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On June 13, 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels, as well as in the German Community Council. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.
In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put at a test. The far right party Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives CD&V-N-VA. The green party Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, party VU-ID has split and both new parties, N-VA and SPIRIT allied with CD&V and SP.a respectively.
Because of the cordon sanitaire of all democratic parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least 3 parties needs to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Green party Groen! has confirmed it doesn't want to take part in the new coalition, so the only left is a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite.
In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.
| Party/Alliance
| Results (%)
| Results (seats)
|
| PS
| 36.9%
| 34 (+9)
|
| MR
| 24.3%
| 20 (-1)
|
| CDH
| 17.6%
| 14 (-)
|
| ECOLO
| 8.5%
| 3 (-11)
|
| FN
| 8.1%
| 4 (+3)
|
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
French language group
| Party/Alliance
| Results (%)
| Results (seats)
|
| PS
| 33.3%
| 26 (+13)
|
| MR
| 32.5%
| 25 (-2)
|
| CDH
| 14.1%
| 10 (+4)
|
| ECOLO
| 9.7%
| 7 (-7)
|
| FN
| 5.4%
| 4 (+2)
|
Dutch language group
| Party/Alliance
| Results (%)
| Results (seats)
|
| CSP
| 32.8 %
| 8 (-1)
|
| PFF-MR
| 21.0 %
| 5 (-1)
|
| SP
| 19.0 %
| 5 (+1)
|
| PJU-PDB
| 11.7 %
| 3 (-)
|
| ECOLO
| 8.2 %
| 2 (-1)
|
| Vivant
| 7.34 %
| 2 (+2)
|
See also
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