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Belgium 2029 federal election

What do we know about the 2029 federal election in Belgium?

The law's term puts it in 2029. No day is in our data yet.

  • Belgium
  • Date:
  • No day in our data
  • Term rule

When is the 2029 federal election in Belgium?

As of , the law's term gives the year of the 2029 federal election in Belgium: no day in our data yet.

  • Polling day

    No day in our data

    Worked out from the length of the term the law sets; no official notice sets the date yet. Source: Term rule.

Three things

  1. The contest

    Federal election.

  2. The date

    No day is in our data yet.

    The law's term gives only the year, 2029.

  3. The result

    No result in our data yet.

    When an official source we read publishes the count, this page shows it: the results by party, or the turnout where the count is by candidate.

From the date to the official result

  1. Date listed

    Next

  2. Polling day

    Later

  3. Published count

    Later

  4. Final record

    Later

What did the newest result in our data show?

Belgium 2019 federal election,

  • New Flemish Alliance 25 −8 seats 16.0% −4.2 points
  • Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 18 +15 seats 11.9% +8.3 points
  • Socialist Party 20 −3 seats 9.5% −2.2 points
  • Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 12 −6 seats 8.9% −2.7 points
  • Workers' Party of Belgium 12 +10 seats 8.6% +4.9 points
  • Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 12 −2 seats 8.5% −1.2 points
  • Reformist Movement 14 −6 seats 7.6% −2.1 points
  • Socialist Party 9 −4 seats 6.7% −2.1 points
  • Ecolo 13 +7 seats 6.1% +2.8 points
  • Groen 8 +2 seats 6.1% +0.8 points
  • Humanist Democratic Centre 5 −4 seats 3.7% −1.3 points
  • Francophone Democratic Front 2 0 seats 2.2% +0.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Belgium 2014 federal election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

88.4% of the 8,167,709 registered voters cast a ballot (7,218,633 ballots), down 1.0 points on 2014. 6,780,538 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

This result comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023. A later election of this kind is not in our data yet.

What is the background?

  • The chamber had 150 seats at the newest federal election with a result in our data, and 76 made a majority.
  • 12 parties held seats after the newest federal election with a result in our data.
  • Our data holds the results of 23 federal elections in Belgium, the first in 1946.
  • Turnout at the 23 national parliament elections in our data averaged 92.0%. It was 88.4% in 2019, the latest.
  • The law of Belgium sets a term of 5 years between votes of this kind.
  • The last vote of this kind we know of was on Sunday 9 June 2024.

How many people usually vote?

Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot, with Belgium 2029 federal election marked
Turnout at each election
Turnout at national parliament elections
ElectionTurnout
Sunday 17 February 194690.3%
Sunday 26 June 194994.4%
Sunday 4 June 195092.6%
Sunday 11 April 195493.2%
Sunday 1 June 195893.6%
Sunday 26 March 196192.3%
Sunday 23 May 196591.6%
Sunday 31 March 196890.0%
Sunday 7 November 197191.5%
Sunday 10 March 197490.3%
Sunday 17 April 197795.1%
Sunday 17 December 197894.9%
Sunday 8 November 198194.5%
Sunday 13 October 198593.6%
Sunday 13 December 198793.4%
Sunday 24 November 199192.7%
Sunday 21 May 199591.1%
Sunday 13 June 199990.6%
Sunday 18 May 200391.6%
Sunday 10 June 200791.1%
Sunday 13 June 201089.2%
Sunday 25 May 201489.4%
Sunday 26 May 201988.4%

How the date changed

  1. Term rule gave 2029.

Time and source Data as of