| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1995 Belgium federal election |
| Previous Year: | 1995 |
| Next Election: | 2003 Belgium federal election |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
| Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 40 of 71 seats in the Senate |
| Majority Seats: | respectively 76 and 36 |
| Leader1: | Guy Verhofstadt |
| Leader Since1: | 1997 |
| Party1: | Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
| Popular Vote1: | 888,861 |
| Percentage1: | 14.30% |
| Swing1: | 1.15% |
| Last Election1: | 21 seats, 13.1% |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Seats1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Jean-Luc Dehaene |
| Leader Since2: | Candidate for PM |
| Party2: | Christian People's Party (Belgium) |
| Last Election2: | 29 seats, 17.18% |
| Seats Before2: | 29 |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 7 |
| Popular Vote2: | 875,455 |
| Percentage2: | 14.09% |
| Swing2: | 3.09% |
| Leader3: | Elio Di Rupo |
| Leader Since3: | 1999 |
| Party3: | Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) |
| Last Election3: | 21 seats, 11.87% |
| Seats Before3: | 21 |
| Seats3: | 19 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 631,653 |
| Percentage3: | 10.16% |
| Swing3: | 1.71% |
| Leader4: | Louis Michel |
| Leader Since4: | 1995 |
| Party4: | Liberal Reformist Party + Democratic Front of Francophones |
| Last Election4: | 18 seats, 10.26% |
| Seats Before4: | 18 |
| Seats4: | 18 |
| Popular Vote4: | 630,219 |
| Percentage4: | 10.14% |
| Swing4: | 0.12% |
| Leader5: | Frank Vanhecke |
| Leader Since5: | 1996 |
| Party5: | Flemish Block |
| Last Election5: | 11 seats, 7.83% |
| Seats Before5: | 11 |
| Seats5: | 15 |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Popular Vote5: | 613,399 |
| Percentage5: | 9.87% |
| Swing5: | 2.04% |
| Image6: | sp.a |
| Leader6: | Fred Erdman |
| Leader Since6: | 1998 |
| Party6: | Socialist Party (Flanders) |
| Last Election6: | 14 seats, 12.56% |
| Seats Before6: | 20 |
| Seats6: | 14 |
| Seat Change6: | 6 |
| Popular Vote6: | 593,372 |
| Percentage6: | 9.55% |
| Swing6: | 3.01% |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Dehaene II |
| Before Party: | CVP-PSC-PS-SP |
| After Election: | Verhofstadt I |
| After Party: | VLD-PRL-PS-SP-Agalev-Ecolo |
Federal elections were held in Belgium on June 13, 1999 to elect members of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate.[1] The elections were held on the same day as the European elections and the regional elections. The Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) became the largest party.
The Christian Democrats (CVP/PSC) suffered historic losses due to the dioxine affair that broke loose that year. Jean-Luc Dehaene's reign of eight years came to an end. Verhofstadt formed a six-party coalition comprising the liberal (VLD and PRL), socialist (SP and PS), and green parties (Agalev and Ecolo). It was the first liberal-led government since 1938, and the first since 1958 that didn't include a Christian Democratic party.