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 GERMAN SPEAKING COMMUNITY (DG) / B

Legislative elections: Parliament of the German-speaking Community, 5-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · Minister-President: Karl-Heinz Lambertz (SP) · Government: SP, PFF, ProDG

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2009 Seats 2004 Seats
Christlich Soziale Partei (CSP)
Christian Social Party
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1972
27,0% 7 32,8% 8
Sozialistische Partei (SP)
Socialist Party
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1978
19,3% 5 19,0% 5
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF)
Party for Freedom and Progress
Liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1961
17,5% 4 21,0% 5
ProDG (ProDG)
For DG
(2004: PJU-PDB)
Regionalism; Christian democracy
 
EFAo
2008
17,5% 4 11,7% 3
Écologistes Ostbelgien (ECOLO)
Ecologists East Belgium
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1980
11,5% 3 8,2% 2
Vivant Ostbelgien (VIVANT)
Vivant East Belgium
Social liberalism
 
-
1997
7,2% 2 7,3% 2
Others - - 0,0% - 0,0% -
Total - - - 25 - 25
Turnout - - 89,1% 89,0%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Federale Portaalsite (http://verkiezingen2009.belgium.be). Archive: Elections 1990-1999.