Members of The Flemish Parliament
See also: List of members of the Flemish Parliament118 members are directly elected in the Flemish Region. They have voting rights for both regional and community competencies. 6 members are directly elected in the Brussels-Capital Region by those voters who voted for a Dutch-speaking party in the Brussels regional elections. They have no voting rights for the regional competencies.
This table shows the distribution of seats following the 2009 regional election:
| Affiliation | Constituency | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ant. | E-Fl. | Fl-Br. | Lim. | W-Fl. | Bru. | |||
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 31 | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 | |
| Flemish Interest | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21* | |
| Socialist Party Different | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |
| New Flemish Alliance | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16* | |
| List Dedecker | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Green! | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Union of Francophones | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Total | 33 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 124 | |
- On 31 Augustus 2011, Karim Van Overmeire left the Flemish Interest and joined the N-VA, decreasing the number of seats held by the former party to 20 and increasing the seats of the latter to 17.
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