Belgian regional elections, 2004 Totally Explained

Everything about Belgian Regional Elections 2004 totally explained

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.

Flemish Parliament

	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 didn't 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.

Walloon Regional Parliament

	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.

Brussels Regional Parliament

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

French language group

	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

Dutch language group

	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

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

	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

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