Belgian regional elections, 2014

Regional elections were held in Belgium on 25 May 2014 to choose representatives for the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. These elections were held on the same day as the 2014 European elections as well as the 2014 Belgian federal election.

The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (except German-speaking members) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Flemish Parliament

Flemish parliamentary election, 2014

25 May 2014

All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 63 seats needed for a majority Turnout 92.67%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Liesbeth Homans Kris Peeters Gwendolyn Rutten Party N-VA CD&V Open Vld Last election 16 seats, 13.06% 31 seats, 22.86% 21 seats, 14.99% Seats won 43 27 19 Seat change 27 4 2 Popular vote 1,339,946 860,694 594,469 Percentage 31.88% 20.48% 14.15% Swing 18.83 2.37 0.85   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Bruno Tobback Wouter Van Besien Guy D'haeseleer Party sp.a GROEN Vlaams Belang Last election 19 seats, 15.27% 7 seats, 6.77% 21 seats, 15.28% Seats won 18 10 6 Seat change 1 3 15 Popular vote 587,903 365,781 248,840 Percentage 13.99% 8.7% 5.92% Swing 1.28 1.94 9.36

Flemish Government before election Peeters II Government CD&V–sp.a–N-VA coalition Elected Flemish Government Bourgeois Government N-VA–CD&V–Open Vld coalition

Number of seats per constituency in Flanders

Incumbent Minister-President Kris Peeters (CD&V)

All 124 members of the Flemish Parliament were elected. The five Flemish provinces (West Flanders, East Flanders, Antwerp, Flemish Brabant and Limburg) each are a constituency, plus the Brussels-Capital Region where those voting for a Dutch-language party can also vote in the Flemish election.

The incumbent Peeters II Government was made up of a coalition of CD&V, N-VA and sp.a. Minister-President Kris Peeters (CD&V) consistently polled as one of the most popular politicians in Flanders. He is a candidate to succeed himself as Minister-President. Other parties did not put forward an explicit candidate to be Minister-President.

Since the elections coincide with the federal elections, a lot of the campaigning and debates have been about federal matters. Nonetheless, the sixth state reform has transferred a lot of powers from the federal state to the regional level, such as child benefits.

Other major election topics include the reform of the secondary education, and mobility around Antwerp, in particular the Oosterweel Link.

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Firm	CD&V	VB	sp.a	VLD	N-VA	Groen	PVDA	Others	Lead
25 May 2014	Flemish Elections	20.5	5.9	14.0	14.2	31.9	8.7	2.5	2.3	11.4
16 May	De Standaard	20.0	8.4	14.4	13.1	31.8	9.5	2.6	0.2	11.8
25 Apr	De Standaard	20.0	6.7	14.5	12.7	33.2	9.1	1.7	2.1	13.2
23 Apr	Le Soir	17.6	10.3	13.5	13.5	32.8	8.7	3.4	0.2	15.2
15 Apr	La Libre Belgique	16.9	9.9	13.6	13.5	32.9	7.6	4.1	1.5	16.0
21 Feb	La Libre Belgique	17.6	9.8	14.6	12.8	32.3	7.3	3.7	1.9	14.7
13 Feb	Le Soir	18.5	7.6	13.3	13.3	32.3	8.4	2.7	3.9	13.8
2014
24 Nov	La Libre Belgique	17.9	9.9	14.1	12.4	30.8	8.0	2.0	4.9	12.9
21 Nov	Le Soir	17.4	9.6	13.1	14.4	31.2	8.9	3.0	2.4	13.8
2 Sep	La Libre Belgique	17.3	11.3	12.0	11.8	35.5	6.9	1.5	3.7	18.2
16 Jun	Le Soir	15.7	9.4	13.9	13.2	35.0	7.7	-	5.1	19.3
25 May	La Libre Belgique	15.9	12.9	14.1	12.9	32.8	6.5	2.5	2.4	16.9
25 May	De Standaard	17.4	10.6	14.7	10.1	32.1	9.5	2.5	3.1	14.7
24 Mar	Le Soir	16.7	10.5	13.6	12.3	33.6	7.7	2.8	2.8	16.9
16 Mar	Het Laatste Nieuws	15.1	11.3	14.7	12.1	33.8	8.4	-	4.6	18.7
22 Feb	La Libre Belgique	14.1	6.8	14.9	10.0	39.0	8.7	2.4	4.1	24.1
2013
30 Nov	La Libre Belgique	16.5	10.7	14.4	9.6	35.4	8.0	3.6	1.8	18.9
14 Oct 2012	Provincial elections	21.4	8.9	13.6	14.6	28.5	8.3	2.1	2.5	7.1
14 Sep	De Standaard	18.5	9.5	14.5	10.7	36.3	7.9	-	2.6	17.8
5 Sep	La Libre Belgique	13.4	10.0	13.5	11.6	40.1	7.5	2.7	1.2	26.6
2012
2 Dec	La Libre Belgique	12.6	8.4	13.9	12.6	39.8	7.5	-	5.2	25.9
2011
10 Jun 2010	Federal Elections	17.6	12.6	15.0	14.0	28.2	7.1	1.3	4.1	10.6
2 Apr	De Standaard	22.2	14.0	15.9	17.6	14.8	8.1	-	7.4	4.6
2010
9 Oct	De Standaard	24.4	12.8	15.0	16.7	13.5	8.5	-	9.1	7.7
7 Jun 2009	Flemish Elections	22.9	15.3	15.3	15.0	13.1	6.8	1.0	10.7	7.6

Main candidates

National party		Antwerp	East Flanders	Flemish Brabant	Limburg	West Flanders	Brussels
Major parties
	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)	Kris Peeters	Joke Schauvliege	Peter Van Rompuy	Jo Vandeurzen	Hilde Crevits	Bianca Debaets
	Green (Groen)	Wouter Van Besien	Elisabeth Meuleman	Hermes Sanctorum	Johan Danen	Bart Caron	Elke Van den Brandt
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	Liesbeth Homans	Matthias Diependaele	Ben Weyts	Jan Peumans	Geert Bourgeois	Karl Vanlouwe
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Bart Somers	Mathias De Clercq	Gwendolyn Rutten	Marino Keulen	Bart Tommelein	Ann Brusseel
	Socialist Party–Differently (sp.a)	Caroline Gennez	Freya Van den Bossche	Bruno Tobback	Ingrid Lieten	John Crombez	Yamila Idrissi
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	Anke Van dermeersch	Guy D'haeseleer	Joris Van Hauthem	Chris Janssens	Stefaan Sintobin	Frédéric Erens
Minor parties
	Workers' Party (PVDA+)	Jos D'Haese	Dirk Goemaere	Line De Witte	Gaby Colebunders	Bart Desmedt	—
	Pirate Party	Kjell Segers	Sarah Van Liefferinge	David Knapen	—	Jonas Degrave	—

Results

The winner is by far the N-VA, especially compared to the 2009 regional elections but also to the 2010 federal elections. Groen also gained votes, whereas CD&V, sp.a, Open Vld and especially Vlaams Belang lost votes. LDD did not compete and is no longer in parliament.

The Union of Francophones (UF) narrowly reached the 5% election threshold in Flemish Brabant, thereby keeping their only seat.

The incumbent government parties N-VA, CD&V and sp.a would have a large majority; it was however not expected that sp.a and N-VA will be together in a coalition.

Initially, N-VA and CD&V were negotiating to form a Flemish Government. However, since Open Vld was needed for a federal coalition and they wanted to be in both or neither governments, they joined the Flemish negotiations. On 25 July 2014, the new Bourgeois Government was sworn in, led by Minister-President Geert Bourgeois (N-VA). Outgoing Minister-President Kris Peeters (CD&V) became minister in the federal Michel Government.

 Summary of the 25 May 2014 Flemish Parliament election results

← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
Party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats			+/–
							FLA	BRU	TOT
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	centre-right Flemish nationalism	Bart De Wever	1,339,946	31.88	18.83	42	1	43 / 124	27
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Christian democracy	Wouter Beke	860,694	20.48	2.37	26	1	27 / 124	4
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Liberalism	Gwendolyn Rutten	594,469	14.15	0.85	17	2	19 / 124	2
	Socialist Party – Differently (sp.a)	Social democracy	Bruno Tobback	587,903	13.99	1.28	17	1	18 / 124	1
	Green (Groen)	Green politics	Wouter Van Besien	365,781	8.70	1.94	9	1	10 / 124	3
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	far-right Flemish nationalism	Gerolf Annemans	248,840	5.92	9.36	6	0	6 / 124	15
	Union of Francophones (UF)	Francophone minority politics	Four co-chairmen	34,741	0.83	0.32	1	0	1 / 124	0
	Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)	Socialism/Communism	Peter Mertens	106,114	2.53	1.04	0	0	0 / 124	0
	Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (LDD)	Libertarianism	Jean-Marie Dedecker	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0 / 124	8
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			63,974			0	0	0 / 124
Valid votes				4,202,462	95.03
Blank and invalid votes				219,574	4.97
Totals				4,422,036	100.00	—	118	6	124 / 124	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				4,771,657	92.67
Source: Notes: 1) FLA = Flanders, BRU = Brussels (Capital Region), TOT = total

Vote share
N-VA			31.88%
CD&V			20.48%
Open Vld			14.15%
sp.a			13.99%
Groen			8.70%
VB			5.92%
PVDA+			2.53%
UF			0.83%
Other			1.52%

In detail

The candidate receiving the most preference votes was Liesbeth Homans (N-VA) in Antwerp, with 159,965 votes, ahead of Kris Peeters (CD&V).

The highest percentage of votes in a municipality (apart from the French-speaking list in the Brussels Periphery) was achieved by N-VA in Schilde (near Antwerp city) with 51,27% of the votes.

Party	Total			Antwerp			Brussels			East Flanders			Flemish Brabant			Limburg			West Flanders
	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats
N-VA	1,339,943	31.88	43	411,001	36.46	14	9,508	18.31	1	300,638	30.65	9	204,139	29.43	7	176,512	32.15	5	238,148	29.78	7
CD&V	860,685	20.48	27	225,891	20.04	7	6,284	12.10	1	179,572	18.31	5	118,669	17.11	4	127,656	23.25	4	202,622	25.34	6
Open Vld	594,464	14.15	19	108,209	9.60	3	12,461	24.00	2	169,726	17.30	5	133,362	19.23	4	66,269	12.07	2	104,442	13.06	3
sp.a	587,901	13.99	18	128,760	11.42	4	9,558	18.41	1	139,640	14.24	4	85,105	12.27	2	94,721	17.25	3	130,119	16.27	4
Groen	365,779	8.70	10	111,234	9.87	3	10,660	20.53	1	88,977	9.07	2	64,836	9.35	2	32,713	5.96	1	57,361	7.17	1
Vlaams Belang	248,840	5.92	6	79,588	7.06	2	2,960	5.70	0	62,881	6.41	2	30,531	4.40	0	32,392	5.90	1	40,488	5.06	1
PVDA+	106,114	2.53	0	43,694	3.88	0	N/A			23,029	2.35	0	12,212	1.76	0	14,257	2.60	0	12,922	1.62	0
UF	34,741	0.83	1	N/A			N/A			N/A			34,471	5.01	1	N/A			N/A
Piratenpartij	25,986	0.62	0	7,514	0.67	0	N/A			7,142	0.73	0	5,572	0.80	0	N/A			5,758	0.72	0
GENOEG	10,612	0.25	0	3,521	0.31	0	N/A			2,177	0.22	0	1,398	0.20	0	1,475	0.27	0	1,449	0.18	0
R.O.S.S.E.M.	9,937	0.24	0	2,733	0.24	0	N/A			2,236	0.23	0	1,302	0.19	0	1,259	0.23	0	2,407	0.30	0
ROEL	5,228	0.12	0	1,306	0.12	0	N/A			1,017	0.10	0	674	0.10	0	872	0.16	0	1,359	0.17	0
VCP	5,026	0.12	0	682	0.06	0	N/A			909	0.09	0	1,007	0.15	0	979	0.18	0	1,449	0,18	0
MAMA	3,227	0.08	0	3,227	0.29	0	N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A
SD&P	2,853	0.07	0	N/A			N/A			2,853	0.29	0	N/A			N/A			N/A
V.I.T.A.L.	617	0.01	0	N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A			617	0.08	0
PENSIO(E)N PLUS	482	0.01	0	N/A			482	0.93	0	N/A			N/A			N/A			N/A
Total	4,202,435	100.00	124	1,127,360	100.00	33	51,919	100.00	6	980,797	100.00	27	693,548	100.00	20	549,105	100.00	16	799,733	100.00	22

Largest party per municipality (Brussels enlarged)

Walloon Parliament

Walloon parliamentary election, 2014

25 May 2014

All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority Turnout 87.67%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Rudy Demotte Willy Borsus André Antoine Party PS MR cdH Last election 29 seats, 32.77% 19 seats, 23.41% 13 seats, 16.14% Seats won 30 25 13 Seat change 1 6 Popular vote 631,216 545,112 310,012 Percentage 30.90% 26.69% 15.18% Swing 1.87 3.28 0.96   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Philippe Henry Party ECOLO PVDA+/PTB PP Last election 14 seats, 18.54% 0 seats, 1.24% New party Seats won 4 2 1 Seat change 10 2 New party Popular vote 176,026 117,500 99,237 Percentage 8.62% 5.75% 4.86% Swing 9.92 4.51 New party

Walloon Government before election Demotte II Government PS–cdH–Ecolo coalition Elected Walloon Government Magnette Government PS–cdH coalition

All 75 members of the Walloon Regional Parliament were elected. The elections took place in 13 electoral districts.

The incumbent Demotte II Government, led by Rudy Demotte, is a coalition of the Socialist Party (PS), the Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) and Ecolo. The Reformist Movement (MR) was the only opposition party.

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Firm	PS	MR	Ecolo	cdH	PTB	PP	FDF	Others	Lead
25 May 2014	Walloon Elections	30.9	26.7	8.6	15.2	5.8	4.9	2.5	5.5	4.2
15 May	La Libre Belgique	28.7	21.8	9.4	11.6	8.5	5.8	3.1	11.1	6.9
23 Apr	Le Soir	28.9	23.3	10.9	13.7	9.2	7.0	2.5	4.5	5.6
15 Apr	La Libre Belgique	29.3	22.6	11.0	9.4	8.1	5.4	2.7	11.5	6.7
21 Feb	La Libre Belgique	28.0	24.1	10.6	10.2	7.6	5.9	2.3	11.3	3.9
13 Feb	Le Soir	28.4	23.3	11.4	12.5	6.7	5.6	2.0	10.1	5.1
2014
24 Nov	La Libre Belgique	30.3	22.1	11.2	12.7	4.1	4.0	3.3	12.3	8.1
21 Nov	Le Soir	29.3	21.7	11.2	14.0	4.1	2.8	2.2	14.7	7.6
2 Sep	La Libre Belgique	30.3	23.5	12.7	12.8	3.7	2.1	3.1	11.8	6.8
16 Jun	Le Soir	28.7	22.2	13.0	12.6	4.5	-	2.2	16.8	6.5
25 May	La Libre Belgique	28.6	24.0	14.7	12.9	4.6	1.4	2.8	11.0	4.6
22 Feb	La Libre Belgique	30.2	24.2	12.9	12.3	4.2	2.5	3.5	10.2	6.0
2013
30 Nov	La Libre Belgique	30.6	23.5	11.3	12.7	5.4	2.4	2.1	12.0	7.1
14 Oct 2012	Provincial elections	32.0	27.7	13.2	17.0	2.8	-	2.4	5.0	4.3
2012
2011
10 Jun 2010	Federal Elections	37.6	22.2	12.3	14.6	1.9	3.1	–	8.2	15.4
2010
7 Jun 2009	Walloon Elections	32.8	23.4	18.5	16.1	1.2	–	-	7.9	9.4

Results

PS, cdH, Ecolo lost votes, whereas MR gained votes and PTB-GO! as well as Parti Populaire are new parties in parliament.

Within two weeks following the elections, the Socialist Party and the Humanist Democratic Centre started negotiations for a new government.

 Summary of the 25 May 2014 Walloon Parliament election results

← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
National party		Main ideology	Leader(s)	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Socialist Party (PS)	Social democracy	Paul Magnette	626,473	30.96	1.81	30 / 75	1
	Reformist Movement (MR)	Liberalism	Louis Michel	540,438	26.71	3.30	25 / 75	6
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	Christian democracy	Benoît Lutgen	305,281	15.09	1.05	13 / 75	0
	Ecolo (ECOLO)	Green politics	Olivier Deleuze & Emily Hoyos	172,682	8.53	10.00	4 / 75	10
	Workers' Party (PTB–GO!)	Socialism	Peter Mertens	117.228	5.79	4.55	2 / 75	2
	People's Party (PP)	Conservative liberalism	Mischaël Modrikamen	98,840	4.89	new	1 / 75	1
	Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF)		Olivier Maingain	51,543	2.55	new	0 / 75	0
	Others (parties and candidates that received less than 1% of the vote and no seats)					—	0 / 75	—
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals				'	100.00	—	75	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout

Vote share
PS			30.90%
MR			26.69%
cdH			15.17%
Ecolo			8.62%
PTB-GO!			5.76%
PP			4.86%
FDF			2.53%
LA DROITE			1.39%
Other			4.09%

In detail

Party	Hainaut			Liège			Luxemburg			Namur			Walloon Brabant
	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats	Votes	Perc.	Seats
PS	279,647	38.19	15	184,469	30.11	8	38,295	23.23	1	83,082	27.87	4	45,723	19.47	2
MR	162,608	22.21	8	157,274	25.67	7	46,547	28.23	2	81,334	27.29	4	97,349	41.46	4
CDH	93,321	12.75	5	80,881	13.20	3	49,460	30.00	2	58,036	19.47	2	28,314	12.06	1
ECOLO	48,790	6.66	0	57,193	9.33	2	14,034	8.51	0	28,454	9.55	1	27,555	11.74	1
PTB/PVDA–GO!	42,629	5.82	0	50,682	8.27	2	2,848	1.73	0	14,749	4.95	0	6,592	2.81	0
PP	35,229	4.81	0	33,649	5.49	1	7,771	4.71	0	13,025	4.37	0	9,563	4.07	0
FDF	16,843	2.30	0	13,281	2.17	0	3,270	1.98	0	7,389	2.48	0	10,945	4.66	0
Total			28			23			5			11			8

Brussels Parliament

Brussels parliamentary election, 2014

25 May 2014

All 89 seats in the Brussels Parliament 45 seats needed for a majority Turnout 83.62%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Rudi Vervoort Vincent De Wolf Didier Gosuin Party PS MR FDF Last election 21 seats, 23.3% 24 seats, 26.5% New party Seats won 21 18 12 Seat change 6 New party Popular vote 108,763 94,243 60,611 Percentage 23.5% 20.3% 13.1% Swing 0.2% 6.2% 13.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Joëlle Milquet Christos Doulkeridis Guy Vanhengel Party cdH ECOLO Open Vld Last election 11 seats, 13.1% 16 seats, 17.9% 4 seats, 2.6% Seats won 9 8 5 Seat change 2 8 1 Popular vote 48,021 41,368 14,296 Percentage 10.3% 8.9% 3.1% Swing 2.8% 9.0% 0.5%

Brussels Government before election Vervoort I Government PS-Ecolo-cdH-VLD-CD&V-Groen! Elected Brussels Government Vervoort II Government PS-FDF-cdH-VLD-sp.a-CD&V

All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region were elected. There are separate Dutch-language party lists and French-language party lists. Those voting for a Dutch-language party can also cast a vote for the Flemish Parliament election.

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Firm	MR	PS	Ecolo	cdH	VLD	sp.a	VB	CD&V	Groen	PTB/PVDA	N-VA	FDF	PP	Others	Lead
15 May	La Libre Belgique	21.0	19.2	8.5	10.9	3.5	2.5	-	-	-	7.5	2.0	11.5	3.8	9.6	1.8
23 Apr	Le Soir	20.3	22.5	9.6	9.8	4.4	0.8	-	1.4	-	6.0	-	9.3	3.9	12.0	2.2
15 Apr	La Libre Belgique	20.2	17.6	8.0	11.6	3.8	1.1	3.0	2.1	1.9	7.2	2.1	8.3	4.1	9.0	2.6
21 Feb	La Libre Belgique	21.8	18.1	10.1	12.5	3.6	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.9	6.5	2.7	10.4	3.0	4.8	3.7
13 Feb	Le Soir	20.0	21.2	9.6	10.4	4.3	2.9	0.7	0.8	2.5	6.8	2.6	9.6	2.3	6.3	1.2
2014
22 Nov	La Libre Belgique	22.6	20.8	10.6	12.2	2.4	2.3	2.0	1.6	2.1	2.3	1.7	11.8	2.2	5.4	1.8
21 Nov	Le Soir	18.7	24.1	11.3	9.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36.2	5.4
6 Sep	La Libre Belgique	22.6	21.1	11.7	10.5	1.8	1.6	2.0	1.7	1.8	3.2	2.9	11.2	2.4	5.5	1.5
1 Sep	Le Soir	22.6	23.8	10.3	9.8	2.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	2.0	-	2.8	-	-	22.1	1.2
16 Jun	Le Soir	20.9	24.5	10.5	10.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33.9	3.6
25 May	La Libre Belgique	21.9	19.9	12.4	9.8	2.1	2.4	3.0	1.7	1.4	2.4	3.2	11.4	1.8	6.6	2.0
22 Feb	La Libre Belgique	22.8	21.3	10.6	11.4	2.5	1.2	1.4	2.5	1.6	3.8	2.9	11.0	1.9	5.1	1.5
2013
2012
2011
10 Jun 2010	Federal Elections	27.1	26.6	12.0	12.2	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.8	-	3.5	6.1	0.5
2010
7 Jun 2009	Brussels Elections	26.5	23.3	17.9	13.1	2.6	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.3	0.9	0.6	-	-	8.0	3.2

Results

The winner is FDF, which became the third largest French-speaking party. MR, PS, Ecolo and cdH lost votes.

French-language lists

Party		Main candidate	2014			+/–
			%	votes	seats	seats
	Socialist Party (PS)	Rudi Vervoort	26.58	108,763	21	0
	Reformist Movement (MR)	Vincent De Wolf	23.03	94,243	18	*
	Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF)	Didier Gosuin	14.81	60,611	12	*
	Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH)	Joëlle Milquet	11.73	48,021	9	2
	Ecolo	Christos Doulkeridis	10.11	41,368	8	8
	Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)	Michaël Verbauwhede	3.86	15,782	4	4
	Others				0	0
Total			100.0		72	-

The candidates receiving the most preference votes were Didier Gosuin (FDF, 22,906), Vincent De Wolf (MR, 19,919), Joëlle Milquet (cdH, 19,416), Charles Picqué (PS, 16,859) and Rudi Vervoort (PS, 16,742).

Dutch-language lists

Party		Main candidate	2014			+/–
			%	votes	seats	seats
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Guy Vanhengel	26.73	14,296	5	1
	Socialist Party Differently (sp.a)	Pascal Smet	19.54	10,450	3	1
	Green (Groen)	Bruno De Lille	17.89	9,566	3	1
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	Johan Van den Driessche	16.99	9,085	3	2
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	Brigitte Grouwels	11.42	6,105	2	1
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	Dominiek Lootens	5.62	3,006	1	2
	Others				0	0
Total			100.0		17	-

The candidate receiving the most preference votes was Guy Vanhengel (Open Vld, 7,375), significantly above the second one, Els Ampe (Open Vld, 2,883).

German-speaking Community Parliament

German-speaking parliamentary election, 2014

25 May 2014

All 25 seats in the Parliament of the German-speaking Community 13 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Robert Nelles Oliver Paasch Karl-Heinz Lambertz Party CSP ProDG SP   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Isabelle Weykmans Michael Balter Franziska Franzen Party PFF Vivant ECOLO

All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community were elected.

The incumbent government, led by Karl-Heinz Lambertz (SP), is a coalition of the Socialist Party (SP), the liberal Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) and the regionalist ProDG. Only a few days after the elections, these parties agreed to continue their coalition government, but with Oliver Paasch (ProDG) as Minister-President since his party became bigger than SP.

Party		2014			+/–
		%	votes	seats	seats
	Christian Social Party (CSP)	24.9	9,358	7	0
	ProDG	22.2	8,355	6	2
	Socialist Party (SP)	16.1	6,050	4	1
	Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF)	15.5	5,847	4	0
	Vivant	10.6	3,997	2	0
	Ecolo	9.5	3,591	2	1
	Libertarian Party (Parti Libertarien)	1.2	435	-	-
Total		100.0	37,633	25	-

Vote share
CSP			24.87%
ProDG			22.20%
SP			16.08%
PFF			15.54%
Vivant			10.62%
Ecolo			9.54%
P-Lib			1.16%

References

External links

• Elections 2014 - Federal Public Service Home Affairs
• 2014 Flemish Parliament elections - Flemish Internal Administration Agency