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Regional council elections held in Belgium
On 13 June 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium , to choose representatives in the regional councils of the Flemish Parliament , the Walloon Parliament , the Brussels Parliament and the German-speaking Community of Belgium . The elections were held on the same day as the European elections .
2004 Flemish parliamentary election Flemish Parliament
Party Votes % Seats Flanders Brussels Total +/- Christian Democratic and Flemish -New Flemish Alliance 1,060,580 26.09 34 1 35 +5 Flemish Block 981,587 24.15 29 3 32 +10 Flemish Liberals and Democrats -Vivant 804,578 19.79 24 1 25 -2 Socialist Party Differently -Spirit 799,325 19.66 24 1 25 +6 Groen! 308,898 7.60 6 – 6 -6 Union of Francophones 43,391 1.07 1 – 1 – Workers' Party of Belgium+ 22,874 0.56 – – – – Belgische Unie – Union Belge 9,535 0.23 – – – – National Front 7,388 0.18 – – – – Solide 6,033 0.15 – – – – Respect 5,227 0.13 – – – – MDP 4,187 0.10 – – – – PvdD 2,640 0.06 – – – – Left Socialist Party 2,509 0.06 – – – – STA OP 1,821 0.04 – – – – B.U.B. 1,723 0.04 – – – – Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde 1,332 0.03 – – – – MRV 761 0.02 – – – – VDB 357 0.01 – – – – Total 4,064,746 100.00 118 6 124 13 Valid votes 4,064,746 94.87 Invalid/blank votes 219,910 5.13 Total votes 4,284,656 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 4,568,250 93.79 Source: Belgian Elections
In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The far right Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives Christian Democratic and Flemish -New Flemish Alliance (CD&V - N-VA). The green party Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, the People's Union (VU-ID) has split and the new parties, N-VA and Spirit , allied with CD&V and Different Socialist Party (SP.A) respectively.
Because of the cordon sanitaire of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least three parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Groen! confirmed that it did not want to take part in the new coalition, so the only coalition left was a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite.
In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.
Details
Region
Seats won per party
Total seats
Provinces
CD&V + N-VA
VB
VLD + VIVANT
SP.A + SPIRIT
GROEN!
UF
Flanders
Antwerp
9 / 33
10 / 33
6 / 33
6 / 33
2 / 33
—
33 / 124
East Flanders
7 / 27
6 / 27
7 / 27
5 / 27
2 / 27
—
27 / 124
Flemish Brabant
5 / 20
5 / 20
4 / 20
4 / 20
1 / 20
1 / 20
20 / 124
Limburg
5 / 16
4 / 16
3 / 16
4 / 16
—
—
16 / 124
West Flanders
8 / 22
4 / 22
4 / 22
5 / 22
1 / 22
—
22 / 124
Brussels
1 / 6
3 / 6
1 / 6
1 / 6
—
—
6 / 124
Total
35 / 124
32 / 124
25 / 124
25 / 124
6 / 124
1 / 124
124 / 124
2004 Walloon parliamentary election Walloon Parliament
Party Votes % Seats +/– Socialist Party 727,781 36.91 33 +8 Reformist Movement 478,999 24.29 21 – Humanist Democratic Centre 347,348 17.62 14 – Ecolo 167,916 8.52 3 -11 National Front 160,130 8.12 4 +3 Rassemblement Wallonie France 20,019 1.02 – – Vivant 16,281 0.83 – – CDF 12,881 0.65 – – Workers' Party of Belgium+ 12,216 0.62 – – New Belgian Front 10,566 0.54 – – Wallon 5,091 0.26 – – Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB 3,183 0.16 – – France 2,780 0.14 – – MS-CW 2,458 0.12 – – Bloc National 1,536 0.08 – – Belgische Unie – Union Belge 753 0.04 – – Isagoria 583 0.03 – – La Ligue 520 0.03 – – Q.i. 502 0.03 – – PH 162 0.01 – – Total 1,971,705 100.00 75 – Valid votes 1,971,705 93.36 Invalid/blank votes 140,167 6.64 Total votes 2,111,872 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,359,447 89.51 Source: Belgian Elections
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
2004 Brussels parliamentary election Brussels Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
Party Votes % Seats French language group Socialist Party 130,462 33.35 26 Reformist Movement 127,122 32.49 25 Humanist Democratic Centre 55,078 14.08 10 Ecolo 37,908 9.69 7 National Front 21,195 5.42 4 PJM 4,214 1.08 – CDF 3,886 0.99 – PCP 3,281 0.84 – New Belgian Front 2,656 0.68 – PTB+PVDA+ 2,221 0.57 – Rassemblement Wallonie France 1,575 0.40 – Ludocratie 678 0.17 – Belgische Unie – Union Belge -NB640 0.16 – PH 300 0.08 – Total 391,216 100.00 72 Dutch language group Flemish Block 21,297 34.07 6 Flemish Liberals and Democrats -Vivant 12,443 19.90 4 Socialist Party Differently -Spirit 11,052 17.68 3 Christian Democratic and Flemish -New Flemish Alliance 10,482 16.77 3 Green! 6,132 9.81 1 Belgische Unie – Union Belge 511 0.82 – VDB 313 0.50 – FIRE 286 0.46 – Total 62,516 100.00 17 Valid votes 453,732 96.23 Invalid/blank votes 17,796 3.77 Total votes 471,528 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 564,182 83.58 Source: Belgian Elections
Party Votes % +/– Seats +/– Christian Social Party 11,905 32.79 −2.0% 8 -1 Party for Freedom and Progress -Reformist Movement 7,615 20.98 −0.3% 5 -1 Socialist Party 6,903 19.01 +4.0% 5 +1 Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB 4,243 11.69 −1.2% 3 – Ecolo 2,972 8.19 −4.5% 2 -1 Vivant 2,665 7.34 +4.0% 2 +2 Total 36,303 100.00 – 25 – Valid votes 36,303 88.77 Invalid/blank votes 4,594 11.23 Total votes 40,897 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 45,975 88.95 Source: Belgian Elections
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