2009 Belgian regional elections
Regional elections were held in Belgium on 7 June 2009 to choose representatives in the regional parliaments of Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. These elections were held on the same day as the European elections.[1]
The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (except German-speakers) and the first 19 French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.
Flemish Parliament
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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority | |||
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All 124 members of the Flemish Parliament were elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each are a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party could also vote in the Flemish election.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Flanders | Brussels | Total | +/- | |||||
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 939,873 | 22.86 | 31 | 1 | 31 | -4 | ||
| Flemish Interest | 628,564 | 15.28 | 20 | 1 | 21 | -11 | ||
| Socialist Party Differently | 627,852 | 15.27 | 18 | 1 | 19 | -6 | ||
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 616,610 | 14.99 | 19 | 2 | 21 | -4 | ||
| New Flemish Alliance | 537,040 | 13.06 | 16 | – | 16 | +16 | ||
| List Dedecker | 313,176 | 7.62 | 8 | – | 8 | +8 | ||
| Groen! | 278,211 | 6.77 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +1 | ||
| Union of Francophones | 47,319 | 1.15 | 1 | – | 1 | – | ||
| Social Liberal Party | 44,734 | 1.09 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Workers' Party of Belgium+ | 42,849 | 1.04 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Left Socialist Party | 10,038 | 0.24 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Belgische Alliantie | 9,318 | 0.23 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Vrijheid | 6,228 | 0.15 | – | – | – | – | ||
| RESPECT | 5,692 | 0.14 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Committee for Another Policy | 2,211 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Vrije Christen Democraten | 1,898 | 0.05 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 712 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 4,112,325 | 100.00 | 119 | 6 | 124 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,112,325 | 94.50 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 239,482 | 5.50 | ||||||
| Total votes | 4,351,807 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,676,488 | 93.06 | ||||||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||||||
Details
| Region | Seats won per party | Total seats | ||||||||
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| Provinces | CD&V | VB | OPEN VLD | SP.A | N-VA | LDD | GROEN! | UF | ||
| Flanders | Antwerp | 8 / 33 |
7 / 33 |
4 / 33 |
5 / 33 |
6 / 33 |
1 / 33 |
2 / 33 |
— | 33 / 124 |
| East Flanders | 6 / 27 |
4 / 27 |
6 / 27 |
4 / 27 |
3 / 27 |
2 / 27 |
2 / 27 |
— | 27 / 124 | |
| Flemish Brabant | 4 / 20 |
3 / 20 |
4 / 20 |
3 / 20 |
3 / 20 |
1 / 20 |
1 / 20 |
1 / 20 |
20 / 124 | |
| Limburg | 5 / 16 |
3 / 16 |
2 / 16 |
3 / 16 |
2 / 16 |
1 / 16 |
— | — | 16 / 124 | |
| West Flanders | 7 / 22 |
3 / 22 |
3 / 22 |
3 / 22 |
2 / 22 |
3 / 22 |
1 / 22 |
— | 22 / 124 | |
| Brussels | 1 / 6 |
1 / 6 |
2 / 6 |
1 / 6 |
— | — | 1 / 6 |
— | 6 / 124 | |
| Total | 31 / 124 |
21 / 124 |
21 / 124 |
19 / 124 |
16 / 124 |
8 / 124 |
7 / 124 |
1 / 124 |
124 / 124 | |
Walloon Parliament
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All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority | |||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Socialist Party | 657,803 | 32.77 | 29 | -4 | |
| Reformist Movement | 469,792 | 23.41 | 19 | -2 | |
| Ecolo | 372,067 | 18.54 | 14 | +11 | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 323,952 | 16.14 | 13 | -1 | |
| National Front | 57,374 | 2.86 | – | -4 | |
| Rassemblement Wallonie France | 27,955 | 1.39 | – | – | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium+ | 24,875 | 1.24 | – | – | |
| Wallonie D'Abord | 19,255 | 0.96 | – | – | |
| FN Plus | 13,116 | 0.65 | – | – | |
| Wallons | 10,008 | 0.50 | – | – | |
| MS | 6,470 | 0.32 | – | – | |
| PC - GE | 6,431 | 0.32 | – | – | |
| LiDé | 4,763 | 0.24 | – | – | |
| Parti Pensionnés | 3,939 | 0.20 | – | – | |
| CAP DORAZIO | 2,115 | 0.11 | – | – | |
| Belgique Positif | 1,511 | 0.08 | – | – | |
| PSL | 1,508 | 0.08 | – | – | |
| CDF | 1,342 | 0.07 | – | – | |
| OSER | 717 | 0.04 | – | – | |
| Velorution | 429 | 0.02 | – | – | |
| GPS | 399 | 0.02 | – | – | |
| ACNV | 379 | 0.02 | – | – | |
| F.D.W. | 311 | 0.02 | – | – | |
| Ripost | 279 | 0.01 | – | – | |
| Républicain Wallon | 248 | 0.01 | – | – | |
| Total | 2,007,038 | 100.00 | 75 | – | |
| Valid votes | 2,007,038 | 92.32 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 166,863 | 7.68 | |||
| Total votes | 2,173,901 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,442,697 | 89.00 | |||
| Source: Belgian Elections | |||||
Brussels Regional Parliament
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All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority | |||
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All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region were elected. Those voting for a Dutch-language party could also cast a vote for the Flemish parliamentary election.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Reformist Movement | 121,905 | 29.82 | 24 | |
| Socialist Party | 107,303 | 26.24 | 21 | |
| Ecolo | 82,663 | 20.22 | 16 | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 60,527 | 14.80 | 11 | |
| National Front | 7,803 | 1.91 | – | |
| Pro Bruxsel | 6,840 | 1.67 | – | |
| Egalité | 4,289 | 1.05 | – | |
| musulmans.be | 4,055 | 0.99 | – | |
| Workers' Party+ | 3,427 | 0.84 | – | |
| PC-PSL-LCR-PH | 2,042 | 0.50 | – | |
| CDF | 1,807 | 0.44 | – | |
| Vélorution! | 1,402 | 0.34 | – | |
| Rassemblement Wallonie France | 1,321 | 0.32 | – | |
| FDB | 588 | 0.14 | – | |
| New Belgian Front | 557 | 0.14 | – | |
| CAP D'Orazio | 521 | 0.13 | – | |
| Unie | 491 | 0.12 | – | |
| Nation | 471 | 0.12 | – | |
| Trefle | 416 | 0.10 | – | |
| D.P. | 299 | 0.07 | – | |
| P.S.H | 143 | 0.03 | – | |
| Total | 408,870 | 100.00 | 72 | |
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| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 11,957 | 23.07 | 4 | |
| Socialist Party Differently | 10,085 | 19.46 | 4 | |
| Flemish Interest | 9,072 | 17.51 | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 7,696 | 14.85 | 3 | |
| Green! | 5,806 | 11.20 | 2 | |
| New Flemish Alliance | 2,586 | 4.99 | 1 | |
| List Dedecker | 1,957 | 3.78 | – | |
| Pro Bruxsel | 1,225 | 2.36 | – | |
| Workers' Party+ | 611 | 1.18 | – | |
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 462 | 0.89 | – | |
| Social Liberal Party | 361 | 0.70 | – | |
| Total | 51,818 | 100.00 | 17 | |
| Valid votes | 460,688 | 95.04 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 24,031 | 4.96 | ||
| Total votes | 484,719 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 574,793 | 84.33 | ||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community were elected.
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Christian Social Party | 10,122 | 27.02 | −5.77% | 7 | −1 | |
| Socialist Party | 7,231 | 19.30 | +0.29% | 5 | – | |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | 6,562 | 17.52 | −3.46% | 4 | −1 | |
| ProDG | 6,553 | 17.49 | +5.80% | 4 | +1 | |
| Ecolo | 4,310 | 11.50 | +3.32% | 3 | +1 | |
| Vivant | 2,684 | 7.16 | −0.18% | 2 | – | |
| Total | 37,462 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | |
| Valid votes | 37,462 | 88.61 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,817 | 11.39 | ||||
| Total votes | 42,279 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 47,446 | 89.11 | ||||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||||
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