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.
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[edit] Flemish Parliament
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
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| CD&V/N-VA | 1,060,580 | 26.09% | +3.98% | 35 | +5 | |
| Vlaams Blok | 981,587 | 24.15% | +8.36% | 32 | +10 | |
| VLD-Vivant | 804,578 | 19.79% | −3.88% | 25 | −2 | |
| SP.A-Spirit | 799,325 | 19.66% | +4.89% | 25 | +6 | |
| Groen! | 308,898 | 7.60% | −3.85% | 6 | −6 | |
| UF | 43,391 | 1.07% | +0,14% | 1 | 0 | |
| VU-ID* | 0 | 0,00% | −9,11% | 0 | −11 | |
| All Others | 66,387 | 1.63% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put at a 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 other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least 3 parties needs to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Green party Groen! has confirmed it doesn't want to take part in the new coalition, so the only left is 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 | +/− | |
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| PS | 727,781 | 36.91% | +7.47% | 34 | +9 | |
| MR | 478,999 | 24.29% | −0,4% | 20 | −1 | |
| CDH | 347,348 | 17.62% | +0.55% | 14 | 0 | |
| Ecolo | 167,916 | 8.52% | −9.70% | 3 | −11 | |
| FN | 160,130 | 8.12% | +4.17% | 4 | +3 | |
| All Others | 89,531 | 4.54% | -- | 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 | +/− | |
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| PS | 130,462 | 33.35% | +14.7% | 26 | +13 | |
| MR | 127,122 | 32.49% | −7.61% | 25 | −2 | |
| CDH | 55,078 | 14.08% | +4.85% | 10 | +4 | |
| Ecolo | 37,908 | 9.69% | −11.60% | 7 | −7 | |
| FN | 21,195 | 5.42% | +2.36% | 4 | +2 | |
| FN B | 2,656 | 1.51% | −0.83% | 0 | −1 | |
| All Others | 16,795 | 4.29% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Dutch language group
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
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| Vlaams Blok | 21,297 | 34.07% | +2.18% | 6 | +2 | |
| VLD-Vivant | 12,433 | 19.90% | -- | 4 | 0 | |
| SP.A-Spirit | 11,052 | 17.68% | -- | 3 | 0 | |
| CD&V/N-VA | 10,482 | 16.77% | -- | 3 | 0 | |
| Groen! | 6,132 | 9.81% | -- | 1 | 0 | |
| All Others | 1,110 | 1.77% | -- | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Parliament of the German-speaking Community
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
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| CSP | 11,905 | 32.79% | −1.99% | 8 | −1 | |
| PFF-MR | 7,615 | 20.98% | −0.34% | 5 | −1 | |
| SP | 6,903 | 19.01% | +4.04% | 5 | +1 | |
| PJU-PDB | 4,243 | 11.69% | −1.17% | 3 | 0 | |
| Ecolo | 2,972 | 8.19% | −4.54% | 2 | −2 | |
| Vivant | 2,665 | 7.34% | +4.01% | 2 | +2 | |
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