Belgium 2007 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance won 30 of 150 seats with 18.5% of the vote; 91.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.6 points on 2003.
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Result
- Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance30
- Reformist Movement23
- Socialist Party20
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats18
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest17
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party14
- Humanist Democratic Centre10
- Ecolo8
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic5
- Groen4
- National Front1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliancewith New Flemish Alliance and Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 30 | 18.5 | 1,234,950 | ||
| Reformist Movement | 23 | −1 | 12.5 | +1.1 | 853,073 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 17 | −1 | 12.0 | +0.4 | 799,844 |
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 18 | −7 | 11.8 | −3.5 | 789,445 |
| Socialist Party | 20 | −5 | 10.9 | −2.2 | 724,787 |
| Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Partywith Socialist Party and Spirit | 14 | −9 | 10.3 | −4.7 | 684,390 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 10 | +2 | 6.1 | +0.6 | 404,077 |
| Ecolo | 8 | +4 | 5.1 | +2.0 | 340,378 |
| List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic | 5 | 4.0 | 268,648 | ||
| Groen | 4 | +4 | 4.0 | +1.5 | 265,828 |
| National Front | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 131,385 |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 0 | 0.8 | 56,167 |
± is the change against the Belgium 2003 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance 1,234,950
- Reformist Movement 853,073
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 799,844
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 789,445
- Socialist Party 724,787
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party 684,390
- Humanist Democratic Centre 404,077
- Ecolo 340,378
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic 268,648
- Groen 265,828
- National Front 131,385
- Workers' Party of Belgium 56,167
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
91.1% of the 7,720,796 registered voters cast a ballot (7,032,077 ballots), down 0.6 points on 2003. 6,671,360 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance18.5% of votes20.0% of seats
- Reformist Movement12.5% of votes15.3% of seats
- Socialist Party10.9% of votes13.3% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats11.8% of votes12.0% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest12.0% of votes11.3% of seats
- Socialist Party Different / Social Liberal Party10.3% of votes9.3% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre6.1% of votes6.7% of seats
- Ecolo5.1% of votes5.3% of seats
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic4.0% of votes3.3% of seats
- Groen4.0% of votes2.7% of seats
- National Front2.0% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 9.0 by votes and 7.9 by seats; Christian-Democrat and Flemish / New Flemish Alliance led Reformist Movement by 6.0 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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