Flemish Parliament
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All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 62 seats needed for a majority | |||
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The incumbent Flemish Government consisted of the Christian People's Party (CVP) and the Socialist Party (SP), led by Minister-President Luc Van den Brande (CVP). Following this election, a government was formed without the Christian democrats. New Minister-President Patrick Dewael (Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)) led a "purple-green-yellow" coalition of his own liberal VLD, the Socialist Party, Agalev and the nationalist People's Union (VU-ID). This change mirrored what happened on the federal level, where the Jean-Luc Dehaene Government was succeeded by the Guy Verhofstadt Government.
Also notable was the continuation of the rise of Vlaams Blok , especially in the constituency of Antwerp where Filip Dewinter was candidate and where the party received 25% of the votes, or as much as 30% in the city of Antwerp itself.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Flanders | Brussels | Total | +/- | |||||
| Christian People's Party | 857,732 | 22.09 | 28 | 2 | 30 | -7 | ||
| Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 855,867 | 22.04 | 27 | – | 27 | – | ||
| Flemish Block | 603,345 | 15.54 | 20 | 2 | 22 | +5 | ||
| Flemish Socialist Party | 582,419 | 15.00 | 19 | 1 | 20 | -6 | ||
| Agalev | 451,361 | 11.62 | 12 | – | 12 | +5 | ||
| People's Union | 359,226 | 9.25 | 11 | 1 | 12 | +3 | ||
| Vivant | 77,864 | 2.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Union of Francophones | 36,683 | 0.94 | 1 | – | 1 | – | ||
| PVDA-AE | 24,162 | 0.62 | – | – | – | – | ||
| PNPB | 12,489 | 0.32 | – | – | – | – | ||
| W.O.W. | 8,043 | 0.21 | – | – | – | – | ||
| UDDU | 4,150 | 0.11 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Solide | 2,464 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | ||
| A | 2,331 | 0.06 | – | – | – | – | ||
| W.I.T. | 1,659 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | ||
| LEEF | 1,621 | 0.04 | – | – | – | – | ||
| V.N.P. | 727 | 0.02 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Vrijheid, Intimiteit, Thuis, Arbeid en Liefde | 563 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
| MLINKS | 478 | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 3,883,184 | 100.00 | 118 | 6 | 124 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 3,883,184 | 94.21 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 238,749 | 5.79 | ||||||
| Total votes | 4,121,933 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,471,695 | 92.18 | ||||||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||||||
By constituency
These were only the second direct election for the Flemish Parliament, but the last to use arrondissement-based constituencies. They were merged into provincial constituencies starting from the 2004 election.
| Constituency \ Party | CVP | VLD | VB | SP | Agalev | VU-ID | UF | Total |
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| Antwerp | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 19 |
| Hasselt-Tongeren-Maaseik | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 15 |
| Mechelen-Turnhout | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 14 |
| Ghent-Eeklo | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 |
| Halle-Vilvoorde | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Kortrijk-Roeselare-Tielt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 10 |
| Leuven | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sint-Niklaas-Dendermonde | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Aalst-Oudenaarde | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | 8 |
| Veurne-Diksmuide-Ypres | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 7 |
| Bruges | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 5 |
| Total (Flemish Region only) | 28 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 118 |
| Brussels-Capital | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 6 |
| Total (Flemish Community) | 30 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 124 |
