General elections were held in

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on 24 November 1991 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and

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. The results represented a big loss for the majority parties (Christian democrats and Socialists) and significant gains for the

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. 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

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, 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

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were carried out for the first time in Belgium during these elections, specifically in the canton of

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(

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) and the canton of

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(province of

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Chamber of Representatives

, - style="background-color:#ececec;" ! rowspan=2 colspan="2" , Party ! colspan=3, Total ! colspan=3, Dutch-speaking electoral college ! colspan=3, French-speaking electoral college , - , - style="background-color:#ececec;" ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Votes ! % ! Seats , - , style="background-color:orange" , , Christian People Party (CVP) , , 1,036,165 , , 16.8 , , 39 , , 1,036,165 , , , , 39, , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:red" , ,

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

(PS) , , 831,199 , , 13.5 , , 35 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 831,199 , , , , 35 , - , style="background-color:blue" , ,

Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...

(PVV), , 738,016, , 12.0, , 26, , 738,016, , , , 26 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:red" , ,

(SP) , , 737,976 , , 12.0 , , 28 , , 737,976 , , , , 28 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:blue" , , Liberal Reform Party (PRL) , , 501,647 , , 8.1 , , 20 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 501,647 , , , , 20 , - , style="background-color:orange" , , Christian Social Party (PSC) , , 476,730 , , 7.7 , , 18 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 476,730 , , , , 18 , - , style="background-color:brown", , Flemish Bloc (VB) , , 405,247 , , 6.6 , , 12 , , 405,247 , , , , 12 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:yellow" , , People's Union (VU) , , 363,124 , , 5.9 , , 10 , , 363,124 , , , , 10 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:green" , ,

Ecolo Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The ...

, , 312,624 , , 5.1, , 10 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 312,624 , , , , 10 , - , style="background-color:green" , ,

Agalev Groen (English: Green; nl, Groen, ), founded as Agalev (see Name below), is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. Party history Before ...

, , 299,550 , , 4.9 , , 7, , 299,550 , , , , 7 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , ,

ROSSEM Radical Reformists and Social Fighters for a Fairer Society ( nl, Radicale Omvormers en Sociale Strijders voor een Eerlijker Maatschappij, ROSSEM) is a Belgium, Belgian Libertarianism, libertarian political party founded in 1991 by the Flemish bu ...

, , 198,182 , , 3.2 , , 3 , , 198,182 , , , , 3, , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , - , style="background-color:purple" , , Democratic Front of the Francophones (FDF)/PPW , , 90,813 , , 1,5 , , 3 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 90,813 , , , , 3 , - , style="background-color:black" , , National Front (FN) , , 64,992 , , 1.1 , , 1 , , colspan=3 style="background-color:lightgrey", , , 64,992 , , , , 1 , - , style="background-color:darkred" , , 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 The Walloon Rally (french: Rassemblement wallon; RW) is a regionalist political party in Belgium, active in Wallonia since 1968. The party favoured federalism and since 1985 independence. Founded on 7 March 1968, the party contested the Belgi ...

, , 756 , , 0.1% , , - , - , , Total , , 6,162,160 , , 100 , , 212 , , , , 100 , , , , , , 100 , ,

Senate

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