2024 Belgian regional elections

The 2024 Belgian regional elections were held on Sunday 9 June, the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election^[1] as well as the Belgian federal election.

In the regional elections, new representatives are chosen for the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community. The Parliament of the French Community is composed of all elected members of the Walloon Parliament (German-speaking members are replaced) and 19 of the French-speaking members of the Brussels Parliament.

Electoral system

The regional parliaments have limited power over their own election; federal law largely regulates this and the federal government organises the elections, which occur per Article 117 of the Constitution on the same day as the European Parliament elections.

As such, all regional parliaments are elected using proportional representation under the D'Hondt method.

Flemish Parliament

2024 Flemish parliamentary election

← 2019 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09) Next →
← outgoing members elected members →
All 124 seats in the Flemish Parliament 63 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bart De Wever Tom Van Grieken Melissa Depraetere Party N-VA VB Vooruit Last election 35 seats, 24.8% 23 seats, 18.5% 13 seats, 10.3% Seats won 31 31 18 Seat change 4 8 5 Popular vote 1,045,950 992,504 606,406 Percentage 23.88pp 22.66pp 13.85pp Swing 0.94pp 4.17pp 3.71pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sammy Mahdi Tom Ongena Jos D'Haese Party CD&V Open Vld PVDA-PTB Last election 19 seats, 15.4% 16 seats, 13.1% 14 seats, 10.1% Seats won 16 9 9 Seat change 3 7 5 Popular vote 571,137 364,609 364,070 Percentage 13.04pp 8.33pp 8.31pp Swing 2.36pp 4.81pp 2.99pp   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Nadia Naji Jeremie Vaneeckhout Fouad Ahidar Party Groen Team Fouad Ahidar Last election 14 seats, 10.1% New Seats won 9 1 Seat change 5 New Popular vote 319,396 14,187 Percentage 7.29 0.30pp Swing 2.82pp New
Flemish Government before election Jambon Government N-VA-CD&V-Open Vld coalition Subsequent Flemish Government Diependaele Government N-VA-Vooruit-CD&V coalition

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

Every ten years, the 124 seats are reallocated among the six constituencies on the basis of population data. The Flemish Parliament approved the new distribution in December 2022, which removed a seat in West Flanders in favour of an extra seat in Flemish Brabant.^[2]

• Antwerp: 33 seats
• Brussels: 6 seats
• Limburg: 16 seats
• East Flanders: 27 seats
• Flemish Brabant: 21 seats (+1)
• West Flanders: 21 seats (-1)

The incumbent government is made up of a coalition of Flemish nationalists (N-VA), Christian democrats (CD&V) and liberals (Open Vld).

Main candidates

The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (lijsttrekker) per constituency.

Party		Antwerp	East Flanders	Flemish Brabant	Limburg	West Flanders	Brussels
	CD&V	Katrien Schryvers [nl]	Nicole de Moor	Peter Van Rompuy	Jo Brouns [nl]	Hilde Crevits	Bianca Debaets [nl]
	Groen	Kim Buyst [nl]	Mieke Schauvliege [nl]	Aimen Horch [nl]	Bright Adiyia [nl]	Jeremie Vaneeckhout	Nadia Naji
	N-VA	Jan Jambon	Matthias Diependaele	Ben Weyts	Zuhal Demir	Sander Loones	Karl Vanlouwe
	Open Vld	Tom Ongena	Stephanie D'Hose	Gwendolyn Rutten	Lydia Peeters [nl]	Jasper Pillen [nl]	Chloë Van Hoegaerden
	PVDA	Jos D'Haese	Onno Vandewalle [nl]	Line De Witte [nl]	Gaby Colebunders	Ilona Vandenberghe [nl]	Anna Milojkowic
	Vooruit	Caroline Gennez	Freya Van den Bossche	Bieke Verlinden	Kris Verduyckt [nl]	Pablo Annys [nl]	Hannelore Goeman [nl]
	Vlaams Belang	Tom Van Grieken	Guy D'haeseleer	Klaas Slootmans	Chris Janssens	Immanuel De Reuse	Dominiek Lootens-Stael
	Volt[3]	Jeroen Van Loock		Richard Kelder

Retiring incumbents:

• Mercedes Van Volcem (Open Vld)^[4]
• Willem-Frederik Schiltz (Open Vld)^[5]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	New Flemish Alliance	1,045,950	23.88	-0.94	31	–4
	Flemish Interest	992,504	22.66	+4.17	31	+8
	Vooruit	606,406	13.85	+3.71	18	+5
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	571,137	13.04	-2.36	16	–3
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	364,609	8.33	-4.81	9	–7
	Workers' Party of Belgium	364,070	8.31	+2.99	9	+5
	Groen	319,396	7.29	-2.82	9	–5
	Voor U [nl]	45,196	1.03	New	0	New
	Union des Francophones	20,452	0.47	-0.21	0	0
	Team Fouad Ahidar	14,187	0.32	New	1	New
	Farmer–Citizen Interests [nl]	13,033	0.30	+0.30	0	0
	DierAnimal	8,485	0.19	-0.68	0	0
	Volt Europa	7,678	0.18	+0.18	0	0
	Partij voor de Bomen	3,771	0.09	New	0	New
	L99	2,566	0.06	New	0	New
Total		4,379,440	100.00	–	124	–
Valid votes		4,379,440	95.30
Invalid/blank votes		216,121	4.70
Total votes		4,595,561	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,913,718	93.53
Source: IBZ

Walloon Parliament

2024 Walloon parliamentary election

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All 75 seats in the Walloon Parliament 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Georges-Louis Bouchez Paul Magnette Maxime Prévot Party MR PS LE Last election 20 seats, 21.4% 23 seats, 26.2% New Seats won 26 19 17 Seat change 6 4 New Popular vote 612,010 480,003 427,167 Percentage 29.61pp 23.22pp 20.66pp Swing 8.19pp 2.95pp New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Raoul Hedebouw Rajae Maouane Jean-Marc Nollet [fr] Party PVDA-PTB Ecolo Last election 10 seats, 13.7% 12 seats, 14.5% Seats won 8 5 Seat change 2 7 Popular vote 250,146 144,103 Percentage 12.10pp 6.97pp Swing 1.58pp 7.51pp
Walloon Government before election Di Rupo III Government [fr] PS–MR–Ecolo coalition Subsequent Walloon Government Dolimont Government [fr] MR–LE coalition

75 members of the Walloon Parliament are elected. The members are elected in multi-member arrondissement-based constituencies; the Walloon Parliament is the only parliament in Belgium still using this geographical level for constituencies.

The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (tête de liste) per constituency.

Party		Liège	Verviers	Huy-Waremme	Nivelles	Namur	Dinant - Philippeville	Luxembourg	Tournai - Ath - Mouscron	Charleroi - Thuin	Mons	Soignies
	DéFI	Ivana Peterková	Coralie Clément	Grégory Vidal	Pascal Goergen	Amaury Alexandre [fr]	Bertrand Custinne	Daniel Schütz	Kathleen Delbecq	Jean-Noël Gillard	Nicolas Dubois	Huseyin Kurt
	Ecolo	Veronica Cremasco [fr]	Freddy Mockel [fr]	Rodrigue Demeuse  [fr]	Céline Tellier [fr]	Stéphane Hazée [fr]	Christina Dewart	Jean-Philippe Florent [fr]	Bénédicte Linard [fr]	Christophe Clersy [fr]	Charlotte De Jear	Arnaud Guérard
	Les Engagés	Olivier de Wasseige	Jean-Paul Bastin [fr]	Marie Jacqmin	Vincent Blondel	Benoît Dispa [fr]	Christophe Bastin [fr]	François Huberty	Mathilde Vandorpe [fr]	Jean-Jacques Cloquet [fr]	Pascal Baurain	François Desquesnes [fr]
	MR	Diana Nikolic [fr]	Charles Gardier [fr]	Caroline Cassart	Valérie De Bue	Vincent Maillen	Richard Fournaux	Willy Borsus	Marie-Christine Marghem	Adrien Dolimont	Jacqueline Galant	Maxime Daye
	PS	Christie Morreale [fr]	Valérie Dejardin [fr]	Christophe Collignon	Anne Lambelin [fr]	Eliane Tillieux	Eddy Fontaine [fr]	Mélissa Hanus [fr]	Bruno Lefebvre [fr]	Thomas Dermine [fr]	Nicolas Martin [fr]	Laurent Devin [fr]
	PTB	Alice Bernard [fr]	László Schonbrodt	Ruben Garcia Otero	Edwin Penninckx	Patricia Van Walle	Axelle Thirifays		Jori Dupont [fr]	Germain Mugemangango [fr]	John Beugnies [fr]	Amandine Pavet [fr]

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Reformist Movement	612,490	29.61	+8.19	26	+6
	Socialist Party	480,418	23.22	-2.95	19	–4
	The Committed Ones	427,479	20.66	+9.66	17	+7
	Workers' Party of Belgium	250,361	12.10	-1.58	8	–2
	Ecolo	144,189	6.97	-7.51	5	–7
	Chez Nous	58,565	2.83	+2.83	0	0
	DéFI	55,794	2.70	-1.44	0	0
	Citizen Collective	33,200	1.60	+0.29	0	0
	Reprise en Main Citoyenne	6,270	0.30	New	0	0
Total		2,068,766	100.00	–	75	–
Valid votes		2,068,766	91.51
Invalid/blank votes		191,923	8.49
Total votes		2,260,689	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,604,084	86.81
Source: IBZ

Brussels Parliament

All 89 members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region are elected. They are elected at-large, but there are separate Dutch-language party lists (electing 17 members) and French-language party lists (electing 72 members). Those voting for a Dutch-language party can also cast a vote for the Flemish Parliament election.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
French language group
	Reformist Movement	101,157	25.95	20	+7
	Socialist Party	85,929	22.05	16	–1
	Workers' Party of Belgium	81,542	20.92	15	+5
	The Committed Ones	41,640	10.68	8	+2
	Ecolo	38,386	9.85	7	–8
	DéFI	31,614	8.11	6	–4
	Citizen Collective	5,642	1.45	–	–
	Volt Europa	1,531	0.39	–	–
	Transparence	1,282	0.33	–	–
	Plan B	1,038	0.27	–	–
Total		389,761	100.00	72	–
Dutch language group
	Groen	18,345	22.82	4	0
	Team Fouad Ahidar	13,242	16.47	3	New
	New Flemish Alliance	9,571	11.91	2	–1
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	8,537	10.62	2	–1
	Flemish Interest	8,475	10.54	2	+1
	Vooruit	8,045	10.01	2	–1
	Workers' Party of Belgium	5,619	6.99	1	0
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	5,102	6.35	1	0
	Viva Palestina	1,944	2.42	0	New
	Voor U [nl]	930	1.16	–	–
	Volt Europa	569	0.71	–	–
Total		80,379	100.00	17	–
Valid votes		470,140	93.89
Invalid/blank votes		30,619	6.11
Total votes		500,759	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		597,149	83.86
Source: IBZ

German-speaking Community Parliament

All 25 members of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community are elected in one constituency (at-large).

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	ProDG	11,654	29.10	+5.77	8	+2
	Christian Social Party	7,920	19.78	–3.36	5	–1
	Vivant	5,700	14.23	–0.58	4	+1
	Socialist Party	5,473	13.67	–1.18	3	–1
	Perspectives. Freedom. Progress.	4,817	12.03	+0.67	3	0
	Ecolo	3,644	9.10	–3.41	2	–1
	Huppertz+Co	666	1.66	New	0	New
	Liste24.dg	173	0.43	New	0	New
Total		40,047	100.00	–	25	–
Valid votes		40,047	92.29
Invalid/blank votes		3,346	7.71
Total votes		43,393	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		49,652	87.39
Source: IBZ

References

1. Article 117 of the Belgian Constitution
2. "Verkiezingen Vlaams Parlement in 2024: West-Vlaanderen verliest zetel, Vlaams-Brabant krijgt zetel bij". Het Laatste Nieuws. 2 December 2022.
3. "Volt Belgium elects lead-candidates for the June 2024 elections". Volt België. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
4. "Mercedes Van Volcem (Open VLD) trekt kandidatuur in voor Vlaamse lijst: "Na overleg met mijn dochter heb ik de knoop doorgehakt"". Focus WTV. 27 October 2023.
5. "Vlaams fractieleider Schiltz trekt kandidatuur in en haalt uit naar Open VLD-top: "Partij liet zich van slechtste kant zien"". VRT NWS. 25 October 2023.