2004 Belgian regional elections

Regional council elections held in Belgium 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 Politics of Flanders 2004 Flemish parliamentary election Flanders parliamentary no 1999 Belgian regional elections 1999 2009 Belgian regional elections 2009 All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 2004 06 13 yes Flemish Government Flemish Government after election Somers Government de Regierung Somers fr Gouvernement Somers nl Regering-Somers Open Vld-sp.a-Groen-Spirit Leterme Government de Regierung Leterme (Flandern) fr Gouvernement Leterme (Flandre) nl Regering-Leterme (Vlaanderen) CD&V/N-VA-sp.a-Open Vld coalition File:2004 Flemish Parliament.svg Flanders Brussels Total +/- Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance 1060580 34 1 35 +5 Flemish Block 981587 29 3 32 +10 Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant 804578 24 1 25 -2 Socialist Party Differently-Spirit 799325 24 1 25 +6 Groen! 308898 6 6 -6 Union of Francophones 43391 1 1 Workers' Party of Belgium+ 22874 Belgische Unie – Union Belge 9535 National Front 7388 Solide 6033 Respect 5227 MDP 4187 PvdD 2640 Left Socialist Party 2509 STA OP 1821 B.U.B. 1723 Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde 1332 MRV 761 VDB 357 219910 4568250 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! UFFlandersAntwerp9 33 Christian Democratic and Flemish10 33 Flemish Interest6 33 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats6 33 Socialist Party Differently2 33 Green!33 124 greyEast Flanders7 27 Christian Democratic and Flemish6 27 Flemish Interest7 27 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats5 27 Socialist Party Differently2 27 Green!27 124 greyFlemish Brabant5 20 Christian Democratic and Flemish5 20 Flemish Interest4 20 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats4 20 Socialist Party Differently1 20 Green!1 20 Union of Franchophones20 124 greyLimburg5 16 Christian Democratic and Flemish4 16 Flemish Interest3 16 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats4 16 Socialist Party Differently16 124 greyWest Flanders8 22 Christian Democratic and Flemish4 22 Flemish Interest4 22 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats5 22 Socialist Party Differently1 22 Green!22 124 greyBrussels1 6 Christian Democratic and Flemish3 6 Flemish Interest1 6 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats1 6 Socialist Party Differently6 124 greyTotal35 124 Christian Democratic and Flemish32 124 Flemish Interest25 124 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats25 124 Socialist Party Differently6 124 Green!1 124 Union of Franchophones124 124 grey Walloon Regional Parliament 2004 Walloon parliamentary election Wallonia parliamentary no 1999 Belgian regional elections 1999 2009 Belgian regional elections 2009 All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 2004 06 13 yes Walloon Government Walloon Government after election Van Cauwenberghe I Government fr Gouvernement Van Cauwenberghe I PS-Ecolo-MR coalition Van Cauwenberghe II Government fr Gouvernement Van Cauwenberghe II PS-cdH coalition File:2004 Walloon Parliament.svg Socialist Party 727781 33 +8 Reformist Movement 478999 21 Humanist Democratic Centre 347348 14 Ecolo 167916 3 -11 National Front 160130 4 +3 Rassemblement Wallonie France 20019 Vivant 16281 CDF 12881 Workers' Party of Belgium+ 12216 New Belgian Front 10566 Wallon 5091 Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB 3183 France 2780 MS-CW 2458 Bloc National 1536 Belgische Unie – Union Belge 753 Isagoria 583 La Ligue 520 Q.i. 502 PH 162 140167 2359447 Belgian Elections In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government. Brussels Regional Parliament 2004 Brussels parliamentary election Brussels parliamentary no 1999 Belgian regional elections 1999 2009 Belgian regional elections 2009 All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 2004 06 13 yes Brussels Government Brussels Government after election Simonet II Government nl Regering-Simonet II fr Gouvernement Simonet II MR-Open Vld-PS-sp.a-CD&V coalition Picqué III Government nl Regering-Picqué III fr Gouvernement Picqué III PS-sp.a/Spirit-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld-Ecolo coalition In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government. File:2004 Brussels Parliament.svg French language group Socialist Party 130462 26 Reformist Movement 127122 25 Humanist Democratic Centre 55078 10 Ecolo 37908 7 National Front 21195 4 PJM 4214 CDF 3886 PCP 3281 New Belgian Front 2656 PTB+PVDA+ 2221 Rassemblement Wallonie France 1575 Ludocratie 678 Belgische Unie – Union Belge-NB 640 PH 300 y Dutch language group Flemish Block 21297 6 Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant 12443 4 Socialist Party Differently-Spirit 11052 3 Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance 10482 3 Green! 6132 1 Belgische Unie – Union Belge 511 VDB 313 FIRE 286 453732 17796 564182 Belgian Elections Parliament of the German-speaking Community File:2004 German-speaking Community Parliament.svg Christian Social Party 11905 −2.0% 8 -1 Party for Freedom and Progress-Reformist Movement 7615 −0.3% 5 -1 Socialist Party 6903 +4.0% 5 +1 Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB 4243 −1.2% 3 Ecolo 2972 −4.5% 2 -1 Vivant 2665 +4.0% 2 +2 4594 45975 Belgian Elections External links Pooling results on the Official Federal web site https://web.archive.org/web/20091124105709/http://polling2004.belgium.be/en/index.html 2009-11-24 Category:2004 elections in Belgium 2004 Category:June 2004 in Europe