Parties and Elections in Europe

BELGIUM

Legislative elections: Chamber of Representatives, 4-year term, 5% threshold (constituency based), party-list proportional representation system

· King: Albert II. · Prime Minister: Elio Di Rupo (PS) · Government: PS, CD&V, SPA, VLD, MR, CDH

Party		Ideology, Affiliation, Founding		2010	Seats	2007	Seats
	Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) New Flemish Alliance	Separatism; Conservatism	EFA 2001	17,3%	27	CD&V	5
	Parti Socialiste (PS) Socialist Party	Social democracy	PES, SI 1978	14,0%	26	10,9%	20
	Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (CD&V) Christian-Democratic & Flemish	Christian democracy	EPP, CDI 1972	10,9%	17	18,5%	25
	Mouvement Réformateur (MR) Reform Movement	Liberalism	ELDR, LI 2002	9,5%	18	12,5%	23
	Socialistische Partij Anders (SPA) Socialist Party Different	Social democracy	PES, SI 1978	9,0%	13	10,3%	14
	Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD) Flemish Liberals and Democrats	Liberalism; Social liberalism	ELDR, LI 1972	8,4%	13	11,8%	18
	Vlaams Belang (VB) Flemish Interest	Separatism; Flemish nationalism, Far-right politics	- 2004	7,7%	12	12,0%	17
	Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH) Humanist Democratic Centre	Christian democracy	EPP 1972	5,7%	9	6,1%	10
	Écologistes (ECOLO) Ecologists	Green politics	EGP, GG 1980	4,9%	8	5,1%	8
	De Vlaamse Groenen (GROEN) The Flemish Greens	Green politics	EGP, GG 1981	4,2%	5	4,0%	4
	Libertair, Direct, Democratisch (LDD) Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (former List Dedecker)	Conservative liberalism; Euroscepticism	AECR 2007	2,3%	1	4,0%	5
	Parti Populaire (PP) People's Party	Conservative liberalism	- 2009	1,3%	1	-	-
	Front National (FN) National Front	Nationalism; Far-right politics	AENM 1985	0,5%	-	2,0%	1
Others		-	-	4,3%	-	2,8%	-
Total		-	-	-	150	-	150
Turnout				87,2%		91,3%