2024 Belgian federal election

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2024 Belgian federal election

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All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority
| Party | Leader  | Current seats

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N-VA | Bart De Wever | 24
PS | Paul Magnette | 19
VB | Tom Van Grieken | 18
MR | Georges-Louis Bouchez | 14
Ecolo | R. Maouane & J.-M. Nollet [fr] | 13
CD&V | Sammy Mahdi | 12
PVDA-PTB | Raoul Hedebouw | 12
Open Vld | Tom Ongena | 12
Vooruit | Melissa Depraetere | 9
Groen | N. Naji & J. Vaneeckhout | 8
LE | Maxime Prévot | 5
DéFI | François De Smet [fr] | 2

Incumbent Prime Minister |

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Alexander De Croo
Open Vld |

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Federal elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 2024.[1] The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives will be elected for a five-year term. European and regional elections are scheduled to take place on the same day.[2]

## Electoral system[edit]

Flanders

Wallonia

Brussels

The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives are elected in 11 multi-member constituencies, being the ten provinces and Brussels, with between 4 and 24 seats. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of 5% per constituency.

Representatives elected from the five Flemish Region provinces, Antwerp (24), East Flanders (20), Flemish Brabant (15), Limburg (12) and West Flanders (16), automatically belonged to the Dutch-speaking language group in parliament, whereas those elected from the five provinces of Wallonia, Hainaut (17), Liège (14), Luxembourg (4), Namur (7) and Walloon Brabant (5), formed the French-speaking language group. The 16 members elected in Brussels can choose to join either group. Apportionment of seats is done every ten years in accordance with population data, last by royal order in 2022, when Brussels and Namur each gained a seat while Hainaut and Liège lost a seat.[3]

The 60-member Senate is composed of 50 representatives from the regional and community parliaments, plus 10 co-opted senators proportionally divided among parties based on the result of the federal election.

All Belgian citizens aged 16 or over are obligated to participate in the election. Non-Belgian citizens residing in Belgium (regardless of EU citizenship) cannot vote, whereas Belgian citizens living abroad can register to vote.

Voting is done electronically in all 19 Brussels and nine German-speaking municipalities as well as in 159 Flemish municipalities. Voting is done by paper ballot in 141 Flemish municipalities as well as in all 253 (non-German-speaking) Walloon municipalities.

### Timetable[edit]

9 February | Start of the "waiting period" (sperperiode) running until the day of the election, during which political propaganda and expenses are strictly regulated

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1 April | The electoral roll is fixed by municipal authorities
13 April | Deadline for submitting candidate lists
TBD | The Parliament is formally dissolved
25 May | Final day for the official announcement of the election and the convocation letter to voters
5 June | Polling day for Belgians residing abroad in the embassies and consular posts
9 June | Polling day (from 8am until 2pm, or until 4pm where voting is done electronically)
TBD | Constitutive session of the newly elected Chamber of Representatives

## Parties and leaders[edit]

### Parties running[edit]

The following parties running have seats in the Chamber of Representatives.

Party | Ideology | Political position | Leader | 2019 result | Status

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N-VA | Conservatism
Flemish nationalism | Centre-right to
right-wing | Bart De Wever |

25 / 150

| Opposition
PS | Social democracy | Centre-left | Paul Magnette |

20 / 150

| Governing coalition
Vlaams Belang | Right-wing populism
Flemish nationalism | Right-wing to far-right | Tom Van Grieken |

18 / 150

| Opposition
Reformist Movement | Liberalism | Centre-right | Georges-Louis Bouchez |

14 / 150

| Governing coalition
Ecolo | Green politics | Centre-left | Rajae Maouane and Jean-Marc Nollet [fr] |

13 / 150

| Governing coalition
Christian Democratic and Flemish | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Sammy Mahdi |

12 / 150

| Governing coalition
Workers' Party of Belgium | Socialism | Left-wing to far-left | Raoul Hedebouw |

12 / 150

| Opposition
Open Vld | Liberalism | Centre-right | Tom Ongena |

12 / 150

| Governing coalition
Vooruit | Social democracy | Centre-left | Melissa Depraetere |

9 / 150

| Governing coalition
Groen | Green politics | Centre-left | Nadia Naji and Jeremie Vaneeckhout |

8 / 150

| Governing coalition
Les Engagés | Social liberalism | Centre | Maxime Prévot |

5 / 150

| Opposition
DéFI | Regionalism
social liberalism | Centre to centre-right | François De Smet [fr] |

2 / 150

| Opposition

#### Other political parties[edit]

Party | Ideology | Political position | Constituency

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Blanco Party | Single-issue | Centrism | Flemish and Walloon constituencies
Belgische Unie – Union Belge | Royalism

Unitarism

| Centrism  | Flemish and Walloon constituencies
L'Unie | Unitarism | Centrism  | Flemish and Walloon constituencies
Alternatief 2024  | Participatory democracy | Centrism  | Only in Flemish Brabant
BoerBurgerBelangen  | Agrarianism | Centre-right  | Flemish constituencies
DierAnimal | Animal welfare

Enviromentalism

| Centre-left  | Only in Antwerp
Gezond Verstand  | Liberalism

Anti-Flemish independence

| Centre-right  | Only in East Flanders
Volt  | Social liberalism

European federalism

| Centre-left  | All constituencies
VoorU  | Liberalism

Libertarianism

| Right  | Flemish constituencies
Collectif Citoyen  | Participatory democracy | Centre  | Walloon constituencies
Chez Nous | Anti-immigration

National conservatism

| Far-right  | Walloon constituencies
Team Fouad Ahidar  | Minority interests | Centre  | Only in Brussels
Agora | Participatory democracy | Centre  | Walloon constituencies
Lutte Ouvrière | Trotskyism | Far-left  | Walloon constituencies

### Lead candidates[edit]

The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (lijsttrekker / tête de liste) per constituency.

#### Dutch-speaking constituencies[edit]

Party  |  Antwerp |  East Flanders |  Flemish Brabant |  Limburg |  West Flanders |  Brussels

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| CD&V[4] | Annelies Verlinden | Vincent Van Peteghem | Sammy Mahdi | Nawal Farih [nl] | Nathalie Muylle [nl] | Together with Les Engagés
| Groen[4] | Meyrem Almaci | Petra De Sutter | Dieter Van Besien [nl] | Dirk Opsteyn | Matti Vandemaele | Together with Ecolo
| N-VA[4] | Bart De Wever | Anneleen Van Bossuyt | Theo Francken | Steven Vandeput | Jean-Marie Dedecker |
| Open Vld[4] | Paul Van Tigchelt | Alexander De Croo | Irina De Knop [nl] | Steven Coenegrachts [nl] | Vincent Van Quickenborne | Together with MR
| PVDA[4] | Peter Mertens | Robin Tonniau [nl] | Kemal Bilmez | Kim De Witte | Natalie Eggermont [nl] | Together with PTB
| Vlaams Belang[4] | Lode Vereeck [nl] | Barbara Pas | Britt Huybrechts | Annick Ponthier | Wouter Vermeersch |
| Vooruit[4] | Jinnih Beels [nl] | Joris Vandenbroucke [nl] | Frank Vandenbroucke | Funda Oru [nl] | Melissa Depraetere | Together with PS
| Volt[5] | Jasper Coosemans |  |  |  |  | Emeric Massaut
| VoorU[4] | Frank Wouters | Michael Verstraeten | Els Ampe [nl] | Dirk Vijnck [nl] | Ivan Sabbe [nl] | Rachid El Hajui
| l'Unie |  |  | Alexandra Bernaert |  |  | Charles de Groot

#### French-speaking constituencies[edit]

Hainaut will interestingly feature three party chairmen (Bouchez for MR, Magnette for PS and Nollet for Ecolo) as well as popular ex-MR ex-minister Crucke for Les Engagés. In Namur, three federal deputy prime ministers will run against each other (Dermagne for PS, Gilkinet for Ecolo and Clarinval for MR).[6] The right-wing Flemish nationalist N-VA party is also fielding candidates in Wallonia for the first time.[7]

Party  |  Hainaut |  Liège |  Luxembourg |  Namur |  Walloon Brabant |  Brussels

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| DéFI [citation needed] | Mikhaël Jacquemain | Freddy Debarsy |  | Julien Lemoine | Pierre Pinte | François De Smet [fr]
| Ecolo [citation needed] | Jean-Marc Nollet [fr] | Sarah Schlitz | Olivier Vajda [fr] | Georges Gilkinet | Simon Moutquin [fr] | Zakia Khattabi
| Les Engagés [citation needed] | Jean-Luc Crucke [fr] | Vanessa Matz | Benoît Lutgen | Maxime Prévot | Yves Coppieters | Elisabeth Degryse
| MR [citation needed] | Georges-Louis Bouchez | Pierre-Yves Jeholet [fr] | Benoît Piedboeuf [fr] | David Clarinval | Florence Reuter | Sophie Wilmès
| PS [citation needed] | Paul Magnette | Frédéric Daerden | Philippe Courard [fr] | Pierre-Yves Dermagne | Dimitri Legasse [fr] | Caroline Désir [fr]
| PTB [citation needed] | Sofie Merckx [fr] | Raoul Hedebouw |  | Farah Jacquet | Amaury Laridon | Nabil Boukili [fr]
| N-VA[8] | Michel De Wolf | Evelien Barbieux | Anne Laure Mouligneaux | Laurence Genot | Drieu Godefridi |
| Chez Nous | Jérôme Munier | Noa Pozzi | Nicolas Dielman | Eric Doucet | Michaël Lefèvere |
| l'Unie |  |  |  |  | Andrew Scrivener | Charles de Groot

## Retiring incumbents[edit]

The following members of the federal parliament are not standing for election in June 2024.

* Patrick Dewael (Open Vld)[9]
* Valerie Van Peel (N-VA)[9]
* Maggie De Block (Open Vld) [9]
* Barbara Creemers [nl] (Groen) [citation needed]
* Wouter De Vriendt (Groen) [citation needed]
* Kristof Calvo (Groen), though he later announced he will support the Ecolo list in Hainaut, without aiming to be elected[10]
* Steven Creyelman (Vlaams Belang)
* Meryame Kitir (Vooruit) [citation needed]
* Jessika Soors [nl] (Groen) [citation needed]

## Opinion polls[edit]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2024 Belgian elections

### Flanders[edit]

### Wallonia[edit]

### Brussels[edit]

## Results[edit]

Party
| New Flemish Alliance
| Vlaams Belang
| Socialist Party
| Christian Democratic and Flemish
| Workers' Party of Belgium
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
| Reformist Movement
| Vooruit
| Ecolo
| Groen
| The Committed Ones
| DéFI
| Blanco Party
| DierAnimal
| Belgische Unie – Union Belge
| L'Unie
| Alternatief 2024
| BoerBurgerBelangen
| Gezond Verstand
| Agora
| VoorU
| Collectif Citoyen
| Lutte Ouvrière
| Chez Nous
| Team Fouad Ahidar
| Volt
Total

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Quand auront lieu les prochaines elections". IBZ Elections. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
2. ^ Belga (17 May 2023). "Kogel is door de kerk: op zondag 9 juni 2024 trekken we naar de stembus". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 May 2023.
3. ^ "Brussel krijgt extra volksvertegenwoordiger bij verkiezingen 2024". BRUZZ. 23 November 2022.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Definitieve afsluiting van de kandidatenlijsten". Ministry of the Interior (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-04-19.
5. ^ "Candidates 2024". Volt België. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
6. ^ "Ces combats qui vont animer les élections du 9 juin". L'Echo. 13 January 2024.
7. ^ Clapson, Colin (2023-12-04). "N-VA to stand in Wallonia: "Belgium is not a democracy"". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
8. ^ "EXCLUSIEF. N-VA wil in Wallonië opkomen". Het Laatste Nieuws. 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
9. ^ a b c "Deze politici kondigden al aan dat ze niet terugkeren in het Parlement". De Standaard. 21 April 2023.
10. ^ "Kristof Calvo (Groen) wordt lijstduwer van zusterpartij Ecolo in Henegouwen: "Ik ambieer geen zetel"". VRT NWS. 22 January 2024.

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