2009 Belgian regional elections

2009 Brussels parliamentary election
All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament; 45 seats needed for a majority
Brussels Government before election; Picqué III Government [nl]; Open Vld-Ecolo coalition	Brussels Government after election ; Picqué IV Government [nl]; Open Vld coalition

2009 Walloon parliamentary election
All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament; 38 seats needed for a majority
Walloon Government before election; Demotte I Government [fr]; PS-cdH	Walloon Government after election ; Demotte II Government [fr]; PS-Ecolo-cdH

2009 Flemish parliamentary election
← elected members →
All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament; 62 seats needed for a majority
Flemish Government before election; Peeters I Government [nl]; Open Vld-N-VA coalition	Flemish Government after election ; Peeters II Government; CD&V-sp.a-N-VA coalition

Regional elections were held in

Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. These elections were held on the same day as the European elections.^[1]

The

Walloon Parliament

(except German-speakers) and the first 19 French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Flemish Parliament

All 124 members of the Flemish Parliament were elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each are a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party could also vote in the Flemish election.


Social Liberal Party								44,734	1.09	–	–	–	–
	Workers' Party of Belgium+	42,849	1.04	–	–	–	–
	Left Socialist Party	10,038	0.24	–	–	–	–
	Belgische Alliantie	9,318	0.23	–	–	–	–
	Vrijheid	6,228	0.15	–	–	–	–
	RESPECT	5,692	0.14	–	–	–	–
	Committee for Another Policy	2,211	0.05	–	–	–	–
	Vrije Christen Democraten	1,898	0.05	–	–	–	–
	Belgische Unie – Union Belge	712	0.02	–	–	–	–
Total		4,112,325	100.00	119	6	124	0

Valid votes		4,112,325	94.50
Invalid/blank votes		239,482	5.50
Total votes		4,351,807	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,676,488	93.06
Source: Belgian Elections

Details

Region		Seats won per party								Total seats
	Provinces	CD&V	VB	OPEN VLD	SP.A	N-VA	LDD	GROEN!	UF	Total seats
Flanders	Antwerp	8 / 33	7 / 33	4 / 33	5 / 33	6 / 33	1 / 33	2 / 33	—	33 / 124
	East Flanders	6 / 27	4 / 27	6 / 27	4 / 27	3 / 27	2 / 27	2 / 27	—	27 / 124
	Flemish Brabant	4 / 20	3 / 20	4 / 20	3 / 20	3 / 20	1 / 20	1 / 20	1 / 20	20 / 124
	Limburg	5 / 16	3 / 16	2 / 16	3 / 16	2 / 16	1 / 16	—	—	16 / 124
	West Flanders	7 / 22	3 / 22	3 / 22	3 / 22	2 / 22	3 / 22	1 / 22	—	22 / 124
Brussels		1 / 6	1 / 6	2 / 6	1 / 6	—	—	1 / 6	—	6 / 124
Total		31 / 124	21 / 124	21 / 124	19 / 124	16 / 124	8 / 124	7 / 124	1 / 124	124 / 124

Walloon Parliament


National Front						57,374	2.86	–	-4
	Rassemblement Wallonie France	27,955	1.39	–	–
	Workers' Party of Belgium+	24,875	1.24	–	–
	Wallonie D'Abord	19,255	0.96	–	–
	FN Plus	13,116	0.65	–	–
	Wallons	10,008	0.50	–	–
	MS	6,470	0.32	–	–
	PC - GE	6,431	0.32	–	–
	LiDé	4,763	0.24	–	–
	Parti Pensionnés	3,939	0.20	–	–
	CAP DORAZIO	2,115	0.11	–	–
	Belgique Positif	1,511	0.08	–	–
	PSL	1,508	0.08	–	–
	CDF	1,342	0.07	–	–
	OSER	717	0.04	–	–
	Velorution	429	0.02	–	–
	GPS	399	0.02	–	–
	ACNV	379	0.02	–	–
	F.D.W.	311	0.02	–	–
	Ripost	279	0.01	–	–
	Républicain Wallon	248	0.01	–	–
Total		2,007,038	100.00	75	–

Valid votes		2,007,038	92.32
Invalid/blank votes		166,863	7.68
Total votes		2,173,901	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,442,697	89.00
Source: Belgian Elections

Brussels Regional Parliament

All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region were elected. Those voting for a Dutch-language party could also cast a vote for the Flemish parliamentary election.


Social Liberal Party				361	0.70	–
Total	51,818	100.00	17

Valid votes	460,688	95.04
Invalid/blank votes	24,031	4.96
Total votes	484,719	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	574,793	84.33
Source: Belgian Elections

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community were elected.


Party for Freedom and Progress							6,562	17.52	−3.46%	4	−1
	ProDG	6,553	17.49	+5.80%	4	+1
	Ecolo	4,310	11.50	+3.32%	3	+1
	Vivant	2,684	7.16	−0.18%	2	–
Total		37,462	100.00	–	25	–

Valid votes		37,462	88.61
Invalid/blank votes		4,817	11.39
Total votes		42,279	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,446	89.11
Source: Belgian Elections

References

^ http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2009-02-18-Belgian-state-reform-fails^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

[1] ttp://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2009-02-18-Belgian-state-reform-fails^{[permanent dead link]}

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