On 13 June 2004, regional elections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of the Flemish Parliament, the Walloon Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.
Flemish Parliament
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In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The far right Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives Christian Democratic and Flemish-New Flemish Alliance (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, the People's Union (VU-ID) has split and the new parties, N-VA and Spirit, allied with CD&V and Different Socialist Party (SP.A) respectively.
Because of the cordon sanitaire of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least three parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Groen! confirmed that it did not want to take part in the new coalition, so the only coalition left was a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite.
In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.
Details
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! !! Provinces !! CD&V + N-VA !! VB !! VLD + VIVANT !! SP.A + SPIRIT !! GROEN! !! UF
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Walloon Regional Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
Brussels Regional Parliament
In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
External links
- Pooling results on the Official Federal web site