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 Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.

Contents 1 Flemish Parliament 2 Walloon Regional Parliament 3 Brussels Regional Parliament 3.1 French language group 3.2 Dutch language group 4 Parliament of the German-speaking Community 5 External links

[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

• The VU-ID ceased to exist in 2001 following the implosion of the Volksunie.

In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The far right party Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives 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, party VU-ID has split and both new parties, N-VA and SPIRIT allied with CD&V and SP.a respectively.

Because of the cordon sanitaire of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least 3 parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Green party 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

[edit] External links

• Pooling results on the Official Federal web site

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