Belgium 2003 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats won 25 of 150 seats with 15.4% of the vote; 91.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.1 points on 1999.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats25
- Socialist Party25
- Reformist Movement24
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party23
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish21
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest18
- Humanist Democratic Centre8
- Ecolo4
- National Front1
- New Flemish Alliance1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 25 | +2 | 15.4 | +1.1 | 1,009,223 |
| Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Partywith Socialist Party and Spirit | 23 | 14.9 | 979,750 | ||
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 21 | −1 | 13.3 | −0.8 | 870,749 |
| Socialist Party | 25 | +6 | 13.0 | +2.9 | 855,992 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 18 | +3 | 11.6 | +1.7 | 761,407 |
| Reformist Movement | 24 | 11.4 | 748,952 | ||
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 8 | −2 | 5.5 | −0.4 | 359,660 |
| New Flemish Alliance | 1 | 3.1 | 201,399 | ||
| Ecolo | 4 | −7 | 3.1 | −4.2 | 201,118 |
| Groen | 0 | −9 | 2.5 | −4.5 | 162,205 |
| National Front | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | +0.5 | 130,012 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1999 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 1,009,223
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party 979,750
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 870,749
- Socialist Party 855,992
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 761,407
- Reformist Movement 748,952
- Humanist Democratic Centre 359,660
- New Flemish Alliance 201,399
- Ecolo 201,118
- Groen 162,205
- National Front 130,012
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
91.6% of the 7,570,337 registered voters cast a ballot (6,936,801 ballots), up 1.1 points on 1999. 6,572,189 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1991 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats15.4% of votes16.7% of seats
- Socialist Party13.0% of votes16.7% of seats
- Reformist Movement11.4% of votes16.0% of seats
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party14.9% of votes15.3% of seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish13.3% of votes14.0% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest11.6% of votes12.0% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre5.5% of votes5.3% of seats
- Ecolo3.1% of votes2.7% of seats
- New Flemish Alliance3.1% of votes0.7% of seats
- National Front2.0% of votes0.7% of seats
- Groen2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.9 by votes and 7.0 by seats; Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats led Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party by 0.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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