The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June, the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election [1] as well as the Belgian federal election.
In the regional elections, new representatives are chosen for the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (German-speaking members are replaced) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.
The regional parliaments have limited power over their own election; federal law largely regulates this and the federal government organises the elections, which occur per Article 117 of the Constitution on the same day as the European Parliament elections.
As such, all regional parliaments are elected using proportional representation under the D'Hondt method.
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124 members of the Flemish Parliament will be elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each were a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party could also vote in the Flemish election.
Every ten years, the 124 seats are reallocated among the six constituencies on the basis of population data. The Flemish Parliament approved the new distribution in December 2022, which removed a seat in West Flanders in favour of an extra seat in Flemish Brabant. [2]
The incumbent government is made up of a coalition of Flemish nationalists (N-VA), Christian democrats (CD&V) and liberals (Open Vld).
The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (lijsttrekker) per constituency.
Retiring incumbents:
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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New Flemish Alliance | 1,045,950 | 23.88 | -0.94 | 31 | –4 | |
Flemish Interest | 992,504 | 22.66 | +4.17 | 31 | +8 | |
Vooruit | 606,406 | 13.85 | +3.71 | 18 | +5 | |
Christian Democratic and Flemish | 571,137 | 13.04 | -2.36 | 16 | –3 | |
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 364,609 | 8.33 | -4.81 | 9 | –7 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 364,070 | 8.31 | +2.99 | 9 | +5 | |
Groen | 319,396 | 7.29 | -2.82 | 9 | –5 | |
Voor U | 45,196 | 1.03 | New | 0 | New | |
Union des Francophones | 20,452 | 0.47 | -0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Fouad Ahidar | 14,187 | 0.32 | New | 1 | New | |
Farmer–Citizen Interests | 13,033 | 0.30 | +0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
DierAnimal | 8,485 | 0.19 | -0.68 | 0 | 0 | |
Volt Europa | 7,678 | 0.18 | +0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Partij voor de Bomen | 3,771 | 0.09 | New | 0 | New | |
L99 | 2,566 | 0.06 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 4,379,440 | 100.00 | – | 124 | – | |
Valid votes | 4,379,440 | 95.30 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 216,121 | 4.70 | ||||
Total votes | 4,595,561 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 4,913,718 | 93.53 | ||||
Source: IBZ |
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75 members of the Walloon Parliament are elected. The members are elected in multi-member arrondissement-based constituencies; the Walloon Parliament is the only parliament in Belgium still using this geographical level for constituencies.
The following candidates are the first on the respective party list ( tête de liste ) per constituency.
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Reformist Movement | 612,490 | 29.61 | +8.19 | 26 | +6 | |
Socialist Party | 480,418 | 23.22 | -2.95 | 19 | –4 | |
The Committed Ones | 427,479 | 20.66 | +9.66 | 17 | +7 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 250,361 | 12.10 | -1.58 | 8 | –2 | |
Ecolo | 144,189 | 6.97 | -7.51 | 5 | –7 | |
Chez Nous | 58,565 | 2.83 | +2.83 | 0 | 0 | |
DéFI | 55,794 | 2.70 | -1.44 | 0 | 0 | |
Citizen Collective | 33,200 | 1.60 | +0.29 | 0 | 0 | |
Reprise en Main Citoyenne | 6,270 | 0.30 | New | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 2,068,766 | 100.00 | – | 75 | – | |
Valid votes | 2,068,766 | 91.51 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 191,923 | 8.49 | ||||
Total votes | 2,260,689 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,604,084 | 86.81 | ||||
Source: IBZ |
All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region are elected. They are elected at-large, but there are separate Dutch-language party lists (electing 17 members) and French-language party lists (electing 72 members). Those voting for a Dutch-language party can also cast a vote for the Flemish Parliament election.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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French language group | |||||
Reformist Movement | 101,157 | 25.95 | 20 | +7 | |
Socialist Party | 85,929 | 22.05 | 16 | –1 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 81,542 | 20.92 | 15 | +5 | |
The Committed Ones | 41,640 | 10.68 | 8 | +2 | |
Ecolo | 38,386 | 9.85 | 7 | –8 | |
DéFI | 31,614 | 8.11 | 6 | –4 | |
Citizen Collective | 5,642 | 1.45 | – | – | |
Volt Europa | 1,531 | 0.39 | – | – | |
Transparence | 1,282 | 0.33 | – | – | |
Plan B | 1,038 | 0.27 | – | – | |
Total | 389,761 | 100.00 | 72 | – | |
Dutch language group | |||||
Groen | 18,345 | 22.82 | 4 | 0 | |
Team Fouad Ahidar | 13,242 | 16.47 | 3 | New | |
New Flemish Alliance | 9,571 | 11.91 | 2 | –1 | |
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 8,537 | 10.62 | 2 | –1 | |
Flemish Interest | 8,475 | 10.54 | 2 | +1 | |
Vooruit | 8,045 | 10.01 | 2 | –1 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 5,619 | 6.99 | 1 | 0 | |
Christian Democratic and Flemish | 5,102 | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | |
Viva Palestina | 1,944 | 2.42 | 0 | New | |
Voor U | 930 | 1.16 | – | – | |
Volt Europa | 569 | 0.71 | – | – | |
Total | 80,379 | 100.00 | 17 | – | |
Valid votes | 470,140 | 93.89 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 30,619 | 6.11 | |||
Total votes | 500,759 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 597,149 | 83.86 | |||
Source: IBZ |
All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community are elected in one constituency (at-large).
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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ProDG | 11,654 | 29.10 | +5.77 | 8 | +2 | |
Christian Social Party | 7,920 | 19.78 | –3.36 | 5 | –1 | |
Vivant | 5,700 | 14.23 | –0.58 | 4 | +1 | |
Socialist Party | 5,473 | 13.67 | –1.18 | 3 | –1 | |
Perspectives. Freedom. Progress. | 4,817 | 12.03 | +0.67 | 3 | 0 | |
Ecolo | 3,644 | 9.10 | –3.41 | 2 | –1 | |
Huppertz+Co | 666 | 1.66 | New | 0 | New | |
Liste24.dg | 173 | 0.43 | New | 0 | New | |
Total | 40,047 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | |
Valid votes | 40,047 | 92.29 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 3,346 | 7.71 | ||||
Total votes | 43,393 | 100.00 | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 49,652 | 87.39 | ||||
Source: IBZ |
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