Federal elections were held in

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on 21 May 1995 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and

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. The Christian People's Party (''CVP'') kept its position as largest party in Flanders and overall in Belgium, and

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(CVP) continued as

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. On the same day, regional elections were also held. These were the first elections after the new 1993

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, 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).

Chamber of Representatives

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Chamber Chamber or the chamber may refer to: In government and organizations * Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests *Legislative chamber, in politics * Debate chamber, the space or room that houses delib ...

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian People's Party (''Christelijke Volkspartij'') , style="text-align:right;" , 1,042,933 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 17.2 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 29 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Flemish Liberals and Democrats french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts , abbreviation = Open Vld , logo = , leader1_title = President , leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert , foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld) , predecessor = Pa ...

(''Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten'') , style="text-align:right;" , 798,363 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 13.1 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 21 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Wallonia) (''Parti Socialiste'') , style="text-align:right;" , 720,819 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 11.9 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 21 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Flanders) (''Socialistische Partij'') , style="text-align:right;" , 762,444 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 12.6 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 20 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Reformist Party -

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(''PRL-FDF'') , style="text-align:right;" , 623,250 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 10.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 18 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , PSC (''Parti Social Chrétien'') , style="text-align:right;" , 469,101 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 7.7 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 12 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Flemish Block ''Vlaams Blok'' ( en, Flemish Block, or VB) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.Erk, 2005, pp. 493-502. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence ...

(''Vlaams Blok'') , style="text-align:right;" , 475,677 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 7.8 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 11 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Union (''Volksunie'') , style="text-align:right;" , 283,516 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4.7 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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 ...

, style="text-align:right;" , 243,362 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4.0 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, style="text-align:right;" , 269,058 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4.4 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , National Front (''Front National'') , style="text-align:right;" , 138,496 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 2.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Others , style="text-align:right;" , 245,032 , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , 4.0 , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , — , - , , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 91.1%) , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 6,072,051 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 150 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10" , Source
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Senate

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, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , +/- , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian People's Party (''Christelijke Volkspartij'') , style="text-align:right;" , 1,009,656 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 16.8 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 7 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

(''Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten'') , style="text-align:right;" , 796,154 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 13.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Flanders) (''Socialistische Partij'') , style="text-align:right;" , 792,941 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 13.2 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 6 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party (Wallonia) (''Parti Socialiste'') , style="text-align:right;" , 764,610 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 12.8 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Liberal Reformist Party–

(''PRL–FDF'') , style="text-align:right;" , 672,798 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 11.2 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

(''Vlaams Blok'') , style="text-align:right;" , 463,896 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 7.7 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian Social Party (''Parti Social Chrétien'') , style="text-align:right;" , 434,492 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 7.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 3 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" , People's Union (''Volksunie'') , style="text-align:right;" , 318,453 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 5.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , 258,635 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 4.3 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, style="text-align:right;" , 223,355 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 3.7 , style="text-align:right;" , , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , Other , style="text-align:right;" , 257,335 , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , 4.3 , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , — , style="text-align:right;" , — , - , , style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9", Total (turnout 91.1%) , width="75" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 5,992,325 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 100 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", 40 , width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9", , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=11 , Source
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