2004 European Parliament election in Belgium
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground. The Flemish nationalist party the Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok) registered the largest gains.
Candidates
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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French-speaking electoral college | ||||
Socialist Party | 878,577 | 36.09 | 4 | |
Reformist Movement | 671,422 | 27.58 | 3 | |
Humanist Democratic Centre | 368,753 | 15.15 | 1 | |
Ecolo | 239,687 | 9.84 | 1 | |
National Front | 181,351 | 7.45 | 0 | |
New Belgian Front | 26,775 | 1.10 | 0 | |
Rassemblement Wallonie France | 23,090 | 0.95 | 0 | |
Francophone Christian Democrats | 19,718 | 0.81 | 0 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 19,645 | 0.81 | 0 | |
Movement for a Socialist Alternative | 5,675 | 0.23 | 0 | |
Total | 2,434,693 | 100.00 | 9 | |
Dutch-speaking electoral college | ||||
Christian Democratic and Flemish–New Flemish Alliance | 1,131,119 | 28.15 | 4 | |
Vlaams Blok | 930,731 | 23.16 | 3 | |
Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant | 880,279 | 21.91 | 3 | |
Socialist Party Differently–Spirit | 716,317 | 17.83 | 3 | |
Green! | 320,874 | 7.99 | 1 | |
Workers' Party of Belgium | 24,807 | 0.62 | 0 | |
Left Socialist Party | 14,166 | 0.35 | 0 | |
Total | 4,018,293 | 100.00 | 14 | |
German-speaking electoral college | ||||
Christian Social Party | 15,722 | 42.49 | 1 | |
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt–Reformist Movement | 8,434 | 22.79 | 0 | |
Socialist Party | 5,527 | 14.94 | 0 | |
Ecolo | 3,880 | 10.49 | 0 | |
Non-Party Young Independents–PDB | 3,442 | 9.30 | 0 | |
Total | 37,005 | 100.00 | 1 | |
Valid votes | 6,489,991 | 94.63 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 367,995 | 5.37 | ||
Total votes | 6,857,986 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,552,240 | 90.81 | ||
Source: Belgian Elections |
External links
- European Parliament Elections 2004 in Belgium
- European Elections results shown on Belgian cartogram[permanent dead link]