Belgium 2004 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance won 4 of 24 seats with 17.4% of the vote; 90.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.2 points on 1999.
- Belgium
- Held
European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliancewith Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish and New Flemish Alliance | 4 | 17.4 | 1,131,119 | ||
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 3 | +1 | 14.3 | +5.0 | 930,731 |
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democratswith Vivant | 3 | 0 | 13.6 | −0.1 | 880,279 |
| Socialist Party | 4 | +1 | 13.5 | +4.0 | 878,577 |
| Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Partywith Socialist Party and Spirit | 3 | 11.0 | 716,317 | ||
| Reformist Movementwith Citizens' Movement for Change | 3 | 10.3 | 671,422 | ||
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | +0.7 | 368,753 |
| Groen | 1 | −1 | 4.9 | −2.5 | 320,874 |
| Ecolo | 1 | −2 | 3.7 | −4.8 | 239,687 |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | +1.3 | 181,351 |
| Christian Social Party | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 15,722 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance 1,131,119
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 930,731
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 880,279
- Socialist Party 878,577
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party 716,317
- Reformist Movement 671,422
- Humanist Democratic Centre 368,753
- Groen 320,874
- Ecolo 239,687
- National Front 181,351
- Christian Social Party 15,722
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
90.8% of the 7,552,240 registered voters cast a ballot (6,857,986 ballots), down 0.2 points on 1999. 6,489,991 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance17.4% of votes16.7% of seats
- Socialist Party13.5% of votes16.7% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest14.3% of votes12.5% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats13.6% of votes12.5% of seats
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party11.0% of votes12.5% of seats
- Reformist Movement10.3% of votes12.5% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre5.7% of votes4.2% of seats
- Groen4.9% of votes4.2% of seats
- Ecolo3.7% of votes4.2% of seats
- Christian Social Party0.2% of votes4.2% of seats
- National Front2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.4 by votes and 8.0 by seats; Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance led Flemish Block / Flemish Interest by 3.1 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.