This is an overview of all regular elections held in the Kingdom of Belgium since its independence. This excludes local referendums and special elections (by-elections) that existed before 1919. Municipal elections prior to 1919 are not listed either.
Elections to the temporary National Congress:
Representatives were elected for a 4-year term; half of the Chamber was up for election each two years. Senators were elected for an 8-year term; half of the Senate was up for election each four years. The first series (referenced as "E" here) consisted of the provinces of East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg; the second series ("A" below) of Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
An equivalent system applied to elections for municipal and provincial councils.
| Year | Provincial elections | Legislative elections | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | 29 August 1831 | ||
| 1833 | 23 May 1833 (full: Chamber fully renewed following its dissolution)[1] | ||
| 1835 | 9 June 1835 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | ||
| Municipal law and provincial law of 1836 | |||
| 1836 | 29 September 1836 (full) | ||
| 1837 | 13 June 1837 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1838 | 28 May 1838 (partial) | ||
| 1839 | 11 June 1839 (partial: Chamber E and Senate A) | ||
| 1840 | 25 May 1840 (partial) | ||
| 1841 | 8 June 1841 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1842 | 23 May 1842 (partial) | ||
| 1843 | 12 June 1843 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | ||
| 1844 | 27 May 1844 (partial) | ||
| 1845 | 10 June 1845 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1846 | 25 May 1846 (partial) | ||
| 1847 | 8 June 1847 (partial: Chamber E and Senate A) | ||
| Equalisation of cens (tax as part of censitary suffrage) to the constitutional minimum by law of 12 March 1848. | |||
| 1848 | 12 juli 1848 (full) | 13 June 1848 (full: both chambers)[2] | |
| 1850 | 27 May 1850 (partial) | 11 June 1850 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| 1851 | 27 September 1851 (full: Senate)[3] | ||
| 1852 | 24 May 1852 (partial) | 8 June 1852 (partial: Chamber E) | |
| 1854 | 22 May 1854 (partial) | 13 June 1854 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| 1855 | 12 June 1855 (partial: Senate E) | ||
| 1856 | 26 May 1856 (partial) | 10 June 1856 (partial: Chamber E) | |
| 1857 | 10 December 1857 (full: Chamber) | ||
| 1858 | 24 May 1858 (partial) | ||
| 1859 | 14 June 1859 (partial: Chamber A and Senate A) | ||
| 1860 | 28 May 1860 (partial) | ||
| 1861 | 11 June 1861 (partial: Chamber E) | ||
| 1862 | 26 May 1862 (partial) | ||
| 1863 | 9 June 1863 (partial: Chamber A and Senate E) | ||
| 1864 | 23 May 1864 (partial) | 11 August 1864 (full: Chamber) | |
| 1866 | 28 May 1866 (partial) | 12 June 1866 (partial: Chamber E) | |
| 1867 | 11 June 1867 (partial: Senate A) | ||
| 1868 | 25 May 1868 (partial) | 9 June 1868 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| 1870 | 23 May 1870 (partial) | 11 June 1870 (partial: Chamber E) 2 August 1870 (full: both chambers) | |
| 1872 | 27 May 1872 (full) | 11 June 1872 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| 1874 | 25 May 1874 (partial) | 9 June 1874 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | |
| 1876 | 22 May 1876 (partial) | 13 June 1876 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| Increased regulation of election proceedings, including voting booths and guarantees for secret ballots, by law of 9 July 1877. | |||
| 1878 | 27 May 1878 (partial) | 11 June 1878 (partial: Chamber E and Senate A) | |
| 1880 | 24 May 1880 (partial) | 8 June 1880 (partial: Chamber A) | |
| 1882 | 22 May 1882 (partial) | 13 June 1882 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | |
| 1884 | 25 May 1884 (partial) | 10 June 1884 (partial: Chamber A) and 8 July 1884 (full: Senate) | |
| 1886 | 23 May 1886 (partial) | 8 June 1886 (partial: Chamber E) | |
| 1888 | 27 May 1888 (partial) | 12 June 1888 (partial: Chamber A and Senate A) | |
| 1890 | 25 May 1890 (partial) | 10 June 1890 (partial: Chamber E) | |
| 1892 | 22 May 1892 (partial) | 14 June 1892 (full: both chambers)[4] | |
Constitutional reforms of 1893 and Electoral Code of 12 April 1894:
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| 1894 | 28 October 1894 (full) | 14 October 1894 (full: both chambers) | |
| 1896 | 26 July 1896 (partial) | 5 July 1896 (partial: Chamber A) | |
Provincial Elections Law of 22 April 1898:
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| 1898 | 5 June 1898 (partial) | 22 May 1898 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | |
| Legislative elections now use a proportional system with substitutes instead of a majority system with run-off and special elections | |||
| 1900 | 3 June 1900 (partial) | 27 May 1900 (full: both chambers) | |
| 1902 | 25 May 1902 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1904 | 5 June 1904 (partial) | 29 May 1904 (partial: Chamber E and Senate A) | |
| 1906 | 27 May 1906 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1908 | 14 June 1908 (partial) | 24 May 1908 (partial: Chamber E and Senate E) | |
| 1910 | 22 May 1910 (partial: Chamber A) | ||
| 1912 | 9 June 1912 (partial) | 2 June 1912 (full: both chambers) | |
| 1914 | 24 May 1914 (partial: Chamber E) | ||
| Year | Municipal elections | Provincial elections | Legislative elections | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Following World War I, major reforms were passed:
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| 1919 | 16 November 1919 | |||
| 1920 | colspan="2" | 16 May 1920 (special Senate election) | ||
Provincial Elections Law of 19 October 1921:
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| 1921 | 24 April 1921 | 27 November 1921 | 20 November 1921 | |
| 1925 | 8 November 1925 | 5 April 1925 | ||
| 1926 | 10 October 1926 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1929 | 9 June 1929 | 26 May 1929 | ||
| 1932 | 9 October 1932 | 4 December 1932 | 27 November 1932 | |
| 1935 | colspan="2" | 14 April 1935 (partial Chamber election in Brussels) | ||
| 1936 | 7 June 1936 | 24 May 1936 | ||
| 1937 | colspan="2" | 11 April 1937 (partial Chamber election in Brussels) | ||
| 1938 | 9 October 1938 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1939 | 2 April 1939 (snap) | |||
| World War II | ||||
| 1946 | 24 November 1946 | 24 February 1946 | 17 February 1946 | |
Reforms:
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| 1949 | 26 June 1949 | |||
| 1950 | 4 June 1950 (snap) | 12 March 1950 (referendum) | ||
| 1952 | 12 October 1952 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1954 | 11 April 1954 | |||
| 1958 | 12 October 1958 | 1 June 1958 | ||
| 1961 | 26 March 1961 (snap) | |||
| 1964 | 11 October 1964 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1965 | 23 May 1965 | |||
| 1968 | 31 March 1968 (snap) | |||
| 1970 | 11 October 1970 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1971 | 21 November 1971 (Brussels Agglomeration Council) | |||
| 1974 | 10 March 1974 (snap) | Including for the Council of the German cultural community | ||
| Large-scale merging of municipalities; their number was reduced from 2,663 to 589 | ||||
| 1976 | 10 October 1976 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1977 | 17 April 1977 (snap) | Including for the Council of the German cultural community | ||
| 1978 | 17 December 1978 (snap) | Including for the Council of the German cultural community | ||
| 1979 | colspan="2" | 10 June 1979 (European) | ||
| 1982 | 10 October 1982 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1981 | 8 November 1981 (snap) | Including for the Council of the German cultural community | ||
| 1984 | colspan="2" | 17 June 1984 (European) | ||
| 1985 | 13 October 1985 | |||
| 1986 | colspan="2" | 26 October 1986 (German-speaking Community) | ||
| 1987 | 13 December 1987 (snap) | |||
| 1988 | 9 October 1988 | colspan="2" | ||
| 1989 | colspan="2" | 18 June 1989 (European); 18 June 1989 (Brussels) | ||
| 1990 | colspan="2" | 28 October 1990 (German-speaking Community) | ||
| 1991 | 24 November 1991 | |||
The 1993–1994 fourth state reform had far-reaching consequences for the institutional structure of the country.
Local elections (six-year terms) include provincial and municipal elections, as well as district elections in Antwerp.
Regional elections (five-year terms, concurrently with European elections) are elections to the different parliaments of communities and regions: the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Parliament of the German-speaking Community and indirectly the Parliament of the French Community and the three assemblies of the community commissions in Brussels.
| Year | Local elections | Regional elections | Federal elections | European elections | |
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| 1994 | rowspan="2" | rowspan="2" | 12 June 1994 | ||
| 1995 | |||||
| 1999 | 13 June 1999 | ||||
| Districts in the city of Antwerp are established; their councils are now elected as well during local elections | |||||
| 2000 | colspan="3" | ||||
| Federal constituencies changed from arrondissements to provinces; electoral threshold of 5% introduced | |||||
| 2003 | |||||
| 2004 | 13 June 2004 | ||||
Fifth state reform:
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| 2006 | colspan="3" | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 2009 | 7 June 2009 | ||||
| 2010 | 13 June 2010 (snap) | ||||
| 2012 | colspan="3" | ||||
| Sixth state reform | |||||
| 2014 | 25 May 2014 | ||||
| 2018 | colspan="3" | ||||
| 2019 | 26 May 2019 | ||||
| 2024 | 13 October 2024 | 9 June 2024 | 9 June 2024 | 9 June 2024 | |