2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

13 June 2004
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Frank Vanhecke Party CD&V VB 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 13 June 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.

Candidates

Main article: List of candidates in the 2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	878,577	36.09	4
	Reformist Movement	671,422	27.58	3
	Humanist Democratic Centre	368,753	15.15	1
	Ecolo	239,687	9.84	1
	National Front	181,351	7.45	0
	New Belgian Front	26,775	1.10	0
	Rassemblement Wallonie France	23,090	0.95	0
	Francophone Christian Democrats	19,718	0.81	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	19,645	0.81	0
	Movement for a Socialist Alternative	5,675	0.23	0
Total		2,434,693	100.00	9
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian Democratic and Flemish–New Flemish Alliance	1,131,119	28.15	4
	Vlaams Blok	930,731	23.16	3
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant	880,279	21.91	3
	Socialist Party Differently–Spirit	716,317	17.83	3
	Green!	320,874	7.99	1
	Workers' Party of Belgium	24,807	0.62	0
	Left Socialist Party	14,166	0.35	0
Total		4,018,293	100.00	14
German-speaking electoral college
	Christian Social Party	15,722	42.49	1
	Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt–Reformist Movement	8,434	22.79	0
	Socialist Party	5,527	14.94	0
	Ecolo	3,880	10.49	0
	Non-Party Young Independents–PDB	3,442	9.30	0
Total		37,005	100.00	1
Valid votes		6,489,991	94.63
Invalid/blank votes		367,995	5.37
Total votes		6,857,986	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,552,240	90.81
Source: Belgian Elections

External links

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