2019 Belgian federal election

2019 Belgian federal election

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All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	88.38%
Party Leader % Seats +/– N-VA Bart De Wever 16.03 25 −8 VB Tom Van Grieken 11.95 18 +15 PS Elio Di Rupo 9.46 20 −3 CD&V Wouter Beke 8.89 12 −6 PVDA-PTB Peter Mertens 8.62 12 +10 Open Vld Gwendolyn Rutten 8.54 12 −2 MR Charles Michel 7.56 14 −6 sp.a John Crombez 6.71 9 −4 Ecolo Jean-Marc Nollet & Zakia Khattabi 6.14 13 +7 Groen Meyrem Almaci 6.10 8 +2 cdH Maxime Prévot 3.70 5 −4 DéFI Olivier Maingain 2.22 2 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results of the election by constituency Federal Government before Federal Government after Michel II Government Wilmès II Government

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Federal elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 2019, alongside the country's European and regional elections. All 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives were elected from eleven multi-member constituencies.

The right-wing Vlaams Belang (VB) saw a resurgence in Flanders, and with the New Flemish Alliance (NVA), parties subscribing to Flemish separatism and nationalism obtained nearly 50% of the vote in Flanders. The Belgian coalition^[1] of N-VA, CD&V, MR and Open VLD lost more than a quarter of its seats, the worst government punishment in 20 years.^[2]

In addition, gains for the far-left Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB), and the green Ecolo party in Wallonia occurred. Overall, traditional parties suffered losses in both regions.