2004 Belgian regional elections
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
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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority | ||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| 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 | |
Walloon Regional 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.
Brussels Regional Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| 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-NB | 640 | 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 | ||||
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
| 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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