Charleroi (Walloon Parliament constituency)

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Charleroi
Walloon Parliament Constituency
Arrondissement Charleroi Belgium Map.png
Charleroi within Hainaut
Current constituency
Created 1995
Seats9

Charleroi is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Walloon Parliament since 1995. It corresponds to the Arrondissement of Charleroi.

Representatives

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1995 Paul Ficheroulle
(PS)
Anne-Marie Salmon-Verbayst
(PS)
Francis Poty
(PS)
Anne-Marie Corbisier-Hagon
(CDH)
Alain Sadaune
(FN)
Christian Dupont
(PS)
Jacques Hubert
(FN)
Olivier Chastel
(PRL)
Philippe Charlier
(PSC)
Xavier Desgain
(Ecolo)
1999 Michel Filleul
(PS)
Monique Vlaminck-Moreau
(Ecolo)
Philippe Fontaine
(MR)
Véronique Cornet
(MR)
2004 Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe
(PS)
Ingrid Colicis
(PS)
Charles Petitjean
(FN)
Daniel Huygens
(FN)
Pol Calet
(PS)
9 seats
2009 Hugues Bayet
(PS)
Latifa Gahouchi
(PS)
Graziana Trotta
(PS)
Antoine Tanzilli
(CDH)
Christian Dupont
(PS)
Isabelle Meerhaeghe
(Ecolo)
Xavier Desgain
(Ecolo)
Sophie Pécriaux
(PS)
2014 Anthony Dufrane
(PS)
Véronique Salvi
(CDH)
Serdar Kilic
(PS)
Nicolas Tzanetatos
(MR)
Patricia Potigny
(MR)
Philippe Knaepen
(MR)
2019 Merged into Charleroi-Thuin

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