2019 Belgian federal election

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.

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26)

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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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 of N-VA, CD&V, MR and Open VLD lost more than a quarter of its seats, the worst government punishment in 20 years.

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.

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