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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_federal_election" title="2014 Belgian federal election">2014</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>26 May 2019<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-05-26</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2024_Belgian_federal_election" title="2024 Belgian federal election">2024</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />All 150 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a><br />76 seats needed for a majority</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">88.38%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table class="wikitable ib-legis-elect-results plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Leader </th> <th>Vote % </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#F9CE19 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bart_De_Wever" title="Bart De Wever">Bart De Wever</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">16.03 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">25 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#FFE500 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">11.95 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">18 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#FF0000 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">PS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">9.46 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">20 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#FF6200 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">CD&V</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wouter_Beke" title="Wouter Beke">Wouter Beke</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">8.89 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">12 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#8B0000 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">PVDA-PTB</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mertens" title="Peter Mertens">Peter Mertens</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">8.62 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">12 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#0087DC !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">Open Vld</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Rutten" title="Gwendolyn Rutten">Gwendolyn Rutten</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">8.54 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">12 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#0047AB !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">MR</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">7.56 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">14 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#DC241F !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialistische_Partij_Anders" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialistische Partij Anders">sp.a</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Crombez" title="John Crombez">John Crombez</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">6.71 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">9 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#5aad39 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Marc_Nollet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Marc Nollet (page does not exist)">Jean-Marc Nollet</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Nollet" class="extiw" title="fr:Jean-Marc Nollet">fr</a>]</span><br />& <a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khattabi" title="Zakia Khattabi">Zakia Khattabi</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">6.14 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">13 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#01796F !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meyrem_Almaci" title="Meyrem Almaci">Meyrem Almaci</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">6.10 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">8 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-p">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#F4761A !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Centre_d%C3%A9mocrate_humaniste" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre démocrate humaniste">cdH</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Pr%C3%A9vot" title="Maxime Prévot">Maxime Prévot</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">3.70 </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-seats">5 </td> <td class="nowrap ib-legis-elect-seats ib-legis-elect-m">−4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:0px !important; padding:3px !important; background-color:#DD0081 !important;"> </td> <td style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Maingain" title="Olivier Maingain">Olivier Maingain</a> </td> <td class="ib-legis-elect-percent">2.22 </td> <td 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See the complete results below.</div><table class="ib-legis-elect-map"><tbody><tr><td class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg/290px-2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg/435px-2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg/580px-2019_Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="410" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Results of the election by constituency</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="ib-legis-elect-befaft"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Belgium">Federal Government</a> before</th> <th colspan="2" scope="col" class="ib-legis-elect-befaft-right">Federal Government after</th> </tr><tr><td class="ib-legis-elect-befimg"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Michel_(2018-01-31)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/48px-Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="48" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/73px-Charles_Michel_%282018-01-31%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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All 150 members of the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a> were elected from eleven multi-member constituencies. </p><p>The far right-wing <a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> (VB) saw a resurgence in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>, and with the <a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a> (NVA), parties subscribing to <a href="/wiki/Flemish_separatism" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish separatism">Flemish separatism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flemish_nationalism" class="mw-redirect" title="Flemish nationalism">nationalism</a> obtained nearly 50% of the vote in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>. The Belgian coalition of N-VA, CD&V, MR and Open VLD lost more than a quarter of its seats, the worst government punishment in 20 years.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, gains for the far-left <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a> (PVDA-PTB), and the green <a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a> party in <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a> occurred. Overall, <a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Political parties in Belgium">traditional parties</a> suffered losses in both regions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_government_formation" title="2014 Belgian government formation">2014 Belgian government formation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michel_I_Government" title="Michel I Government">Michel I Government</a></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_federal_election" title="2014 Belgian federal election">2014 elections</a>, a centre-right government consisting of <a href="/wiki/N-VA" class="mw-redirect" title="N-VA">N-VA</a>, <a href="/wiki/CD%26V" class="mw-redirect" title="CD&V">CD&V</a>, <a href="/wiki/Open_Vld" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vld">Open Vld</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">MR</a> was formed, led by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> (MR). This government coalition was unique in several aspects: the N-VA participated for the first time, the MR was the only French-speaking party, and the French-speaking <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a> was not part of the government for the first time in 25 years. </p><p>Local elections were <a href="/wiki/2018_Belgian_local_elections" title="2018 Belgian local elections">held on 14 October 2018</a>. As such, the 2019 simultaneous regional, federal and European elections were held only several months after the local elections. </p><p>In early December 2018, a political crisis emerged regarding the <a href="/wiki/Global_Compact_for_Migration" title="Global Compact for Migration">Global Compact for Migration</a>, which was supposed to be signed but sparked instead opposition from government party <a href="/wiki/N-VA" class="mw-redirect" title="N-VA">N-VA</a>. As the three other government parties as well as a large majority in parliament supported the compact, N-VA left the government and the three other parties continued briefly as a minority cabinet (<a href="/wiki/Michel_II_Government" title="Michel II Government">Michel II</a>) with an unclear status. Prime Minister Michel ultimately offered his resignation to the King on 18 December 2018, who accepted it three days later. As regular elections were scheduled for May 2019 anyway, snap elections were only favoured by N-VA and Vlaams Belang and did not happen, and the minority cabinet continued as a <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government" title="Caretaker government">caretaker government</a> until the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_system">Electoral system</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Electoral system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-shadow:white 0em 0em 0.4em; margin:0.8em;"> <div role="img" class="floatleft noresize" style="width: 280px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Provinces_of_Belgium.svg/280px-Provinces_of_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Provinces_of_Belgium.svg/420px-Provinces_of_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Provinces_of_Belgium.svg/560px-Provinces_of_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="251" /></span></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:148px; top:25.6px"><a href="/wiki/Antwerp_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Antwerp (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%;">24</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:78px; top:45.2px"><a href="/wiki/East_Flanders_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="East Flanders (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%;">20</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:148px; top:62px"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Flemish Brabant (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">15</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:121.4px; top:67.6px"><a href="/wiki/Brussels_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">15</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:86.4px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Hainaut (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">18</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:206.8px; top:98.4px"><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Liège (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">15</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:195.6px; top:45.2px"><a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Limburg (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">12</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:204px; top:160px"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Luxembourg (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">4</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:162px; top:120.8px"><a href="/wiki/Namur_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Namur (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">6</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:136.8px; top:91.4px"><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Walloon Brabant (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">5</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:24.8px; top:45.2px"><a href="/wiki/West_Flanders_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="West Flanders (Chamber of Representatives constituency)"><span style="color:black;font-size:125%">16</span></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:22px; top:160px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fab274; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/23px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/35px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Flag_of_Flanders.svg/45px-Flag_of_Flanders.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="627" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a></div></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:22px; top:179.6px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f2536b; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Wallonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wallonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Wallonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wallonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Flag_of_Wallonia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Wallonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a></div></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:22px; top:199.2px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2385d2; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></div></div> </div> </div> <p>The 150 members of the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Representatives_(Belgium)" title="Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)">Chamber of Representatives</a> were elected in 11 multi-member <a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_Belgium" title="Constituencies of Belgium">constituencies</a>, being the ten <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">provinces</a> and Brussels, with between 4 and 24 seats. Seats are allocated using the <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a>, with an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_threshold" title="Electoral threshold">electoral threshold</a> of 5% per constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Representatives elected from the five <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Region" title="Flemish Region">Flemish Region</a> provinces, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ntwerp_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ntwerp (Chamber of Representatives constituency) (page does not exist)">Antwerp</a> (24), <a href="/wiki/East_Flanders_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="East Flanders (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">East Flanders</a> (20), <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Flemish Brabant (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Flemish Brabant</a> (15), <a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Limburg (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Limburg</a> (12) and <a href="/wiki/West_Flanders_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="West Flanders (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">West Flanders</a> (16), automatically belonged to the Dutch-speaking language group in parliament, whereas those elected from the five provinces of <a href="/wiki/Wallonia" title="Wallonia">Wallonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainaut_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Hainaut (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Hainaut</a> (18), <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Liège (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Liège</a> (15), <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Luxembourg (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Luxembourg</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Namur_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Namur (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Namur</a> (6) and <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Walloon Brabant (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Walloon Brabant</a> (5), formed the French-speaking language group. The 15 members elected in <a href="/wiki/Brussels_(Chamber_of_Representatives_constituency)" title="Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency)">Brussels</a> could choose to join either group. Apportionment of seats is done every ten years in accordance with population data, last by royal order of 31 January 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 60-member <a href="/wiki/Senate_(Belgium)" title="Senate (Belgium)">Senate</a> is composed of 50 representatives from the regional and community parliaments, plus 10 co-opted senators proportionally divided among parties based on the result of the federal election. </p><p>All Belgian citizens aged 18 or over were <a href="/wiki/Compulsory_voting" title="Compulsory voting">obligated to participate in the election</a>. Non-Belgian citizens residing in Belgium (regardless of EU citizenship) couldn't vote, whereas Belgian citizens living abroad could register to vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Date">Date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Belgian_state_reform" title="Sixth Belgian state reform">2011–14 state reform</a> changed several aspects regarding federal elections. Starting with the May 2014 election, which coincided with European Parliament and regional elections, the federal parliament is elected for a five-year term rather than a four-year term. </p><p>The federal elections would from then on always coincide with the European Parliament elections;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> snap federal elections would trigger a parliamentary term lasting until the next European Parliament elections.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as of 2017, a law needed for this to take effect had not yet been enacted. Given the five-year term for all three elections, they all coincided in 2019 regardless, as no snap federal elections were called. </p><p>Additionally, de facto practice is to formally <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament" title="Dissolution of parliament">dissolve parliament</a> and trigger new elections by <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Revision_of_the_Constitution" title="Declaration of Revision of the Constitution">Declaration of Revision of the Constitution</a> shortly before regular expiry of the parliamentary term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_and_leaders">Parties and leaders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parties and leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Political parties in Belgium">Political parties in Belgium</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="3">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Ideology </th> <th rowspan="2">Leader </th> <th colspan="2">2014 result </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes (%) </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Community" title="Flemish Community">Flemish</a> parties </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F9CE19"> </td> <td align="center"><b>N-VA</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Movement" title="Flemish Movement">Flemish nationalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bart_De_Wever" title="Bart De Wever">Bart De Wever</a> </td> <td align="center">20.3% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">33 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F9CE19; color:inherit; width: 22%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF6200"> </td> <td align="center"><b>CD&V</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christen-Democratisch_en_Vlaams" class="mw-redirect" title="Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams">Christian Democratic and Flemish</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wouter_Beke" title="Wouter Beke">Wouter Beke</a> </td> <td align="center">11.6% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">18 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FF6200; color:inherit; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0087DC"> </td> <td align="center"><b>Open Vld</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Open_Vlaamse_Liberalen_en_Democraten" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten">Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_Belgium" title="Liberalism in Belgium">Liberalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwendolyn_Rutten" title="Gwendolyn Rutten">Gwendolyn Rutten</a> </td> <td align="center">9.8% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">14 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0087DC; color:inherit; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DC241F"> </td> <td align="center"><b>sp.a</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialistische_Partij_Anders" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialistische Partij Anders">Socialist Party Differently</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Socialistische Partij Anders</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Crombez" title="John Crombez">John Crombez</a> </td> <td align="center">8.8% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DC241F; color:inherit; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#01796F"> </td> <td align="center"><b>Groen</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Green</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Groen</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">Green politics</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meyrem_Almaci" title="Meyrem Almaci">Meyrem Almaci</a> </td> <td align="center">5.3% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #01796F; color:inherit; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFE500"> </td> <td align="center"><b>VB</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Flemish Interest</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Vlaams Belang</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Movement" title="Flemish Movement">Flemish nationalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a> </td> <td align="center">3.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FFE500; color:inherit; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/French_Community_of_Belgium" title="French Community of Belgium">Francophone</a> parties </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF0000"> </td> <td align="center"><b>PS</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parti_Socialiste_(Belgium)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parti Socialiste (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Parti Socialiste</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">Social democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> </td> <td align="center">11.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">23 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FF0000; color:inherit; width: 15%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0047AB"> </td> <td align="center"><b>MR</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mouvement_R%C3%A9formateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouvement Réformateur">Reformist Movement</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Mouvement Réformateur</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_Belgium" title="Liberalism in Belgium">Liberalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> </td> <td align="center">9.6% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">20 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0047AB; color:inherit; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F4761A"> </td> <td align="center"><b>cdH</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Centre_d%C3%A9mocrate_humaniste" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre démocrate humaniste">Humanist Democratic Centre</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Centre démocrate humaniste</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_democracy" title="Christian democracy">Christian democracy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Pr%C3%A9vot" title="Maxime Prévot">Maxime Prévot</a> </td> <td align="center">5.0% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F4761A; color:inherit; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#5aad39"> </td> <td align="center"><b>Ecolo</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Ecolo</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Green_politics" title="Green politics">Green politics</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Marc_Nollet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Marc Nollet (page does not exist)">Jean-Marc Nollet</a> &<br /><a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khattabi" title="Zakia Khattabi">Zakia Khattabi</a> </td> <td align="center">3.3% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #5aad39; color:inherit; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#DD0081"> </td> <td align="center"><b>DéFI</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>DéFI</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Regionalism_(politics)" title="Regionalism (politics)">Regionalism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olivier_Maingain" title="Olivier Maingain">Olivier Maingain</a> </td> <td align="center">1.8% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DD0081; color:inherit; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#842973"> </td> <td align="center"><b>PP</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Belgium)" title="People's Party (Belgium)">People's Party</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Parti populaire</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Right-wing_populism" title="Right-wing populism">Right-wing populism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mischa%C3%ABl_Modrikamen" title="Mischaël Modrikamen">Mischaël Modrikamen</a> </td> <td align="center">1.5% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #842973; color:inherit; width: 0.7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Bilingual parties </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#8B0000"> </td> <td align="center"><b>PVDA–PTB</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Partij van de Arbeid van België<br />Parti du Travail de Belgique</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mertens" title="Peter Mertens">Peter Mertens</a> </td> <td align="center">3.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 150</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #8B0000; color:inherit; width: 1%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lead_candidates">Lead candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lead candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following candidates are the first on the respective party list (<i><a href="/wiki/Lijsttrekker" class="mw-redirect" title="Lijsttrekker">lijsttrekker<i> / </i>tête de liste</a></i>) per constituency. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dutch-speaking_constituencies">Dutch-speaking constituencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dutch-speaking constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Party </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Antwerp.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antwerp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Antwerp.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antwerp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Antwerp.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antwerp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Antwerp_Province" title="Antwerp Province">Antwerp</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oost-Vlaanderen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="333" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/East_Flanders" title="East Flanders">East Flanders</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png/23px-Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png/35px-Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png/45px-Flemish_Brabant_Flag.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="133" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Flemish_Brabant" title="Flemish Brabant">Flemish Brabant</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Limburg_%28Belgium%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2681" data-file-height="1787" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Limburg_(Belgium)" title="Limburg (Belgium)">Limburg</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/23px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/35px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg/45px-Flag_of_West_Flanders.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/West_Flanders" title="West Flanders">West Flanders</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF6200; width:2px;"> </td> <td>CD&V </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Servais_Verherstraeten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Servais Verherstraeten (page does not exist)">Servais Verherstraeten</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pieter_De_Crem" title="Pieter De Crem">Pieter De Crem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koen_Geens" title="Koen Geens">Koen Geens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wouter_Beke" title="Wouter Beke">Wouter Beke</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hendrik_Bogaert" title="Hendrik Bogaert">Hendrik Bogaert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sabine_de_Bethune" title="Sabine de Bethune">Sabine de Bethune</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #01796F; width:2px;"> </td> <td>Groen </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kristof_Calvo" title="Kristof Calvo">Kristof Calvo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stefaan_Van_Hecke" title="Stefaan Van Hecke">Stefaan Van Hecke</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jessika_Soors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jessika Soors (page does not exist)">Jessika Soors</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Creemers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barbara Creemers (page does not exist)">Barbara Creemers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wouter_De_Vriendt" title="Wouter De Vriendt">Wouter De Vriendt</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F9CE19; width:2px;"> </td> <td>N-VA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jan_Jambon" title="Jan Jambon">Jan Jambon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anneleen_Van_Bossuyt" title="Anneleen Van Bossuyt">Anneleen Van Bossuyt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theo_Francken" title="Theo Francken">Theo Francken</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zuhal_Demir" title="Zuhal Demir">Zuhal Demir</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sander_Loones" title="Sander Loones">Sander Loones</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elias_Kartout&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elias Kartout (page does not exist)">Elias Kartout</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width:2px;"> </td> <td>Open Vld </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Leysen" title="Christian Leysen">Christian Leysen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maggie_De_Block" title="Maggie De Block">Maggie De Block</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dewael" title="Patrick Dewael">Patrick Dewael</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Van_Quickenborne" title="Vincent Van Quickenborne">Vincent Van Quickenborne</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mimi_Crahaij&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mimi Crahaij (page does not exist)">Mimi Crahaij</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width:2px;"> </td> <td>PVDA </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mertens" title="Peter Mertens">Peter Mertens</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steven_De_Vuyst" title="Steven De Vuyst">Steven De Vuyst</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bea_Knaepen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bea Knaepen (page does not exist)">Bea Knaepen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayse_Yigit" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayse Yigit">Ayse Yigit</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ilona_Vandenberghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ilona Vandenberghe (page does not exist)">Ilona Vandenberghe</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DC241F; width:2px;"> </td> <td>sp.a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasmine_Kherbache" title="Yasmine Kherbache">Yasmine Kherbache</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joris_Vandenbroucke" title="Joris Vandenbroucke">Joris Vandenbroucke</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karin_Jirofl%C3%A9e&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karin Jiroflée (page does not exist)">Karin Jiroflée</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meryame_Kitir" title="Meryame Kitir">Meryame Kitir</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Crombez" title="John Crombez">John Crombez</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFE500; width:2px;"> </td> <td>Vlaams Belang </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Pas" title="Barbara Pas">Barbara Pas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dries_Van_Langenhove" title="Dries Van Langenhove">Dries Van Langenhove</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annick_Ponthier" title="Annick Ponthier">Annick Ponthier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wouter_Vermeersch" title="Wouter Vermeersch">Wouter Vermeersch</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="French-speaking_constituencies">French-speaking constituencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: French-speaking constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Party </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Hainaut.svg/15px-Flag_of_Hainaut.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Hainaut.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hainaut.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Hainaut.svg/30px-Flag_of_Hainaut.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hainaut_Province" title="Hainaut Province">Hainaut</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Province_of_Li%C3%A8ge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge_Province" title="Liège Province">Liège</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Unofficial_flag_of_the_Province_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(Belgium)" title="Luxembourg (Belgium)">Luxembourg</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namur_Province.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namur_Province" title="Namur Province">Namur</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg/17px-Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg/26px-Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg/34px-Drapeau_Province_BE_Brabant_Wallon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="532" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Brabant" title="Walloon Brabant">Walloon Brabant</a> </th> <th style="width:175px;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F4761A; width:2px;"> </td> <td>cdH </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Fonck" title="Catherine Fonck">Catherine Fonck</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Matz" title="Vanessa Matz">Vanessa Matz</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ren%C3%A9_Collin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="René Collin (page does not exist)">René Collin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maxime_Pr%C3%A9vot" title="Maxime Prévot">Maxime Prévot</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olivier_Vanham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olivier Vanham (page does not exist)">Olivier Vanham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%ABlle_Milquet" title="Joëlle Milquet">Joëlle Milquet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #DD0081; width:2px;"> </td> <td>DéFI </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexandra_Dupire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexandra Dupire (page does not exist)">Alexandra Dupire</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pierre-Yves_Dupuis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierre-Yves Dupuis (page does not exist)">Pierre-Yves Dupuis</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fran%C3%A7ois_De_Smet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="François De Smet (page does not exist)">François De Smet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #5aad39; width:2px;"> </td> <td>Ecolo </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jean-Marc_Nollet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jean-Marc Nollet (page does not exist)">Jean-Marc Nollet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Schlitz" title="Sarah Schlitz">Sarah Schlitz</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C%C3%A9cile_Thibaut&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cécile Thibaut (page does not exist)">Cécile Thibaut</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georges_Gilkinet" title="Georges Gilkinet">Georges Gilkinet</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Moutquin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Moutquin (page does not exist)">Simon Moutquin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakia_Khattabi" title="Zakia Khattabi">Zakia Khattabi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0047AB; width:2px;"> </td> <td>MR </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denis_Ducarme" title="Denis Ducarme">Denis Ducarme</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Bacquelaine" title="Daniel Bacquelaine">Daniel Bacquelaine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benoit_Piedboeuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Benoit Piedboeuf">Benoit Piedboeuf</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Clarinval" title="David Clarinval">David Clarinval</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Didier_Reynders" title="Didier Reynders">Didier Reynders</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #842973; width:2px;"> </td> <td>PP </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF0000; width:2px;"> </td> <td>PS </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Daerden" title="Frédéric Daerden">Frédéric Daerden</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Flahaut" title="André Flahaut">André Flahaut</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Laaouej" title="Ahmed Laaouej">Ahmed Laaouej</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #8B0000; width:2px;"> </td> <td>PTB </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Van_Hees" title="Marco Van Hees">Marco Van Hees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raoul_Hedebouw" title="Raoul Hedebouw">Raoul Hedebouw</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Warmoes" title="Thierry Warmoes">Thierry Warmoes</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maria_Vindevoghel" title="Maria Vindevoghel">Maria Vindevoghel</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite leaving the government coalition in late 2018, it was the explicit ambition of N-VA to continue governing after the May 2019 election. In January 2019, the party put forward ex-minister <a href="/wiki/Jan_Jambon" title="Jan Jambon">Jan Jambon</a> as candidate for Prime Minister should the party enter a coalition.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A continuation of the "Swedish coalition"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (N-VA, MR, CD&V and Open Vld), potentially expanded with cdH, was a likely scenario. Outgoing Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> (MR) was candidate to continue in his position.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) had the ambition to re-enter government as well, or "re-conquer" as formulated by leader <a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a>, after being in the opposition at federal level and being ousted from the Walloon government.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, there was speculation that the Flemish liberal and green parties (Open Vld and Groen) would favour cooperating, given Groen's recent rise and their local governing coalitions in cities like Mechelen, Gent and Oostende. However, their French-speaking counterparts, MR and Ecolo, are politically and ideologically further apart.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retiring_incumbents">Retiring incumbents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Retiring incumbents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Chamber_of_Representatives_of_Belgium,_2014%E2%80%9319" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, 2014–19">incumbent members of the Chamber of Representatives</a> announced their retirement from (national) politics: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Bonte" title="Hans Bonte">Hans Bonte</a> (sp.a, Flemish Brabant)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dedecker" title="Peter Dedecker">Peter Dedecker</a> (N-VA, East Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alain_Mathot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alain Mathot (page does not exist)">Alain Mathot</a> (PS, Liège)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurette_Onkelinx" title="Laurette Onkelinx">Laurette Onkelinx</a> (PS, Brussels)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Goedele_Uyttersprot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goedele Uyttersprot (page does not exist)">Goedele Uyttersprot</a> (N-VA, East Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Van_der_Maelen" title="Dirk Van der Maelen">Dirk Van der Maelen</a> (sp.a, East Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Van_Rompuy" title="Eric Van Rompuy">Eric Van Rompuy</a> (CD&V, Flemish Brabant)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Vanvelthoven" title="Peter Vanvelthoven">Peter Vanvelthoven</a> (sp.a, Limburg)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jan_Vercammen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jan Vercammen (page does not exist)">Jan Vercammen</a> (N-VA, West Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2019_Belgian_federal_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2019 Belgian federal election">Opinion polling for the 2019 Belgian federal election</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Chamber_of_Representatives_of_Belgium,_2019%E2%80%9324" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, 2019–24">List of members of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, 2019–24</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg/500px-PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="354" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg/750px-PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg/1000px-PoliticsBelgium2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1123" data-file-height="794" /></a><figcaption>Map of the largest party in each municipality</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #F8F9FA )"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg/360px-Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg/540px-Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg/720px-Belgium_Chamber_of_Representatives_2019_v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F9CE19"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,086,787</td><td style="text-align:right">16.03</td><td style="text-align:right">–4.23</td><td style="text-align:right">25</td><td style="text-align:right">–8</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFE500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a></td><td style="text-align:right">810,177</td><td style="text-align:right">11.95</td><td style="text-align:right">+8.28</td><td style="text-align:right">18</td><td style="text-align:right">+15</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">641,623</td><td style="text-align:right">9.46</td><td style="text-align:right">–2.21</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">–3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">Christian Democratic and Flemish</a></td><td style="text-align:right">602,520</td><td style="text-align:right">8.89</td><td style="text-align:right">–2.72</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">–6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">584,621</td><td style="text-align:right">8.62</td><td style="text-align:right">+4.90</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">+10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0087DC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a></td><td style="text-align:right">579,334</td><td style="text-align:right">8.54</td><td style="text-align:right">–1.24</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0047AB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">512,825</td><td style="text-align:right">7.56</td><td style="text-align:right">–2.08</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">–6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC241F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_Different" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party Different">Socialist Party Different</a></td><td style="text-align:right">455,034</td><td style="text-align:right">6.71</td><td style="text-align:right">–2.12</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">–4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#5aad39"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a></td><td style="text-align:right">416,452</td><td style="text-align:right">6.14</td><td style="text-align:right">+2.84</td><td style="text-align:right">13</td><td style="text-align:right">+7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#01796F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td><td style="text-align:right">413,836</td><td style="text-align:right">6.10</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.78</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">Humanist Democratic Centre</a></td><td style="text-align:right">250,861</td><td style="text-align:right">3.70</td><td style="text-align:right">–1.28</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">–4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DD0081"></td><td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a></td><td style="text-align:right">150,394</td><td style="text-align:right">2.22</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.42</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#842973"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Belgium)" title="People's Party (Belgium)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">75,096</td><td style="text-align:right">1.11</td><td style="text-align:right">–0.39</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#148C8B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/DierAnimal" title="DierAnimal">DierAnimal</a></td><td style="text-align:right">47,733</td><td style="text-align:right">0.70</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#325ABE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(Belgium)" title="Liberal Democrats (Belgium)">Destexhe Lists</a></td><td style="text-align:right">42,712</td><td style="text-align:right">0.63</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#29809B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Collective" title="Citizen Collective">Citizen Collective</a></td><td style="text-align:right">21,092</td><td style="text-align:right">0.31</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>La Droite</td><td style="text-align:right">15,075</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right">–0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:black"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Nation_(political_party)" title="Nation (political party)">Nation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">10,583</td><td style="text-align:right">0.16</td><td style="text-align:right">0.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Les Belges d'Abord</td><td style="text-align:right">10,463</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Agir_(Belgium)" title="Agir (Belgium)">Agir</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,598</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#660087"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_(Belgium)" title="Pirate Party (Belgium)">Pirate Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,521</td><td style="text-align:right">0.11</td><td style="text-align:right">–0.23</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Democratic Solidarity Appeal</td><td style="text-align:right">5,949</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DB0100"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lutte_Ouvri%C3%A8re_(Belgium)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lutte Ouvrière (Belgium) (page does not exist)">Lutte Ouvrière</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeidersstrijd" class="extiw" title="nl:Arbeidersstrijd">nl</a>]</span></td><td style="text-align:right">5,735</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">+0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>PRO De Burgerlobby</td><td style="text-align:right">5,682</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Wallonie Insoumise</td><td style="text-align:right">5,354</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#174393"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Belgische_Unie_%E2%80%93_Union_Belge" title="Belgische Unie – Union Belge">BUB Belgische Unie</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,513</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Peace and Solidarity Party</td><td style="text-align:right">3,217</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#174393"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Belgische_Unie_%E2%80%93_Union_Belge" title="Belgische Unie – Union Belge">B.U.B</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,098</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>de coöperatie</td><td style="text-align:right">1,732</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#502379"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Volt_Europa" title="Volt Europa">Volt</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,669</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:red"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Belgium_(1989)" title="Communist Party of Belgium (1989)">Communist Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,626</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(Belgium)" title="Libertarian Party (Belgium)">Turquoise</a></td><td style="text-align:right">626</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">6,780,538</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">150</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="7" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>6,780,538</td><td>93.93</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>438,095</td><td>6.07</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>7,218,633</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>8,167,709</td><td>88.38</td><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="7" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://elections2019.belgium.be/fr/resultats-chiffres?el=CK&id=CKR00000">IBZ</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Results_by_region">Results by region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Results by region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flanders">Flanders</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Flanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F9CE19"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,086,787</td><td style="text-align:right">25.56</td><td style="text-align:right">25</td><td style="text-align:right">−8</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFE500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a></td><td style="text-align:right">810,177</td><td style="text-align:right">19.05</td><td style="text-align:right">18</td><td style="text-align:right">+15</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">Christian Democratic and Flemish</a></td><td style="text-align:right">602,520</td><td style="text-align:right">14.17</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">−6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0087DC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a></td><td style="text-align:right">579,334</td><td style="text-align:right">13.62</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">−2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC241F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_Different" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party Different">Socialist Party Different</a></td><td style="text-align:right">455,034</td><td style="text-align:right">10.70</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">−4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#01796F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td><td style="text-align:right">413,836</td><td style="text-align:right">9.73</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">236,897</td><td style="text-align:right">5.57</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">67,652</td><td style="text-align:right">1.59</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">4,252,237</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">87</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Wallonia">Wallonia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Wallonia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">641,623</td><td style="text-align:right">25.38</td><td style="text-align:right">20</td><td style="text-align:right">−3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0047AB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">512,825</td><td style="text-align:right">20.28</td><td style="text-align:right">14</td><td style="text-align:right">−6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#5aad39"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a></td><td style="text-align:right">416,452</td><td style="text-align:right">16.47</td><td style="text-align:right">13</td><td style="text-align:right">+7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">347,724</td><td style="text-align:right">13.75</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">+7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">Humanist Democratic Centre</a></td><td style="text-align:right">250,861</td><td style="text-align:right">9.92</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">−4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DD0081"></td><td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a></td><td style="text-align:right">150,394</td><td style="text-align:right">5.95</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#842973"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Belgium)" title="People's Party (Belgium)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">75,096</td><td style="text-align:right">2.97</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#325ABE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(Belgium)" title="Liberal Democrats (Belgium)">Destexhe Lists</a></td><td style="text-align:right">42,712</td><td style="text-align:right">1.69</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><i>New</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Others</td><td style="text-align:right">90,614</td><td style="text-align:right">3.58</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">2,528,301</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">63</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brussels-Capital">Brussels-Capital</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Brussels-Capital"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#5aad39"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a>–<a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td><td style="text-align:right">108,144</td><td style="text-align:right">21.57</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a>–<a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_Different" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party Different">Socialist Party Different</a></td><td style="text-align:right">100,195</td><td style="text-align:right">19.98</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">−2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0047AB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">87,594</td><td style="text-align:right">17.47</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">61,589</td><td style="text-align:right">12.28</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DD0081"></td><td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">DéFI</a></td><td style="text-align:right">51,544</td><td style="text-align:right">10.28</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">Humanist Democratic Centre</a></td><td style="text-align:right">29,161</td><td style="text-align:right">5.82</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F9CE19"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">New Flemish Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">15,983</td><td style="text-align:right">3.19</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#325ABE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(Belgium)" title="Liberal Democrats (Belgium)">Destexhe Lists</a></td><td style="text-align:right">12,879</td><td style="text-align:right">2.57</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><i>New</i></td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0087DC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a></td><td style="text-align:right">11,511</td><td style="text-align:right">2.30</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#842973"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Belgium)" title="People's Party (Belgium)">People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,455</td><td style="text-align:right">1.69</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFE500"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,824</td><td style="text-align:right">1.56</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">Christian Democratic and Flemish</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,580</td><td style="text-align:right">1.31</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">501,459</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_Belgian_state_reform" title="Sixth Belgian state reform">sixth state reform</a> of 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Senate_(Belgium)" title="Senate (Belgium)">Senate</a> is no longer directly elected. The regional parliaments elect 50 senators based on the results of the concurrent regional elections (the <a href="/wiki/Flemish_Parliament" title="Flemish Parliament">Flemish Parliament</a> elects 29, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_French_Community" title="Parliament of the French Community">Parliament of the French Community</a> elects ten, the <a href="/wiki/Walloon_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Walloon Parliament">Walloon Parliament</a> elects eight, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Brussels-Capital_Region" title="Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region">Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region</a> elects two Francophone senators and the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_German-speaking_Community" title="Parliament of the German-speaking Community">Parliament of the German-speaking Community</a> elects one). The elected senators in turn co-opt 10 senators (six Dutch-speaking and four Francophone), making a total of 60 senators. </p><p>The distributiuon of seats among parties resulted as following:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="6" style="text-align:center;color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #F8F9FA )"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B%C3%A9lgica_Senado_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/B%C3%A9lgica_Senado_2019.svg/360px-B%C3%A9lgica_Senado_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/B%C3%A9lgica_Senado_2019.svg/540px-B%C3%A9lgica_Senado_2019.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Belgium)" title="Socialist Party (Belgium)">Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0047AB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Reformist_Movement" title="Reformist Movement">Reformist Movement</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">7</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_of_Belgium" title="Workers' Party of Belgium">Workers' Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">+5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">Christian Democratic and Flemish</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">–3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0087DC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Open_Flemish_Liberals_and_Democrats" title="Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats">Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#5aad39"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Ecolo" title="Ecolo">Ecolo</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">+2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC241F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_Different" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist Party Different">Socialist Party Different</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">–1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#01796F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Groen_(political_party)" title="Groen (political party)">Groen</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">Humanist Democratic Centre</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">50</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">60</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Belgian_government_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Belgian government formation">2019–20 Belgian government formation</a></div> <p>The election once again exposed the deep linguistic, ethnic and regional divisions of Belgium, with the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders strongly voting for right-wing Flemish nationalist and separatist parties, and the French-speaking region of Wallonia strongly voting left.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to <a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a>'s surge in support there has been some speculation that the <a href="/wiki/New_Flemish_Alliance" title="New Flemish Alliance">N-VA</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Bart_De_Wever" title="Bart De Wever">Bart De Wever</a> may break the <i><a href="/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire_(politics)" title="Cordon sanitaire (politics)">Cordon sanitaire</a></i> imposed on the party, resulting in the two Flemish nationalist parties joining forces, by refusing to rule out talks with the VB, as their strong results could make forming a coalition more difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Belgium)" title="People's Party (Belgium)">People's Party</a>, a small right-wing French-speaking party, dissolved on 18 June through an internal party vote in response to losing their only seat in the elections. Former party leader <a href="/wiki/Mischa%C3%ABl_Modrikamen" title="Mischaël Modrikamen">Mischaël Modrikamen</a> blamed the "systematic exclusion of the People's Party from the political and media debate."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the days following the election, <a href="/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium">King Philippe</a> held consultations with all main party leaders, including <a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> party leader <a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a>. According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, it was the first time a Belgian monarch met a representative from a far-right party since 1936, when <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">King Leopold III</a> met the representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Rexist_Party" title="Rexist Party">Rexist Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 May, King Philippe appointed <a href="/wiki/Johan_Vande_Lanotte" title="Johan Vande Lanotte">Johan Vande Lanotte</a> (sp.a) and <a href="/wiki/Didier_Reynders" title="Didier Reynders">Didier Reynders</a> (MR), two experienced politicians with a long period of service, as <a href="/wiki/Informateur" class="mw-redirect" title="Informateur">informateurs</a>. They reported on their progress by 6 June as expected,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which they were given some more time, with a new deadline of 17 June.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After this deadline passed, another extension was granted until 1 July,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again until 29 July<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one more extension until 9 September.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 August the Belgian government decided to appoint Didier Reynders as <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 October 2019, King Philippe announced the end of the first phase of federal government formation talks, with the informateurs advising that a government of the N-VA, the Socialist Party and the Greens was the best option to pursue. The informateurs will report back to the king of the 4 November, following which a formateur will be appointed to introduce the third stage of government formation.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 November, the two new informateurs, Rudy Demotte and Geert Bourgeois, offered their resignations to the King, as they could not break the political deadlock.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 March 2020, the successor of <a href="/wiki/Michel_II_Government" title="Michel II Government">Michel II Government</a>, the Wilmès Government, <a href="/wiki/Wilm%C3%A8s_II_Government" title="Wilmès II Government">had its mandate extended</a>. Most parliamentary parties provided them external support in order to manage the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Belgium" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium">coronavirus pandemic</a>. Informal talks on forming a new government began in June 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilmès II government was eventually replaced by the permanent seven-party coalition — <a href="/wiki/De_Croo_Government" title="De Croo Government">De Croo Government</a> in October, with Wilmès becoming one of the deputy prime ministers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Belgian_regional_elections" title="2019 Belgian regional elections">2019 Belgian regional elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Belgian_federal_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Named after blue for the Reform Movement and the Flemish Liberals and Democrats, yellow for the New Flemish Alliance and the cross for Christian Democratic and Flemish</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Elected members included one German-speaking senator from the <a href="/wiki/Perspectives._Freedom._Progress." title="Perspectives. 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waren eensgezind, Vlamingen niet"</a> VRT, 24 August 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/belgium/king-philippe-introduces-new-phase-in-government-formation-131716/">[1]</a> Royal Central, 9 October 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://euobserver.com/political/146520">"Belgium's political deadlock is complete"</a>. 5 November 2019.</cite><span 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title="1851 Belgian general election">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_Belgian_general_election" title="1852 Belgian general election">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Belgian_general_election" title="1854 Belgian general election">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_Belgian_general_election" title="1855 Belgian general election">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Belgian_general_election" title="1856 Belgian general election">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_Belgian_general_election" title="1857 Belgian general election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Belgian_general_election" title="1859 Belgian general election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Belgian_general_election" title="1861 Belgian general election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Belgian_general_election" title="1863 Belgian general election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Belgian_general_election" title="1864 Belgian general election">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_Belgian_general_election" title="1866 Belgian general election">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Belgian_general_election" title="1867 Belgian general election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Belgian_general_election" title="1868 Belgian general election">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1870_Belgian_general_election" title="June 1870 Belgian general election">1870 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1870_Belgian_general_election" title="August 1870 Belgian general election">1870 (Aug)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Belgian_general_election" title="1872 Belgian general election">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Belgian_general_election" title="1874 Belgian general election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Belgian_general_election" title="1876 Belgian general election">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Belgian_general_election" title="1878 Belgian general election">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Belgian_general_election" title="1880 Belgian general election">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Belgian_general_election" title="1882 Belgian general election">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Belgian_general_election" title="1884 Belgian general election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Belgian_general_election" title="1886 Belgian general election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Belgian_general_election" title="1888 Belgian general election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Belgian_general_election" title="1890 Belgian general election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Belgian_general_election" title="1892 Belgian general election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Belgian_general_election" title="1894 Belgian general election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Belgian_general_election" title="1896 Belgian general election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Belgian_general_election" title="1898 Belgian general election">1898</a></li> <li><a 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election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Belgian_general_election" title="1925 Belgian general election">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Belgian_general_election" title="1929 Belgian general election">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Belgian_general_election" title="1932 Belgian general election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Belgian_general_election" title="1936 Belgian general election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Belgian_general_election" title="1939 Belgian general election">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Belgian_general_election" title="1946 Belgian general election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Belgian_general_election" title="1949 Belgian general election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Belgian_general_election" title="1950 Belgian general election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Belgian_general_election" title="1954 Belgian general election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Belgian_general_election" title="1958 Belgian general election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Belgian_general_election" title="1961 Belgian general election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Belgian_general_election" title="1965 Belgian general election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Belgian_general_election" title="1968 Belgian general election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Belgian_general_election" title="1971 Belgian general election">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Belgian_general_election" title="1974 Belgian general election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Belgian_general_election" title="1977 Belgian general election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Belgian_general_election" title="1978 Belgian general election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Belgian_general_election" title="1981 Belgian general election">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Belgian_general_election" title="1985 Belgian general election">1985</a></li> <li><a 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elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1949_Belgian_general_election" title="1949 Belgian general election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Belgian_general_election" title="1950 Belgian general election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Belgian_general_election" title="1954 Belgian general election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Belgian_general_election" title="1958 Belgian general election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Belgian_general_election" title="1961 Belgian general election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Belgian_general_election" title="1965 Belgian general election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Belgian_general_election" title="1968 Belgian general election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Belgian_general_election" title="1971 Belgian general election">1971</a></li> <li><a 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