Belgian regional elections, 2004
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On June 13, 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.
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[edit] Flemish Parliament
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD&V/N-VA | 1,060,580 | 26.1% | +4.0% | 35 | +5 | |
| Vlaams Blok | 981,587 | 24.2% | +8.4% | 32 | +10 | |
| VLD-Vivant | 804,578 | 19.8% | −3.9% | 25 | −2 | |
| SP.A-Spirit | 799,325 | 19.7% | +4.9% | 25 | +6 | |
| Groen! | 308,898 | 7.6% | −3.9% | 6 | −6 | |
| UF | 43,391 | 1.1% | +0.1% | 1 | 0 | |
| VU-ID* | 0 | 0.0% | −9.1% | 0 | −11 | |
| All Others | 66,387 | 1.6% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
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.
[edit] Walloon Regional Parliament
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 727,781 | 36.9% | +7.5% | 34 | +9 | |
| MR | 478,999 | 24.3% | −0.4% | 20 | −1 | |
| CDH | 347,348 | 17.6% | +0.6% | 14 | 0 | |
| Ecolo | 167,916 | 8.5% | −9.7% | 3 | −11 | |
| FN | 160,130 | 8.1% | +4.2% | 4 | +3 | |
| All Others | 89,531 | 4.5% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
[edit] Brussels Regional Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
[edit] French language group
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 130,462 | 33.4% | +14.7% | 26 | +13 | |
| MR | 127,122 | 32.5% | −7.6% | 25 | −2 | |
| CDH | 55,078 | 14.1% | +4.9% | 10 | +4 | |
| Ecolo | 37,908 | 9.7% | −11.6% | 7 | −7 | |
| FN | 21,195 | 5.4% | +2.4% | 4 | +2 | |
| FNB | 2,656 | 1.5% | −0.8% | 0 | −1 | |
| All Others | 16,795 | 4.3% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Dutch language group
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vlaams Blok | 21,297 | 34.1% | +2.2% | 6 | +2 | |
| VLD-Vivant | 12,433 | 19.9% | -- | 4 | 0 | |
| SP.A-Spirit | 11,052 | 17.7% | -- | 3 | 0 | |
| CD&V/N-VA | 10,482 | 16.8% | -- | 3 | 0 | |
| Groen! | 6,132 | 9.8% | -- | 1 | 0 | |
| All Others | 1,110 | 1.8% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Parliament of the German-speaking Community
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSP | 11,905 | 32.8% | −2.0% | 8 | −1 | |
| PFF-MR | 7,615 | 21.0% | −0.3% | 5 | −1 | |
| SP | 6,903 | 19.0% | +4.0% | 5 | +1 | |
| PJU-PDB | 4,243 | 11.7% | −1.2% | 3 | ±0 | |
| Ecolo | 2,972 | 8.2% | −4.5% | 2 | −1 | |
| Vivant | 2,665 | 7.3% | +4.0% | 2 | +2 | |
