2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground. The Flemish nationalist party the Flemish Bloc (Vlaams Blok) registered the largest gains.

European Parliament election in Belgium, 2004

13 June 2004
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Frank Vanhecke Party CD&V VB Alliance EPP Last election 3 seats, 13.49% 2 seats, 9.39% Seats won 4 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,131,119 930,731 Percentage 17.43% 14.43% Swing 3.94% 4.95%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Guy Verhofstadt Elio Di Rupo Party Open Vld PS Alliance ALDE PES Last election 3 seats, 13.61% 3 seats, 9.59% Seats won 3 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 880,279 878,577 Percentage 13.56% 13.54% Swing 1.13% 3.95%

Candidates

Main article: List of candidates in the 2004 European Parliament election in Belgium

Results

 Summary of the complete results of Belgium's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

2004
Party		European party	Main candidate	Electoral college	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V) + New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)		Jean-Luc Dehaene	Dutch-speaking	1,131,119	17.43	* 3.94	28.15	4	* 1
	Flemish Block (VB)		Frank Vanhecke	Dutch-speaking	930,731	14.34	4.95	23.16	3	1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) + Vivant (VIVANT)		Guy Verhofstadt	Dutch-speaking	880,279	13.56	* 1.13	21.91	3	* 0
	Socialist Party (PS)		Elio Di Rupo	French-speaking	878,577	13.54	3.95	36.09	4	1
	Socialist Party – Differently (SP.A) + Spirit (SPIRIT)		Mia De Vits	Dutch-speaking	716,317	11.04	* 2.20	17.83	3	* 1
	Reformist Movement (MR)		Louis Michel	French-speaking	671,422	10.35	0.32	27.58	3	0
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)		Joëlle Milquet	French-speaking	368,753	5.68	0.73	15.15	1	0
	Green! (GROEN!)		Bart Staes	Dutch-speaking	320,874	4.94	2.52	7.99	1	1
	Ecology Party (ECOLO)		Pierre Jonckheer	French-speaking	239,687	3.69	4.75	9.84	1	2
	Christian Social Party (CSP)		Mathieu Grosch	German-speaking	15,722	0.24	0.02	42.49	1	0
	National Front (FN)		Daniel Féret	French-speaking	181,351	2.79	1.27	7.45	0	0
	New Belgian Front (FNB)		François-X. Robert	French-speaking	26,775	0.41	0.01	1.10	0	0
	Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)		Kris Merckx	Dutch-speaking	24,807	0.38	0.03	0.62	0	0
	Rally Wallonia France (RWF)		Paul-Henry Gendebien	French-speaking	23,090	0.36		0.95	0	0
	Francophone Christian Democrats (CDF)	ECPM	Benoît Veldekens	French-speaking	19,718	0.30		0.81	0	0
	Workers' Party+ (PTB+)		David Pestieau	French-speaking	19,645	0.30		0.81	0	0
	Left Socialist Party (LSP)		Anja Deschoemacker	Dutch-speaking	14,166	0.22		0.35	0	0
	Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) + Reformist Movement (MR)		Berni Collas	German-speaking	8,434	0.13	0.01	22.79	0	0
	Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MAS)		Guy Van Sinoy	French-speaking	5,675	0.09		0.23	0	0
	Socialist Party (SP)		Werner Baumgarten	German-speaking	5,527	0.09	0.02	14.94	0	0
	Ecology Party (ECOLO)		Lambert Jaegers	German-speaking	3,880	0.06	0.04	10.49	0	0
	Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB)		Dorothea Schwall	German-speaking	3,442	0.05	new	9.30	0	0
Valid votes					6,489,991	94.63
Blank and invalid votes					367,995	5.37
Totals					6,857,986	100.00	—	—	24	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					7,552,240	90.81
Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior

External links

• European Parliament Elections 2004 in Belgium
• European Elections results shown on Belgian cartogram