2009 Belgian regional elections

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 the first 19 French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Flemish Parliament

2009 Flemish parliamentary election

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

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.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Flanders	Brussels	Total	+/-
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	939,873	22.86	31	1	31	-4
	Flemish Interest	628,564	15.28	20	1	21	-11
	Socialist Party Differently	627,852	15.27	18	1	19	-6
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	616,610	14.99	19	2	21	-4
	New Flemish Alliance	537,040	13.06	16	–	16	+16
	List Dedecker	313,176	7.62	8	–	8	+8
	Groen!	278,211	6.77	6	1	7	+1
	Union of Francophones	47,319	1.15	1	–	1	–
	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
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

2009 Walloon parliamentary election

←  2004 7 June 2009 (2009-06-07) 2014  →
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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party	657,803	32.77	29	-4
	Reformist Movement	469,792	23.41	19	-2
	Ecolo	372,067	18.54	14	+11
	Humanist Democratic Centre	323,952	16.14	13	-1
	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

2009 Brussels parliamentary election

←  2004 7 June 2009 (2009-06-07) 2014  →
All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority
Brussels Government before election Picqué III Government  [ nl ] PS-sp.a-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld-Ecolo coalition Brussels Government after election Picqué IV Government  [ nl ] PS-Ecolo-Groen-cdH-CD&V-Open Vld coalition

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.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French language group
	Reformist Movement	121,905	29.82	24
	Socialist Party	107,303	26.24	21
	Ecolo	82,663	20.22	16
	Humanist Democratic Centre	60,527	14.80	11
	National Front	7,803	1.91	–
	Pro Bruxsel	6,840	1.67	–
	Egalité	4,289	1.05	–
	musulmans.be	4,055	0.99	–
	Workers' Party+	3,427	0.84	–
	PC-PSL-LCR-PH	2,042	0.50	–
	CDF	1,807	0.44	–
	Vélorution!	1,402	0.34	–
	Rassemblement Wallonie France	1,321	0.32	–
	FDB	588	0.14	–
	New Belgian Front	557	0.14	–
	CAP D'Orazio	521	0.13	–
	Unie	491	0.12	–
	Nation	471	0.12	–
	Trefle	416	0.10	–
	D.P.	299	0.07	–
	P.S.H	143	0.03	–
Total		408,870	100.00	72
Dutch language group
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	11,957	23.07	4
	Socialist Party Differently	10,085	19.46	4
	Flemish Interest	9,072	17.51	3
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	7,696	14.85	3
	Green!	5,806	11.20	2
	New Flemish Alliance	2,586	4.99	1
	List Dedecker	1,957	3.78	–
	Pro Bruxsel	1,225	2.36	–
	Workers' Party+	611	1.18	–
	Belgische Unie – Union Belge	462	0.89	–
	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		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social Party	10,122	27.02	−5.77%	7	−1
	Socialist Party	7,231	19.30	+0.29%	5	–
	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

1. http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2009-02-18-Belgian-state-reform-fails%5B%5D

External links

• Official 2009 elections website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Tractothèque - Electoral posters and leaflets