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

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2009 Flemish parliamentary election

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

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| 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

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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

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Region | Seats won per party | Total seats

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| 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

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33 / 124

East Flanders |

6 / 27

4 / 27

6 / 27

4 / 27

3 / 27

2 / 27

2 / 27

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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

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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

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2009 Walloon parliamentary election

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

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| Walloon Government before election

Demotte I Government [fr]
PS-cdH

| Walloon Government after election

Demotte II Government [fr]
PS-Ecolo-cdH

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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

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2009 Brussels parliamentary election

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

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| 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

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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

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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

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1. ^ http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/aeltere/NEWSLETTER-2009-02-18-Belgian-state-reform-fails[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Official 2009 elections website[permanent dead link]
* Tractothèque - Electoral posters and leaflets

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