Latest Federal Election
Party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie) | Bart De Wever | 1,135,617 | 17.40 | * | 27 | * | |||
Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste) | Elio Di Rupo | 894,543 | 13.70 | 2.85 | 26 | 6 | |||
Christian Democratic and Flemish (Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams) | Wouter Beke | 707,986 | 10.85 | * | 17 | * | |||
Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur) | Charles Michel | 605,617 | 9.28 | 3.23 | 18 | 5 | |||
Socialist Party – Differently (Socialistische Partij – Anders) | Bruno Tobback | 602,867 | 9.24 | 1.02 | 13 | 1 | |||
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten) | Alexander De Croo | 563,873 | 8.64 | 3.19 | 13 | 5 | |||
Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | Bruno Valkeniers | 506,697 | 7.76 | 4.23 | 12 | 5 | |||
Humanist Democratic Centre (Centre Démocrate Humaniste) | Benoît Lutgen | 360,441 | 5.52 | 0.53 | 9 | 1 | |||
Ecolo | Jean-Michel Javaux & Sarah Turine |
313,047 | 4.80 | 0.30 | 8 | 0 | |||
Green! (Groen!) | Wouter Van Besien | 285,989 | 4.38 | 0.40 | 5 | 1 | |||
List Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker) | Jean-Marie Dedecker | 150,577 | 2.31 | 1.72 | 1 | 4 | |||
Popular Party (Parti Populaire) | Mischaël Modrikamen | 84,005 | 1.29 | — | 1 | — | |||
Others | 316,108 | 4.84 | — | — | — | ||||
Valid votes | 6,527,367 | 94.19 | |||||||
Blank and invalid votes | 402,488 | 5.81 | |||||||
Totals | 6,929,855 | 100.00 | — | 150 | — | ||||
Electorate and voter turnout | 7,767,552 | 89.22 | |||||||
Source: Federal Portal − Chamber Elections 2010. Notes: * = Christian Democratic and Flemish and the New Flemish Alliance contested the 2007 elections together, receiving 18.51% of the votes and 30 seats. |
Parties | Senate | ||||||||
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Votes | +/− | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | ||||
New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie) | 1,268,780 | * | 19.61% | * | 9 | * | |||
Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste) | 880,828 | 202,016 | 13.62% | 3.37% | 7 | 3 | |||
Christian Democratic and Flemish (Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams) | 646,375 | * | 9.99% | * | 4 | * | |||
Socialist Party – Differently (Socialistische Partij – Anders) | 613,079 | 52,251 | 9.48% | 0.54% | 4 | 0 | |||
Reformist Movement (Mouvement Réformateur) | 599,618 | 216,137 | 9.27% | 3.04% | 4 | 2 | |||
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten) | 533,124 | 288,809 | 8.24% | 4.16% | 4 | 1 | |||
Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | 491,547 | 296,263 | 7.60% | 4.29% | 3 | 2 | |||
Ecolo | 353,111 | 32,355 | 5.46% | 0.36% | 2 | 0 | |||
Humanist Democratic Centre (Centre Démocrate Humaniste) | 331,870 | 58,982 | 5.13% | 0.77% | 2 | 0 | |||
Green! (Groen!) | 251,546 | 10,454 | 3.89% | 0.25% | 1 | 0 | |||
List Dedecker (Lijst Dedecker) | 130,779 | 93,215 | 2.02% | 1.36% | 0 | 1 | |||
Popular Party (Parti Populaire) | 98,858 | — | 1.53% | — | 0 | — | |||
Others | 269,588 | — | 4.17% | — | — | — | |||
Total | 6,469,304 | 100.00% | 40 | ||||||
Source: Federal Portal − Senate Elections 2010. Notes: * Christian Democratic and Flemish and the New Flemish Alliance contested the 2007 elections together, receiving 19.42% of the votes and 9 seats. |
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