720.819 Percentage 17.2% 13.1% 11.9% Swing 0.4% 1.1% 1.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Louis Tobback Louis Michel Gérard Deprez Party SP PRL + FDF PSC Leader since 1994 1995 1981 Last election 28 seats, 12.0% 23 seats, 9.6% 18 seats, 7.7% Seats won 20 18 12 Seat change 8 5 6 Popular vote 762.444 623.250 469.101 Percentage 12.6% 10.1% 7.7% Swing 0.6% 0.5%

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

Prime Minister before election Jean-Luc Dehaene CVP Elected Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene CVP

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The 21 May 1995 Belgian general elections was a Belgian election for 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).

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