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2024 Belgian regional elections

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The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June, the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election[1] as well as the Belgian federal election.

In the regional elections, new representatives are chosen for the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (German-speaking members are replaced) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Electoral system

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The regional parliaments have limited power over their own election; federal law largely regulates this and the federal government organises the elections, which occur per Article 117 of the Constitution on the same day as the European Parliament elections.

As such, all regional parliaments are elected using proportional representation under the D'Hondt method.

Flemish Parliament

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2024 Flemish parliamentary election
← 2019 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09) Next →
All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament
63 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Bart De Wever Tom Van Grieken Melissa Depraetere
Party N-VA Flemish Interest Vooruit
Last election 35 seats, 24.8% 23 seats, 18.5% 13 seats, 10.3%
Seats won 31 31 18
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 8 Increase 5
Popular vote 1,045,950 992,504 606,406
Percentage 23.88pp 22.66pp 13.85pp
Swing Decrease 0.94pp Increase 4.17pp Increase 3.71pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Sammy Mahdi Tom Ongena Jos D'Haese
Party CD&V Open Vld PVDA-PTB
Last election 19 seats, 15.4% 16 seats, 13.1% 14 seats, 10.1%
Seats won 16 9 9
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 7 Increase 5
Popular vote 571,137 364,609 364,070
Percentage 13.04pp 8.33pp 8.31pp
Swing Decrease 2.36pp Decrease 4.81pp Increase 2.99pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Nadia Naji
Jeremie Vaneeckhout 		Fouad Ahidar
Party Groen Team Fouad Ahidar
Last election 14 seats, 10.1% New
Seats won 9 1
Seat change Decrease 5 New
Popular vote 319,396 14,187
Percentage 7.29 0.30pp
Swing Decrease 2.82pp New
Flemish Government before election

Jambon Government
N-VA-CD&V-Open Vld coalition

 Subsequent Flemish Government

Diependaele Government
N-VA-Vooruit-CD&V coalition

124 members of the Flemish Parliament will be elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each were a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party could also vote in the Flemish election.

Every ten years, the 124 seats are reallocated among the six constituencies on the basis of population data. The Flemish Parliament approved the new distribution in December 2022, which removed a seat in West Flanders in favour of an extra seat in Flemish Brabant.[2]

  • Antwerp: 33 seats
  • Brussels: 6 seats
  • Limburg: 16 seats
  • East Flanders: 27 seats
  • Flemish Brabant: 21 seats (+1)
  • West Flanders: 21 seats (-1)

The incumbent government is made up of a coalition of Flemish nationalists (N-VA), Christian democrats (CD&V) and liberals (Open Vld).

Main candidates

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The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (lijsttrekker) per constituency.

Party  Antwerp  East Flanders  Flemish Brabant  Limburg  West Flanders  Brussels
CD&V Katrien Schryvers [nl] Nicole de Moor Peter Van Rompuy Jo Brouns [nl] Hilde Crevits Bianca Debaets [nl]
Groen Kim Buyst [nl] Mieke Schauvliege [nl] Aimen Horch [nl] Bright Adiyia [nl] Jeremie Vaneeckhout Nadia Naji
N-VA Jan Jambon Matthias Diependaele Ben Weyts Zuhal Demir Sander Loones Karl Vanlouwe
Open Vld Tom Ongena Stephanie D'Hose Gwendolyn Rutten Lydia Peeters [nl] Jasper Pillen [nl] Chloë Van Hoegaerden
PVDA Jos D'Haese Onno Vandewalle [nl] Line De Witte [nl] Gaby Colebunders Ilona Vandenberghe [nl] Anna Milojkowic
Vooruit Caroline Gennez Freya Van den Bossche Bieke Verlinden Kris Verduyckt [nl] Pablo Annys [nl] Hannelore Goeman [nl]
Vlaams Belang Tom Van Grieken Guy D'haeseleer Klaas Slootmans Chris Janssens Immanuel De Reuse Dominiek Lootens-Stael
Volt[3] Jeroen Van Loock Richard Kelder

Retiring incumbents:

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
New Flemish Alliance1,045,95023.88-0.9431–4
Flemish Interest992,50422.66+4.1731+8
Vooruit606,40613.85+3.7118+5
Christian Democratic and Flemish571,13713.04-2.3616–3
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats364,6098.33-4.819–7
Workers' Party of Belgium364,0708.31+2.999+5
Groen319,3967.29-2.829–5
Voor U [nl]45,1961.03New0New
Union des Francophones20,4520.47-0.2100
Team Fouad Ahidar14,1870.32New1New
Farmer–Citizen Interests [nl]13,0330.30+0.3000
DierAnimal8,4850.19-0.6800
Volt Europa7,6780.18+0.1800
Partij voor de Bomen3,7710.09New0New
L992,5660.06New0New
Total4,379,440100.00–124–
Valid votes4,379,44095.30
Invalid/blank votes216,1214.70
Total votes4,595,561100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,913,71893.53
Source: IBZ

Walloon Parliament

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2024 Walloon parliamentary election
← 2019 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09) Next →
All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Georges-Louis Bouchez Paul Magnette Maxime Prévot
Party MR PS LE
Last election 20 seats, 21.4% 23 seats, 26.2% New
Seats won 26 19 17
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 4 New
Popular vote 612,010 480,003 427,167
Percentage 29.61pp 23.22pp 20.66pp
Swing Increase 8.19pp Decrease 2.95pp New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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Leader Raoul Hedebouw Rajae Maouane
Jean-Marc Nollet [fr]
Party PVDA-PTB Ecolo
Last election 10 seats, 13.7% 12 seats, 14.5%
Seats won 8 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 7
Popular vote 250,146 144,103
Percentage 12.10pp 6.97pp
Swing Decrease 1.58pp Decrease 7.51pp
Walloon Government before election

Di Rupo III Government [fr]
PS–MR–Ecolo coalition

 Subsequent Walloon Government

Dolimont Government [fr]
MR–LE coalition

75 members of the Walloon Parliament are elected. The members are elected in multi-member arrondissement-based constituencies; the Walloon Parliament is the only parliament in Belgium still using this geographical level for constituencies.

The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (tête de liste) per constituency.

Party Liège Verviers Huy-Waremme Nivelles Namur Dinant - Philippeville Luxembourg Tournai - Ath - Mouscron Charleroi - Thuin Mons Soignies
DéFI Ivana Peterková Coralie Clément Grégory Vidal Pascal Goergen Amaury Alexandre [fr] Bertrand Custinne Daniel Schütz Kathleen Delbecq Jean-Noël Gillard Nicolas Dubois Huseyin Kurt
Ecolo Veronica Cremasco [fr] Freddy Mockel [fr] Rodrigue Demeuse  [fr] Céline Tellier [fr] Stéphane Hazée [fr] Christina Dewart Jean-Philippe Florent [fr] Bénédicte Linard [fr] Christophe Clersy [fr] Charlotte De Jear Arnaud Guérard
Les Engagés Olivier de Wasseige Jean-Paul Bastin [fr] Marie Jacqmin Vincent Blondel Benoît Dispa [fr] Christophe Bastin [fr] François Huberty Mathilde Vandorpe [fr] Jean-Jacques Cloquet [fr] Pascal Baurain François Desquesnes [fr]
MR Diana Nikolic [fr] Charles Gardier [fr] Caroline Cassart Valérie De Bue Vincent Maillen Richard Fournaux Willy Borsus Marie-Christine Marghem Adrien Dolimont Jacqueline Galant Maxime Daye
PS Christie Morreale [fr] Valérie Dejardin [fr] Christophe Collignon Anne Lambelin [fr] Eliane Tillieux Eddy Fontaine [fr] Mélissa Hanus [fr] Bruno Lefebvre [fr] Thomas Dermine [fr] Nicolas Martin [fr] Laurent Devin [fr]
PTB Alice Bernard [fr] László Schonbrodt Ruben Garcia Otero Edwin Penninckx Patricia Van Walle Axelle Thirifays Jori Dupont [fr] Germain Mugemangango [fr] John Beugnies [fr] Amandine Pavet [fr]

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Reformist Movement612,49029.61+8.1926+6
Socialist Party480,41823.22-2.9519–4
The Committed Ones427,47920.66+9.6617+7
Workers' Party of Belgium250,36112.10-1.588–2
Ecolo144,1896.97-7.515–7
Chez Nous58,5652.83+2.8300
DéFI55,7942.70-1.4400
Citizen Collective33,2001.60+0.2900
Reprise en Main Citoyenne6,2700.30New00
Total2,068,766100.00–75–
Valid votes2,068,76691.51
Invalid/blank votes191,9238.49
Total votes2,260,689100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,604,08486.81
Source: IBZ

Brussels Parliament

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All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region are elected. They are elected at-large, but there are separate Dutch-language party lists (electing 17 members) and French-language party lists (electing 72 members). Those voting for a Dutch-language party can also cast a vote for the Flemish Parliament election.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
French language group
Reformist Movement101,15725.9520+7
Socialist Party85,92922.0516–1
Workers' Party of Belgium81,54220.9215+5
The Committed Ones41,64010.688+2
Ecolo38,3869.857–8
DéFI31,6148.116–4
Citizen Collective5,6421.45––
Volt Europa1,5310.39––
Transparence1,2820.33––
Plan B1,0380.27––
Total389,761100.0072–
Dutch language group
Groen18,34522.8240
Team Fouad Ahidar13,24216.473New
New Flemish Alliance9,57111.912–1
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats8,53710.622–1
Flemish Interest8,47510.542+1
Vooruit8,04510.012–1
Workers' Party of Belgium5,6196.9910
Christian Democratic and Flemish5,1026.3510
Viva Palestina1,9442.420New
Voor U [nl]9301.16––
Volt Europa5690.71––
Total80,379100.0017–
Valid votes470,14093.89
Invalid/blank votes30,6196.11
Total votes500,759100.00
Registered voters/turnout597,14983.86
Source: IBZ

German-speaking Community Parliament

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All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community are elected in one constituency (at-large).

Results

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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
ProDG11,65429.10+5.778+2
Christian Social Party7,92019.78–3.365–1
Vivant5,70014.23–0.584+1
Socialist Party5,47313.67–1.183–1
Perspectives. Freedom. Progress.4,81712.03+0.6730
Ecolo3,6449.10–3.412–1
Huppertz+Co6661.66New0New
Liste24.dg1730.43New0New
Total40,047100.00–25–
Valid votes40,04792.29
Invalid/blank votes3,3467.71
Total votes43,393100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,65287.39
Source: IBZ

References

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  1. ^ Article 117 of the Belgian Constitution
  2. ^ "Verkiezingen Vlaams Parlement in 2024: West-Vlaanderen verliest zetel, Vlaams-Brabant krijgt zetel bij". Het Laatste Nieuws. 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Volt Belgium elects lead-candidates for the June 2024 elections". Volt België. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Mercedes Van Volcem (Open VLD) trekt kandidatuur in voor Vlaamse lijst: "Na overleg met mijn dochter heb ik de knoop doorgehakt"". Focus WTV. 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Vlaams fractieleider Schiltz trekt kandidatuur in en haalt uit naar Open VLD-top: "Partij liet zich van slechtste kant zien"". VRT NWS. 25 October 2023.
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