2003 Belgian federal election

none November 2024 Belgium 1999 2007 2003 05 18 yes yes Chamber of Representatives All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 76 91.63% Guy Verhofstadt VLD 23 25 15.36 Johan Vande Lanotte sp.a–spirit 14 23 14.91 Stefaan De Clerck Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams 22 21 13.25 Elio Di Rupo Parti Socialiste (Belgium) 19 25 13.02 Frank Vanhecke Vlaams Blok 15 18 11.68 Antoine Duquesne Mouvement Réformateur 18 24 11.40 Joëlle Milquet Centre démocrate humaniste 10 8 5.47 New Flemish Alliance Geert Bourgeois New 1 3.06 Ecolo Philippe Defeyt nlÉvelyne Huytebroeck nlMarc Hordies nl 11 4 3.06 FN Daniel Féret 1 1 1.98 yes Senate 40 of 71 seats in the Senate yes sp.a–spirit 4 7 15.47 VLD 6 7 15.38 Parti Socialiste (Belgium) 4 6 12.84 Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams 6 6 12.71 Mouvement Réformateur 5 5 12.15 Vlaams Blok 4 5 11.32 Centre démocrate humaniste 3 2 5.54 Ecolo 3 1 3.19 FN 0 1 2.25 300px Chamber of Representatives results by electoral district 300px Senate direct election results by province Federal Government Federal Government after election Verhofstadt I Government Verhofstadt II Government Federal elections were held in Belgium on 18 May 2003, the first under a new electoral code. One of the novelties was an electoral threshold of 5, which has cost many seats to the N-VA and the Green parties, Ecolo and Agalev. The Belgian Socialists recovered well; the liberal and nationalist parties increased their vote as well. The Flemish Greens lost all their seats. The Greens were attacked on two fronts: some,November 2024 including their coalition partners, accused them of being too fundamentalist, while othersNovember 2024 said that they had betrayed their ideals. Although it was predicted in some opinion polls, the gains of the Front National were surprising, considering that it seldom appeared in the media.November 2024 The most important trend was the recovery of the Flemish social-democrats, led by the popular (some would say populist) Steve Stevaert. The fact that Elio Di Rupo was learning Dutch caused rumours that he hoped to become prime minister,November 2024 if the social-democrats would turn out to be the largest political family. Themes that probably influenced the election results in some wayNovember 2024 were the government's opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the controversy around the nuisance around the airport of Zaventem, the controversy surrounding the banning of tobacco publicity, and unemployment, but a general dominating theme was lacking. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgique2003.svg Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten 1009223 +1.06 25 +2 Socialistische Partij Anders–Spirit 979750 +5.37 23 +9 Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams 870749 –0.84 21 –1 Parti Socialiste 855992 +2.86 25 +6 Vlaams Blok 767605 +1.72 18 +3 Mouvement Réformateur 748952 +1.26 24 +6 Centre démocrate humaniste 359660 –0.40 8 –2 New Flemish Alliance 201399 New 1 New Ecolo 201118 –4.29 4 –7 Agalev 162205 –4.52 0 –9 National Front 130012 +0.53 1 0 Vivant 81337 –0.86 0 0 Christian Democrats Federal fr Chrétiens démocrates fédéraux Chrétiens démocrates francophones 38346 New 0 New #003399 Liberal Appeal 29868 New 0 New Rassemblement Wallonie France 25416 New 0 New Workers' Party of Belgium 20825 –0.18 0 0 RESIST 10059 New 0 New Belgian Union 10034 New 0 New Parti citoyenneté et prospérité 8258 New 0 New #B68800 Socialist Movement (Belgium) fr Mouvement socialiste (Belgique) Socialist Movement 8116 New 0 New #AF0202 Communist Party of Belgium 6759 –0.27 0 0 New Belgian Front 6736 –0.26 0 0 MARIA 6440 New 0 New #dddddd France Français réunis dans une action nationale de coopération et d’émancipation 5668 –0.03 0 0 #dddddd Nation 4190 New 0 New VeiligBlauw 3237 New 0 New #4D6581 Left Socialist Party 2929 New 0 New Communist Party–RDS Résistance, démocratie, socialisme 2522 New 0 New CHOPE 2430 New 0 New RDS Résistance, démocratie, socialisme–Communist Party 2084 New 0 New UFE 1910 New 0 New OMNIUM 1616 New 0 New PDA 1415 New 0 New Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde nl 1325 New 0 New #dddddd Noor 1141 +0.00 0 0 #04A068 DL 1052 New 0 New MDT 914 New 0 New Parti humaniste–Humanistische Partij 521 +0.01 0 0 PPR 376 New 0 New 364412 0 7570637 IBZ Senate File:Sénat2003.svg Socialistische Partij Anders–Spirit 1013560 +6.59 7 +3 Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten 1007868 +0.01 7 +1 Parti Socialiste 840908 +3.19 6 +2 Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams 832849 –2.03 6 0 Mouvement Réformateur 795757 +1.58 5 0 Vlaams Blok 741940 +1.91 5 +1 Centre démocrate humaniste 362705 –0.49 2 –1 Ecolo 208868 –4.21 1 –2 New Flemish Alliance 200273 New 0 New Agalev 161024 –4.62 0 –3 National Front 147305 +0.75 1 +1 Vivant 86723 –0.66 0 0 Christian Democrats Federal fr Chrétiens démocrates fédéraux Chrétiens démocrates francophones 38339 New 0 New #003399 Rassemblement Wallonie France 27424 New 0 New Liberal Appeal 26629 New 0 New Workers' Party of Belgium 18699 +0.11 0 0 RESIST 17604 New 0 New Left Socialist Party 8337 New 0 New VeiligBlauw 8048 New 0 New #4D6581 Social Liberal Democrats nl SoLiDe (België) 6651 –0.02 0 0 #6200AD 383093 0 7570637 IBZ Further reading Fitzmaurice John January 2004 Belgium Stays 'Purple': The 2003 Federal Election West European Politics 27 1 146–156 10.1080/01402380412331280843 Belgium Federal Category:Federal elections in Belgium Belgium