2024 Belgian regional elections
The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June, the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election [1] as well as the Belgian federal election.
In the regional elections, new representatives are chosen for the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (German-speaking members are replaced) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.
Electoral system
[edit ]The regional parliaments have limited power over their own election; federal law largely regulates this and the federal government organises the elections, which occur per Article 117 of the Constitution on the same day as the European Parliament elections.
As such, all regional parliaments are elected using proportional representation under the D'Hondt method.
Flemish Parliament
[edit ]All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament
63 seats needed for a majority
| First party | Second party | Third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Bart De Wever | Tom Van Grieken | Melissa Depraetere |
| Party | N-VA | Flemish Interest | Vooruit |
| Last election | 35 seats, 24.8% | 23 seats, 18.5% | 13 seats, 10.3% |
| Seats won | 31 | 31 | 18 |
| Seat change | Decrease 4 | Increase 8 | Increase 5 |
| Popular vote | 1,045,950 | 992,504 | 606,406 |
| Percentage | 23.88pp | 22.66pp | 13.85pp |
| Swing | Decrease 0.94pp | Increase 4.17pp | Increase 3.71pp |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | Sixth party | |
| Leader | Sammy Mahdi | Tom Ongena | Jos D'Haese |
| Party | CD&V | Open Vld | PVDA-PTB |
| Last election | 19 seats, 15.4% | 16 seats, 13.1% | 14 seats, 10.1% |
| Seats won | 16 | 9 | 9 |
| Seat change | Decrease 3 | Decrease 7 | Increase 5 |
| Popular vote | 571,137 | 364,609 | 364,070 |
| Percentage | 13.04pp | 8.33pp | 8.31pp |
| Swing | Decrease 2.36pp | Decrease 4.81pp | Increase 2.99pp |
| Seventh party | Eighth party | ||
| Leader | Nadia Naji Jeremie Vaneeckhout |
Fouad Ahidar | |
| Party | Groen | Team Fouad Ahidar | |
| Last election | 14 seats, 10.1% | New | |
| Seats won | 9 | 1 | |
| Seat change | Decrease 5 | New | |
| Popular vote | 319,396 | 14,187 | |
| Percentage | 7.29 | 0.30pp | |
| Swing | Decrease 2.82pp | New | |
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Jambon Government
N-VA-CD&V-Open Vld coalition
Diependaele Government
N-VA-Vooruit-CD&V coalition
124 members of the Flemish Parliament will be elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each were a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party could also vote in the Flemish election.
Every ten years, the 124 seats are reallocated among the six constituencies on the basis of population data. The Flemish Parliament approved the new distribution in December 2022, which removed a seat in West Flanders in favour of an extra seat in Flemish Brabant.[2]
- Antwerp: 33 seats
- Brussels: 6 seats
- Limburg: 16 seats
- East Flanders: 27 seats
- Flemish Brabant: 21 seats (+1)
- West Flanders: 21 seats (-1)
The incumbent government is made up of a coalition of Flemish nationalists (N-VA), Christian democrats (CD&V) and liberals (Open Vld).
Main candidates
[edit ]The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (lijsttrekker) per constituency.
Retiring incumbents:
- Mercedes Van Volcem (Open Vld)[4]
- Willem-Frederik Schiltz (Open Vld)[5]
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Flemish Alliance | 1,045,950 | 23.88 | -0.94 | 31 | –4 | |
| Flemish Interest | 992,504 | 22.66 | +4.17 | 31 | +8 | |
| Vooruit | 606,406 | 13.85 | +3.71 | 18 | +5 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 571,137 | 13.04 | -2.36 | 16 | –3 | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 364,609 | 8.33 | -4.81 | 9 | –7 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 364,070 | 8.31 | +2.99 | 9 | +5 | |
| Groen | 319,396 | 7.29 | -2.82 | 9 | –5 | |
| Voor U [nl] | 45,196 | 1.03 | New | 0 | New | |
| Union des Francophones | 20,452 | 0.47 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Fouad Ahidar | 14,187 | 0.32 | New | 1 | New | |
| Farmer–Citizen Interests [nl] | 13,033 | 0.30 | +0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| DierAnimal | 8,485 | 0.19 | -0.68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Volt Europa | 7,678 | 0.18 | +0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Partij voor de Bomen | 3,771 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
| L99 | 2,566 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 4,379,440 | 100.00 | – | 124 | – | |
| Valid votes | 4,379,440 | 95.30 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 216,121 | 4.70 | ||||
| Total votes | 4,595,561 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,913,718 | 93.53 | ||||
| Source: IBZ | ||||||
Walloon Parliament
[edit ]All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament
38 seats needed for a majority
| First party | Second party | Third party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leader | Georges-Louis Bouchez | Paul Magnette | Maxime Prévot |
| Party | MR | PS | LE |
| Last election | 20 seats, 21.4% | 23 seats, 26.2% | New |
| Seats won | 26 | 19 | 17 |
| Seat change | Increase 6 | Decrease 4 | New |
| Popular vote | 612,010 | 480,003 | 427,167 |
| Percentage | 29.61pp | 23.22pp | 20.66pp |
| Swing | Increase 8.19pp | Decrease 2.95pp | New |
| Fourth party | Fifth party | ||
| Leader | Raoul Hedebouw | Rajae Maouane Jean-Marc Nollet [fr] | |
| Party | PVDA-PTB | Ecolo | |
| Last election | 10 seats, 13.7% | 12 seats, 14.5% | |
| Seats won | 8 | 5 | |
| Seat change | Decrease 2 | Decrease 7 | |
| Popular vote | 250,146 | 144,103 | |
| Percentage | 12.10pp | 6.97pp | |
| Swing | Decrease 1.58pp | Decrease 7.51pp | |
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Di Rupo III Government [fr]
PS–MR–Ecolo coalition
Dolimont Government [fr]
MR–LE coalition
75 members of the Walloon Parliament are elected. The members are elected in multi-member arrondissement-based constituencies; the Walloon Parliament is the only parliament in Belgium still using this geographical level for constituencies.
The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (tête de liste ) per constituency.
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reformist Movement | 612,490 | 29.61 | +8.19 | 26 | +6 | |
| Socialist Party | 480,418 | 23.22 | -2.95 | 19 | –4 | |
| The Committed Ones | 427,479 | 20.66 | +9.66 | 17 | +7 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 250,361 | 12.10 | -1.58 | 8 | –2 | |
| Ecolo | 144,189 | 6.97 | -7.51 | 5 | –7 | |
| Chez Nous | 58,565 | 2.83 | +2.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| DéFI | 55,794 | 2.70 | -1.44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Citizen Collective | 33,200 | 1.60 | +0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reprise en Main Citoyenne | 6,270 | 0.30 | New | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,068,766 | 100.00 | – | 75 | – | |
| Valid votes | 2,068,766 | 91.51 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 191,923 | 8.49 | ||||
| Total votes | 2,260,689 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,604,084 | 86.81 | ||||
| Source: IBZ | ||||||
Brussels Parliament
[edit ]All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region are elected. They are elected at-large, but there are separate Dutch-language party lists (electing 17 members) and French-language party lists (electing 72 members). Those voting for a Dutch-language party can also cast a vote for the Flemish Parliament election.
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French language group | |||||
| Reformist Movement | 101,157 | 25.95 | 20 | +7 | |
| Socialist Party | 85,929 | 22.05 | 16 | –1 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 81,542 | 20.92 | 15 | +5 | |
| The Committed Ones | 41,640 | 10.68 | 8 | +2 | |
| Ecolo | 38,386 | 9.85 | 7 | –8 | |
| DéFI | 31,614 | 8.11 | 6 | –4 | |
| Citizen Collective | 5,642 | 1.45 | – | – | |
| Volt Europa | 1,531 | 0.39 | – | – | |
| Transparence | 1,282 | 0.33 | – | – | |
| Plan B | 1,038 | 0.27 | – | – | |
| Total | 389,761 | 100.00 | 72 | – | |
| Dutch language group | |||||
| Groen | 18,345 | 22.82 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Fouad Ahidar | 13,242 | 16.47 | 3 | New | |
| New Flemish Alliance | 9,571 | 11.91 | 2 | –1 | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 8,537 | 10.62 | 2 | –1 | |
| Flemish Interest | 8,475 | 10.54 | 2 | +1 | |
| Vooruit | 8,045 | 10.01 | 2 | –1 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 5,619 | 6.99 | 1 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 5,102 | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | |
| Viva Palestina | 1,944 | 2.42 | 0 | New | |
| Voor U [nl] | 930 | 1.16 | – | – | |
| Volt Europa | 569 | 0.71 | – | – | |
| Total | 80,379 | 100.00 | 17 | – | |
| Valid votes | 470,140 | 93.89 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 30,619 | 6.11 | |||
| Total votes | 500,759 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 597,149 | 83.86 | |||
| Source: IBZ | |||||
German-speaking Community Parliament
[edit ]All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community are elected in one constituency (at-large).
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProDG | 11,654 | 29.10 | +5.77 | 8 | +2 | |
| Christian Social Party | 7,920 | 19.78 | –3.36 | 5 | –1 | |
| Vivant | 5,700 | 14.23 | –0.58 | 4 | +1 | |
| Socialist Party | 5,473 | 13.67 | –1.18 | 3 | –1 | |
| Perspectives. Freedom. Progress. | 4,817 | 12.03 | +0.67 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ecolo | 3,644 | 9.10 | –3.41 | 2 | –1 | |
| Huppertz+Co | 666 | 1.66 | New | 0 | New | |
| Liste24.dg | 173 | 0.43 | New | 0 | New | |
| Total | 40,047 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | |
| Valid votes | 40,047 | 92.29 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,346 | 7.71 | ||||
| Total votes | 43,393 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 49,652 | 87.39 | ||||
| Source: IBZ | ||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ Article 117 of the Belgian Constitution
- ^ "Verkiezingen Vlaams Parlement in 2024: West-Vlaanderen verliest zetel, Vlaams-Brabant krijgt zetel bij". Het Laatste Nieuws. 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Volt Belgium elects lead-candidates for the June 2024 elections". Volt België. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Mercedes Van Volcem (Open VLD) trekt kandidatuur in voor Vlaamse lijst: "Na overleg met mijn dochter heb ik de knoop doorgehakt"". Focus WTV. 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Vlaams fractieleider Schiltz trekt kandidatuur in en haalt uit naar Open VLD-top: "Partij liet zich van slechtste kant zien"". VRT NWS. 25 October 2023.