Belgian regional elections, 2009

Regional elections were held in Belgium on 7 June 2009 to choose representatives in the regional parliaments of Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. These elections were held on the same day as the European elections.^[1]

The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (except German-speakers) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Flemish Parliament

Flemish parliamentary election, 2009

7 June 2009 (2009-06-07)

All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority

Minister-President before election

Kris Peeters
CD&V

Minister-President

Kris Peeters
CD&V

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.

Source: Elections 2009 - Flemish Parliament

**Summary of the 7 June 2009 Flemish Parliament election results**
Party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats			+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
Party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	FLA	BRU	TOT	+/–
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Christian democracy	Kris Peeters	939,873	22.86	*	30	1	31	*
	Flemish Interest (VB)	far-right Flemish nationalism	Filip Dewinter	628,564	15.28	8.86	20	1	21	11
	Socialist Party–Differently (SP.A)	Social democracy	Caroline Gennez	627,852	15.27	*	18	1	19	*
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (OPEN VLD)	Liberalism	Dirk Van Mechelen	616,610	14.99	4.80	19	2	21	4
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	centre-right Flemish nationalism	Bart De Wever	537,040	13.06	*	16	0	16	*
	List Dedecker (LDD)	Libertarianism	Jean-Marie Dedecker	313,176	7.62	new	8	0	8	new
	Green! (GROEN!)	Green politics	Mieke Vogels	278,211	6.77	0.83	6	1	7	1
	Union of Francophones (UF)	Francophone minority politics	Christian Van Eyken	47,319	1.15	0.08	1	0	1	0
	Social Liberal Party (SLP)	Social liberalism	Geert Lambert	44,734	1.09	*	0	0	0	—
	Workers' Party (PVDA)	Socialism	Dirk De Block	42,849	1.04	0.48	0	0	0	—
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)					—	0	0	0	—
Valid votes				4,112,325	94.50
Blank and invalid votes				239,482	5.50
Totals				4,351,807	100.00	—	118	6	124	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				4,676,488	93.06	0.73
Source: Federal Portal − Flemish Parliament Election 2009. Notes: 1) * = The results of Christian Democratic & Flemish and the Socialist Party–Differently are compared with the results of the Christian Democratic and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance and the Socialist Party–Differently / Spirit (now the Social Liberal Party) joint lists in the 2004 regional elections. 2) FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total

Vote share

CD&V			22.86%
VB			15.28%
sp.a			15.27%
Open VLD			14.99%
N-VA			13.06%
List Dedecker			7.62%
Groen!			6.77%
UF			1.15%
SLP			1.09%
PVDA+			1.04%
Other			0.88%

Note: The results of Christian Democratic and Flemish and the Socialist Party Different are compared with the results of the Christian Democratic and Flemish–New-Flemish Alliance and the Socialist Party Different—Spirit (now the Social Liberal Party) joint lists in the 2004 regional 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	N/A	33 / 124
	East Flanders	6 / 27	4 / 27	6 / 27	4 / 27	3 / 27	2 / 27	2 / 27	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	16 / 124
	West Flanders	7 / 22	3 / 22	3 / 22	3 / 22	2 / 22	3 / 22	1 / 22	N/A	22 / 124
Brussels		1 / 6	1 / 6	2 / 6	1 / 6	N/A	N/A	1 / 6	N/A	6 / 124
Total		31 / 124	21 / 124	21 / 124	19 / 124	16 / 124	8 / 124	7 / 124	1 / 124	124 / 124

Walloon Parliament

Walloon parliamentary election, 2009

7 June 2009 (2009-06-07)

All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority

Minister-President before election

Rudy Demotte
PS

Minister-President

Rudy Demotte
PS

All 75 members of the Walloon Regional Parliament were elected.

Source: Elections 2009 - Walloon Parliament

**Summary of the 7 June 2009 Walloon Parliament election results**
National party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
	Socialist Party (PS)	Social democracy	Rudy Demotte	657,803	32.77	4.14	29	5
	Reformist Movement (MR)	Liberalism	Serge Kubla	469,792	23.41	0.89	19	1
	Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO)	Green politics	Marcel Cheron	372,067	18.54	10.02	14	11
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	Christian democracy	André Antoine	323,952	16.14	1.48	13	1
	National Front (FN)	Nationalism		57,374	2.86	5.26	0	4
	Rassemblement Wallonie France (RWF)	Walloon movement		27,955	1.39	0.38	0	0
	Workers' Party+ (PTB+)	Socialism		24,875	1.24	0.62	0	0
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			73,220	3.65	—	0	—
Valid votes				2,007,038	92.32
Blank and invalid votes				166,863	7,68
Totals				2,173,901	100.00	—	75	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				2,442,697	89.00	0.51

Vote share

PS			32.77%
MR			23.41%
Ecolo			18.54%
cdH			16.14%
FN			2.86%
RWF			1.39%
PTB+			1.24%
Other			3.65%

Brussels Regional Parliament

Brussels parliamentary election, 2009

7 June 2009 (2009-06-07)

All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority

Minister-President before election

Charles Picqué
PS

Minister-President

Charles Picqué
PS

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.

Source: Elections 2009 - Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region

**Summary of the 7 June 2009 Brussels Parliament election results**
National party		Main ideology	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	L.g. %	Seats	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
French-speaking language group
	Reformist Movement (MR)	Liberalism	Armand De Decker	121,905	26.46		29.82	24	1
	Socialist Party (PS)	Social democracy	Charles Picqué	107,303	23.29		26.24	21	5
	Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO)	Green politics	Evelyne Huytebroeck	82,663	17.94		20.22	16	9
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	Christian democracy	Benoît Cerexhe	60,527	13.14		14.80	11	1
	National Front (FN)	Nationalism	Patrick Sessler	7,803	1.69		1.91	0	4
	Pro Bruxsel (PRO BRUXSEL)	Regionalism	Philippe Delstanche	6,840	1.48		1.67	0	new
	Equality (EGALITÉ)		Nordine Saïdi	4,289	0.93		1.05	0
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the language group vote and no seats)					—		0	—
Subtotal				408,870	—	—	100.00	72	0
Dutch-speaking language group
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (OPEN VLD)	Liberalism	Guy Vanhengel	11,957	2.60		23.07	4	*
	Socialist Party–Differently (SP.A)	Social democracy	Pascal Smet	10,085	2.19		19.46	4	*
	Flemish Interest (VB)	Flemish nationalism	Johan Demol	9,072	1.97		17.51	3	3
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Christian democracy	Steven Vanackere	7,696	1.67		14.85	3	*
	Green! (GROEN!)	Green politics	Bruno De Lille	5,806	1.26		11.20	2	1
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	Flemish nationalism	Paul De Ridder	2,586	0.56		4.99	1	*
	List Dedecker (LDD)	Libertarianism	Piet Deslé	1,957	0.42		3.78	0	new
	Pro Bruxsel (PRO BRUXSEL)	Regionalism	Jan Verbeke	1,225	0.27		2.36	0	new
	Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)	Socialism	Riet Dhont	611	0.13		1.18	0	0
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the language group vote and no seats)					—		0	—
Subtotal				51,818	—	—	100.00	17	0
Valid votes				460,688	95.04
Blank and invalid votes				24,031	4.96
Totals				484,719	100.00	—	—	89	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				574,793	84.33

Note: The results of Christian Democratic and Flemish and the Socialist Party Different are compared with the results of the Christian Democratic and Flemish–New-Flemish Alliance and the Socialist Party Different–Spirit (now the Social Liberal Party) joint lists in the 2004 regional elections.

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

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

Source: Elections 2009 - German Community Parliament

Party		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Christian Social Party	10,122	27.02	−5.77	7	−1
	Socialist Party	7,231	19.30	+0.29	5	±0
	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	±0
Total		37,462	100.00	—	25	—

Vote share

CSP			27.02%
SP			19.30%
PFF-MR			17.52%
ProDG			17.49%
Ecolo			11.50%
Vivant			7.16%

References

↑ http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2009-02-18-Belgian-state-reform-fails

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