2004 Belgian regional elections

Quick facts All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Flemish parliamentary election

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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority
Flemish Government before election Somers Government [de; fr; nl] Open Vld-sp.a-Groen-Spirit Flemish Government after election Leterme Government [de; fr; nl] CD&V/N-VA-sp.a-Open Vld coalition

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
				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

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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.

Quick facts All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Walloon parliamentary election

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All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
Walloon Government before election Van Cauwenberghe I Government [fr] PS-Ecolo-MR coalition Walloon Government after election Van Cauwenberghe II Government [fr] PS-cdH coalition

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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

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In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.

Quick facts All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority ...

2004 Brussels parliamentary election

← 1999 13 June 2004 (2004-06-13) 2009 →
All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority
Brussels Government before election Simonet II Government [nl; fr] MR-Open Vld-PS-sp.a-CD&V coalition Brussels Government after election Picqué III Government [nl; fr] PS-sp.a/Spirit-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld-Ecolo coalition

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In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.

More information Party, Votes ...

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

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• Pooling results on the Official Federal web site Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine