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 FLANDERS / B

Legislative elections: Flemish Parliament, 5-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · Minister-President: Kris Peeters (CD&V) · Government: CD&V, SP.A, N-VA

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2009 Seats 2004 Seats
Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (CD&V)
Christian-Democratic & Flemish
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1972
22,9% 31  26,1% 29
Vlaams Belang (VB)
Flemish Interest
Separatism; Flemish nationalism, Far-right politics -
2004
15,3% 21  24,2% 32
Socialistische Partij Anders (SP.A)
Socialist Party Different
(2004: SPA-SPIRIT)
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1978
15,3% 19  19,7% 25
Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (VLD)
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
(2004: VLD-VIVANT)
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1972
15,0% 21  19,8% 25
Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)
New Flemish Alliance
Separatism; Conservatism
 
EFA
2001
13,1% 16 CD&V 6
Libertair, Direct, Democratisch (LDD)
Libertarian, Direct, Democratic
(former List Dedecker)
Conservative liberalism; Euroscepticism AECR
2007
7,6% 8 - -
De Vlaamse Groenen (GROEN)
The Flemish Greens
Green politics
 
EGP, GG
1981
6,8% 7  7,6% 6
Union des Francophones (UF)
Union of Francophones
(alliance of MR, PS, CDH)
French minority politics
 
-
1998
1,2% 1  1,1% 1
Others - - 2,8% -  1,5% -
Total - - - 124 - 124
Turnout 93,1% 93,8%

 © 2009 Wolfram Nordsieck. Note: 6 MPs are elected in the Brussels Region. Source: IBZ (http://verkiezingen2009.belgium.be). Archive: Elections 1995-1999.