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
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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority | ||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Flanders | Brussels | Total | +/- | |||||
| Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance | 1,060,580 | 26.09 | 34 | 1 | 35 | +5 | ||
| Flemish Block | 981,587 | 24.15 | 29 | 3 | 32 | +10 | ||
| Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant | 804,578 | 19.79 | 24 | 1 | 25 | -2 | ||
| Socialist Party Differently-Spirit | 799,325 | 19.66 | 24 | 1 | 25 | +6 | ||
| Groen! | 308,898 | 7.60 | 6 | – | 6 | -6 | ||
| Union of Francophones | 43,391 | 1.07 | 1 | – | 1 | – | ||
| Workers' Party of Belgium+ | 22,874 | 0.56 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 9,535 | 0.23 | – | – | – | – | ||
| National Front | 7,388 | 0.18 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Solide | 6,033 | 0.15 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Respect | 5,227 | 0.13 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MDP | 4,187 | 0.10 | – | – | – | – | ||
| PvdD | 2,640 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Left Socialist Party | 2,509 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | ||
| STA OP | 1,821 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | ||
| B.U.B. | 1,723 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde | 1,332 | 0.03 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MRV | 761 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | ||
| VDB | 357 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 4,064,746 | 100.00 | 118 | 6 | 124 | 13 | ||
| Valid votes | 4,064,746 | 94.87 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 219,910 | 5.13 | ||||||
| Total votes | 4,284,656 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,568,250 | 93.79 | ||||||
| Source: 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! | UF | ||
| Flanders | Antwerp | 9 / 33 |
10 / 33 |
6 / 33 |
6 / 33 |
2 / 33 |
— | 33 / 124 |
| East Flanders | 7 / 27 |
6 / 27 |
7 / 27 |
5 / 27 |
2 / 27 |
— | 27 / 124 | |
| Flemish Brabant | 5 / 20 |
5 / 20 |
4 / 20 |
4 / 20 |
1 / 20 |
1 / 20 |
20 / 124 | |
| Limburg | 5 / 16 |
4 / 16 |
3 / 16 |
4 / 16 |
— | — | 16 / 124 | |
| West Flanders | 8 / 22 |
4 / 22 |
4 / 22 |
5 / 22 |
1 / 22 |
— | 22 / 124 | |
| Brussels | 1 / 6 |
3 / 6 |
1 / 6 |
1 / 6 |
— | — | 6 / 124 | |
| Total | 35 / 124 |
32 / 124 |
25 / 124 |
25 / 124 |
6 / 124 |
1 / 124 |
124 / 124 | |
Walloon Regional Parliament
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party | 727,781 | 36.91 | 33 | +8 | |
| Reformist Movement | 478,999 | 24.29 | 21 | – | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 347,348 | 17.62 | 14 | – | |
| Ecolo | 167,916 | 8.52 | 3 | -11 | |
| National Front | 160,130 | 8.12 | 4 | +3 | |
| Rassemblement Wallonie France | 20,019 | 1.02 | – | – | |
| Vivant | 16,281 | 0.83 | – | – | |
| CDF | 12,881 | 0.65 | – | – | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium+ | 12,216 | 0.62 | – | – | |
| New Belgian Front | 10,566 | 0.54 | – | – | |
| Wallon | 5,091 | 0.26 | – | – | |
| Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB | 3,183 | 0.16 | – | – | |
| France | 2,780 | 0.14 | – | – | |
| MS-CW | 2,458 | 0.12 | – | – | |
| Bloc National | 1,536 | 0.08 | – | – | |
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 753 | 0.04 | – | – | |
| Isagoria | 583 | 0.03 | – | – | |
| La Ligue | 520 | 0.03 | – | – | |
| Q.i. | 502 | 0.03 | – | – | |
| PH | 162 | 0.01 | – | – | |
| Total | 1,971,705 | 100.00 | 75 | – | |
| Valid votes | 1,971,705 | 93.36 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 140,167 | 6.64 | |||
| Total votes | 2,111,872 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,359,447 | 89.51 | |||
| Source: Belgian Elections | |||||
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
Brussels Regional Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French language group | ||||
| Socialist Party | 130,462 | 33.35 | 26 | |
| Reformist Movement | 127,122 | 32.49 | 25 | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 55,078 | 14.08 | 10 | |
| Ecolo | 37,908 | 9.69 | 7 | |
| National Front | 21,195 | 5.42 | 4 | |
| PJM | 4,214 | 1.08 | – | |
| CDF | 3,886 | 0.99 | – | |
| PCP | 3,281 | 0.84 | – | |
| New Belgian Front | 2,656 | 0.68 | – | |
| PTB+PVDA+ | 2,221 | 0.57 | – | |
| Rassemblement Wallonie France | 1,575 | 0.40 | – | |
| Ludocratie | 678 | 0.17 | – | |
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge-NB | 640 | 0.16 | – | |
| PH | 300 | 0.08 | – | |
| Total | 391,216 | 100.00 | 72 | |
| Dutch language group | ||||
| Flemish Block | 21,297 | 34.07 | 6 | |
| Flemish Liberals and Democrats-Vivant | 12,443 | 19.90 | 4 | |
| Socialist Party Differently-Spirit | 11,052 | 17.68 | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance | 10,482 | 16.77 | 3 | |
| Green! | 6,132 | 9.81 | 1 | |
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge | 511 | 0.82 | – | |
| VDB | 313 | 0.50 | – | |
| FIRE | 286 | 0.46 | – | |
| Total | 62,516 | 100.00 | 17 | |
| Valid votes | 453,732 | 96.23 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,796 | 3.77 | ||
| Total votes | 471,528 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 564,182 | 83.58 | ||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party | 11,905 | 32.79 | −2.0% | 8 | -1 | |
| Party for Freedom and Progress-Reformist Movement | 7,615 | 20.98 | −0.3% | 5 | -1 | |
| Socialist Party | 6,903 | 19.01 | +4.0% | 5 | +1 | |
| Parteilos Jugendliche Unabhängige-PDB | 4,243 | 11.69 | −1.2% | 3 | – | |
| Ecolo | 2,972 | 8.19 | −4.5% | 2 | -1 | |
| Vivant | 2,665 | 7.34 | +4.0% | 2 | +2 | |
| Total | 36,303 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | |
| Valid votes | 36,303 | 88.77 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,594 | 11.23 | ||||
| Total votes | 40,897 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 45,975 | 88.95 | ||||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||||
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