2004 Belgian regional elections

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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.

Flemish Parliament[edit]

2004 Flemish parliamentary election

← 1999 13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) 2009 →

All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament
62 seats needed for a majority

Flemish Government before election

Somers Government [de; fr; nl]
Open Vld-sp.a-Groen-Spirit

Flemish Government after election

Leterme Government [de; fr; nl]
CD&V/N-VA-sp.a-Open Vld coalition

PartyVotes%Seats
FlandersBrusselsTotal+/-
Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance1,060,58026.0934135+5
Flemish Block981,58724.1529332+10
Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant804,57819.7924125-2
Socialist Party Differently-Spirit799,32519.6624125+6
Groen!308,8987.6066-6
Union of Francophones43,3911.0711
Workers' Party of Belgium+22,8740.56
Belgische Unie – Union Belge9,5350.23
National Front7,3880.18
Solide6,0330.15
Respect5,2270.13
MDP4,1870.10
PvdD2,6400.06
Left Socialist Party2,5090.06
STA OP1,8210.04
B.U.B.1,7230.04
Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde1,3320.03
MRV7610.02
VDB3570.01
Total4,064,746100.00118612413
Valid votes4,064,74694.87
Invalid/blank votes219,9105.13
Total votes4,284,656100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,568,25093.79
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[edit]

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

Walloon Regional Parliament[edit]

2004 Walloon parliamentary election

← 1999 13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) 2009 →

All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority

Walloon Government before election

Van Cauwenberghe I Government [fr]
PS-Ecolo-MR coalition

Walloon Government after election

Van Cauwenberghe II Government [fr]
PS-cdH coalition

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party727,78136.9133+8
Reformist Movement478,99924.2921
Humanist Democratic Centre347,34817.6214
Ecolo167,9168.523-11
National Front160,1308.124+3
Rassemblement Wallonie France20,0191.02
Vivant16,2810.83
CDF12,8810.65
Workers' Party of Belgium+12,2160.62
New Belgian Front10,5660.54
Wallon5,0910.26
Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB3,1830.16
France2,7800.14
MS-CW2,4580.12
Bloc National1,5360.08
Belgische Unie – Union Belge7530.04
Isagoria5830.03
La Ligue5200.03
Q.i.5020.03
PH1620.01
Total1,971,705100.0075
Valid votes1,971,70593.36
Invalid/blank votes140,1676.64
Total votes2,111,872100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,359,44789.51
Source: Belgian Elections

In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.

Brussels Regional Parliament[edit]

2004 Brussels parliamentary election

← 1999 13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) 2009 →

All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament
45 seats needed for a majority

Brussels Government before election

Simonet II Government [nl; fr]
MR-Open Vld-PS-sp.a-CD&V coalition

Brussels Government after election

Picqué III Government [nl; fr]
PS-sp.a/Spirit-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld-Ecolo coalition

In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.

PartyVotes%Seats
French language group
Socialist Party130,46233.3526
Reformist Movement127,12232.4925
Humanist Democratic Centre55,07814.0810
Ecolo37,9089.697
National Front21,1955.424
PJM4,2141.08
CDF3,8860.99
PCP3,2810.84
New Belgian Front2,6560.68
PTB+PVDA+2,2210.57
Rassemblement Wallonie France1,5750.40
Ludocratie6780.17
Belgische Unie – Union Belge-NB6400.16
PH3000.08
Total391,216100.0072
Dutch language group
Flemish Block21,29734.076
Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant12,44319.904
Socialist Party Differently-Spirit11,05217.683
Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance10,48216.773
Green!6,1329.811
Belgische Unie – Union Belge5110.82
VDB3130.50
FIRE2860.46
Total62,516100.0017
Valid votes453,73296.23
Invalid/blank votes17,7963.77
Total votes471,528100.00
Registered voters/turnout564,18283.58
Source: Belgian Elections

Parliament of the German-speaking Community[edit]

PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Christian Social Party11,90532.79−2.0%8-1
Party for Freedom and Progress-Reformist Movement7,61520.98−0.3%5-1
Socialist Party6,90319.01+4.0%5+1
Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB4,24311.69−1.2%3
Ecolo2,9728.19−4.5%2-1
Vivant2,6657.34+4.0%2+2
Total36,303100.0025
Valid votes36,30388.77
Invalid/blank votes4,59411.23
Total votes40,897100.00
Registered voters/turnout45,97588.95
Source: Belgian Elections

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