2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground. The Flemish nationalist party the Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok) registered the largest gains.

2004 European Parliament election in Belgium
13 June 2004
24 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Frank Vanhecke
Party CD&V VB
Alliance EPP
Last election 3 seats, 13.49% 2 seats, 9.39%
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,131,119 930,731
Percentage 17.43% 14.43%
Swing Increase 3.94% Increase 4.95%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Guy Verhofstadt Elio Di Rupo
Party Open Vld PS
Alliance ALDE PES
Last election 3 seats, 13.61% 3 seats, 9.59%
Seats won 3 4
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 880,279 878,577
Percentage 13.56% 13.54%
Swing Decrease 1.13% Increase 3.95%

Candidates
Main article: List of candidates in the 2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party878,57736.094
Reformist Movement671,42227.583
Humanist Democratic Centre368,75315.151
Ecolo239,6879.841
National Front181,3517.450
New Belgian Front26,7751.100
Rassemblement Wallonie France23,0900.950
Francophone Christian Democrats19,7180.810
Workers' Party of Belgium19,6450.810
Movement for a Socialist Alternative5,6750.230
Total2,434,693100.009
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian Democratic and Flemish–New Flemish Alliance1,131,11928.154
Vlaams Blok930,73123.163
Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant880,27921.913
Socialist Party Differently–Spirit716,31717.833
Green!320,8747.991
Workers' Party of Belgium24,8070.620
Left Socialist Party14,1660.350
Total4,018,293100.0014
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social Party15,72242.491
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt–Reformist Movement8,43422.790
Socialist Party5,52714.940
Ecolo3,88010.490
Non-Party Young Independents–PDB3,4429.300
Total37,005100.001
Valid votes6,489,99194.63
Invalid/blank votes367,9955.37
Total votes6,857,986100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,552,24090.81
Source: Belgian Elections
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