2003 Belgian federal election
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All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 of 71 seats in the Senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Federal elections were held in
The Flemish Greens lost all their seats. The Greens were attacked on two fronts: some, including their coalition partners, accused them of being too fundamentalist, while others said that they had betrayed their ideals. The resignation of a Walloon green minister (Isabelle Durant), one week before the elections, probably didn't do them much good either. Although it was predicted in some opinion polls, the gains of the
Themes that probably influenced the election results in some way were the government's opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the controversy around the nuisance around the airport of Zaventem, the controversy surrounding the banning of tobacco publicity, and unemployment, but a general dominating theme was lacking.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Belgian Union 10,034 | 0.15 | New | 0 | New | | ||||||
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Parti citoyenneté et prospérité | 8,258 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Mouvement socialiste | 8,116 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Communist Party of Belgium | 6,759 | 0.10 | –0.27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
New Belgian Front | 6,736 | 0.10 | –0.26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Maria | 6,440 | 0.10 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
France | 5,668 | 0.09 | –0.03 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Nation | 4,190 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
VeiligBlauw | 3,237 | 0.05 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Left Socialist Party | 2,929 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Communist Party–RDS | 2,522 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
CHOPE | 2,430 | 0.04 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
RDS–Communist Party | 2,084 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
UFE | 1,910 | 0.03 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
OMNIUM | 1,616 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
PDA | 1,415 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde | 1,325 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Noor | 1,141 | 0.02 | +0.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
DL | 1,052 | 0.02 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
MDT | 914 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Parti humaniste–Humanistische Partij | 521 | 0.01 | +0.01 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
PPR | 376 | 0.01 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Total | 6,572,189 | 100.00 | – | 150 | 0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 6,572,189 | 94.75 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 364,412 | 5.25 | |||||||||
Total votes | 6,936,601 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,570,637 | 91.63 | |||||||||
Source: IBZ |
Senate
National Front 147,305 | 2.25 | +0.75 | 1 | +1 | | ||||||
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Vivant | 86,723 | 1.32 | –0.66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Chrétiens démocrates francophones | 38,339 | 0.59 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Rassemblement Wallonie France | 27,424 | 0.42 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Liberal Appeal | 26,629 | 0.41 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Workers' Party of Belgium | 18,699 | 0.29 | +0.11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
RESIST | 17,604 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Left Socialist Party | 8,337 | 0.13 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
VeiligBlauw | 8,048 | 0.12 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
Sociaale-Liberale Democraten | 6,651 | 0.10 | –0.02 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Total | 6,551,511 | 100.00 | – | 40 | 0 | ||||||
Valid votes | 6,551,511 | 94.48 | |||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 383,093 | 5.52 | |||||||||
Total votes | 6,934,604 | 100.00 | |||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,570,637 | 91.60 | |||||||||
Source: IBZ |
Further reading
- Fitzmaurice, John (January 2004). "Belgium Stays 'Purple': The 2003 Federal Election". .