Belgium 2010 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Flemish Alliance won 27 of 150 seats with 17.4% of the vote; 89.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.9 points on 2007.
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Result
- New Flemish Alliance27
- Socialist Party26
- Reformist Movement18
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish17
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats13
- Socialist Party13
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest12
- Humanist Democratic Centre9
- Ecolo8
- Groen5
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic1
- People's Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Flemish Alliance | 27 | 17.4 | 1,135,617 | ||
| Socialist Party | 26 | +6 | 13.7 | +2.8 | 894,543 |
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 17 | 10.8 | 707,986 | ||
| Reformist Movement | 18 | −5 | 9.3 | −3.2 | 605,617 |
| Socialist Party | 13 | 9.2 | 602,867 | ||
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 13 | −5 | 8.6 | −3.2 | 563,873 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 12 | −5 | 7.8 | −4.2 | 506,697 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 9 | −1 | 5.5 | −0.6 | 360,441 |
| Ecolo | 8 | 0 | 4.8 | −0.3 | 313,047 |
| Groen | 5 | +1 | 4.4 | +0.4 | 285,989 |
| List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic | 1 | −4 | 2.3 | −1.7 | 150,577 |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | +0.7 | 101,088 |
| People's Party | 1 | 1.3 | 84,005 |
± is the change against the Belgium 2007 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Flemish Alliance 1,135,617
- Socialist Party 894,543
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 707,986
- Reformist Movement 605,617
- Socialist Party 602,867
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 563,873
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 506,697
- Humanist Democratic Centre 360,441
- Ecolo 313,047
- Groen 285,989
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic 150,577
- Workers' Party of Belgium 101,088
- People's Party 84,005
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
89.2% of the 7,767,552 registered voters cast a ballot (6,929,855 ballots), down 1.9 points on 2007. 6,527,367 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Flemish Alliance17.4% of votes18.0% of seats
- Socialist Party13.7% of votes17.3% of seats
- Reformist Movement9.3% of votes12.0% of seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish10.8% of votes11.3% of seats
- Socialist Party9.2% of votes8.7% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats8.6% of votes8.7% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest7.8% of votes8.0% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre5.5% of votes6.0% of seats
- Ecolo4.8% of votes5.3% of seats
- Groen4.4% of votes3.3% of seats
- List Dedecker / Libertarian, Direct, Democratic2.3% of votes0.7% of seats
- People's Party1.3% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 10.0 by votes and 8.4 by seats; New Flemish Alliance led Socialist Party by 3.7 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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