European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

Belgium European Parliament election, 2004

13 June 2004

24 seats to the European Parliament   First party Second party   Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Frank Vanhecke Party CD&V Vlaams Belang Alliance EPP Last election 3 seats, 13.49% 2 seats, 9.39% Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,131,119 930,731 Percentage 17.43% 14.43% Swing 3.94% 4.95%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Guy Verhofstadt Elio Di Rupo Party Open Vld PS Alliance ALDE PES Last election 3 seats, 13.61% 3 seats, 9.59% Seats won 3 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 880,279 878,577 Percentage 13.56% 13.54% Swing 1.13% 3.95%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground. The Flemish nationalist party the Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok) registered the largest gains.

Results

Registered voters	7,552,240
Votes cast	6,857,986	90.8%
Invalid votes	367,995	5.4%
Valid votes	6,489,991	94.6%

National

 Summary of the results of Belgium's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

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National party		European party	Main candidate	Electoral college (E.c.)	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V) + New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	EPP + EFA	Jean-Luc Dehaene	Dutch-speaking	1,131,119	17.43	* 3.94	28.15	4	* 1
	Flemish Block (VB)	None	Frank Vanhecke	Dutch-speaking	930,731	14.34	4.95	23.16	3	1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) + Vivant (VIVANT)	ELDR + ELDR	Guy Verhofstadt	Dutch-speaking	880,279	13.56	* 1.13	21.91	3	* 0
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Elio Di Rupo	French-speaking	878,577	13.54	3.95	36.09	4	1
	Socialist Party – Differently (SP.A) + Spirit (SPIRIT)	PES + EFA	Mia De Vits	Dutch-speaking	716,317	11.04	* 2.20	17.83	3	* 1
	Reformist Movement (MR)	ELDR	Louis Michel	French-speaking	671,422	10.35	0.32	27.58	3	0
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	EPP	Joëlle Milquet	French-speaking	368,753	5.68	0.73	15.15	1	0
	Green! (GROEN!)	EGP	Bart Staes	Dutch-speaking	320,874	4.94	2.52	7.99	1	1
	Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO)	EGP	Pierre Jonckheer	French-speaking	239,687	3.69	4.75	9.84	1	2
	Christian Social Party (CSP)	EPP	Mathieu Grosch	German-speaking	15,722	0.24	0.02	42.49	1	0
	National Front (FN)	None	Daniel Féret	French-speaking	181,351	2.79	1.27	7.45	0	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)						—	—	0	—
Valid votes					6,489,991	94.63
Blank and invalid votes					367,995	5.37
Totals					6,857,986	100.00	—	—	24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					7,552,240	90.81	0.24
Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)–New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)		1,131,119	28.15	6.47	4	1
	Flemish Bloc (VB)		930,731	23.16	8.07	3	1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)		880,279	21.91	1.7	3	0
	Socialist Party Different (SP.A)–Spirit		716,317	17.83	3.62	3	1
	Green!		320,874	7.99	3.99	1	1

French-speaking electoral college

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Socialist Party (PS)		878,577	36.09	10.31	4	1
	Reformist Movement (MR)		671,422	27.58	0.59	3	0
	Democratic Humanist Centre (CDH)		368,753	15.15	1.84	1	0
	Ecolo		239,687	9.84	12.86	1	2

German-speaking electoral college

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social Party (CSP-EVP)		15,722	42.49	6.02	1	0
	Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF)–Reformist Movement (MR)		8,434	22.79	3.19	0	0
	Socialist Party (SP)		5,527	14.94	3.52	0	0
	Ecolo		3,880	10.49	6.52	0	0
	Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB)		3,442	9.3	0.62	0	0

External links

• European Parliament Elections 2004 in Belgium
• European Elections results shown on Belgian cartogram