Parties and Elections in Europe

WALLONIA / B

Legislative elections: Walloon Parliament, 5-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system

· Minister-President: Rudy Demotte (PS) · Government: PS, ECOLO, CDH

Party		Ideology, Affiliation, Founding		2009	Seats	2004	Seats
	Parti Socialiste (PS) Socialist Party	Social democracy	PES, SI 1978	32,8%	29	36,9%	34
	Mouvement Réformateur (MR) Reform Movement	Liberalism	ELDR, LI 2002	23,4%	19	24,3%	20
	Écologistes (ECOLO) Ecologists	Green politics	EGP, GG 1980	18,5%	14	8,5%	3
	Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH) Humanist Democratic Centre	Christian democracy	EPP, CDI 1972	16,1%	13	17,6%	14
	Front National (FN) National Front	Nationalism; Far right	AENM 1985	2,9%	-	8,1%	4
Others		-	-	6,3%	-	4,6%	-
Total		-	-	-	75	-	75
Turnout		-	-	89,0%		89,5%