Flemish Parliament

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Flemish Parliament
logo Parliament building
Parliament building
Basic data
Seat: Brussels
Legislative period : five years
MPs: 124
Current legislative period
Last choice: May 26, 2019
Chair: Liesbeth Homans ( N-VA )
4th
14th
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19th
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35
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4th 14th 13 19th 16 35 23 
Distribution of seats: Government (70)
  • N-VA 35
  • CD&V 19
  • Open Vld 16
    • Opposition (54)
  • Vlaams Belang 23
  • Big 14
  • sp.a 13
  • PVDA 4
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    Website
    vlaamsparlement.be
    Meeting room of the Flemish Parliament

    The Flemish Parliament ( Dutch Vlaams Parlement ? / I ) is the representative body of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region in Belgium . The Parliament has its seat in Brussels . Audio file / audio sample

    The Flemish Community and the Flemish Region (Flanders) have a common parliament and a common government, while the organs of the other communities and regions of Belgium have remained separate. MEPs have been directly elected since 1995, previously they were the Flemish MEPs from the Belgian federal parliament.

    composition

    The Flemish Parliament has 124 members. 118 are elected in Flanders by proportional representation (with a 5% threshold) in five constituencies that correspond to the provinces. 6 MEPs are elected in the Brussels-Capital Region. Before 2004 these 6 MEPs were elected from among their members by the Flemish MEPs of the Brussels Regional Council, and since then they have also been directly elected. MEPs in Brussels can only vote on matters relating to the Flemish Community.

    Areas of responsibility

    When Parliament deals with community tasks (in relation to the Dutch-speaking Flemish Community), it is about language issues in Flanders, culture, teaching and education, social affairs and, to some extent, health care.

    Regional matters (related to the Flemish Region) include, but are not limited to, spatial planning, housing, economy, energy and community supervision. Flanders is also allowed to conclude international treaties if they relate to regional affairs.

    Current parties in parliament

    There are seven parties in the parliament elected in 2019 and working until 2024:

    logo Political party Alignment Party chairman /
    party leader     		Seats
    after the
    election     		current +/-
    FileLogo N-VA (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie) .png Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (NVA)
    New Flemish Alliance     		Flemish nationalist , conservativeist Bart De Wever 35 35  
    Vlaams belang parteilogo.svg Vlaams Belang (VB)
    Flemish interests     		right-wing extremist , separatist Tom Van Grieken 23 23  
    Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams Logo.svg Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)
    Christian-Democratisch and Flemish     		Christian Democratic Wouter Beke 19th 19th  
    Open VLD.svg Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (Open Vld)
    Flemish Liberals and Democrats     		liberal Egbert Lachaert 16 16  
    Groen Logo 2012.svg Big
    green     		green alternative Meyrem Almaci 14th 14th  
    Socialist Partij Anders (logo) .png Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a) social democratic Conner Rousseau 13 13  
    PTB-PVDA.jpg Partij van de Arbeid (PVDA) socialist Peter Mertens 04th 04th  
    total 124 124  

    General election 2019

    Election to the Flemish Parliament 2019
    Political party be right Seats
    number % +/- Flanders Brussels total +/- %
    Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) 1,052,252 24.83   7.06 33 2 35   8 28.23
    Vlaams Belang 783.977 18.50   12.58 23 0 23   17 18.55
    Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) 652.766 15.40   5.08 19th 0 19th   8 15.32
    Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (Open Vld) 556.630 13.13   1.01 15th 1 16   3 12.90
    Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a) 429,631 10.14   3.85 12 0 12   6 9.68
    Great 428,696 10.11   1.41 12 2 14th   4 11.29
    Partij van de Arbeid (PVDA) 225,593 5.32   2.80 4th 0 4th   4 3.22
    sp.a -one brussels 8,958 0.21 New 0 1 1 New 0.81
    DierAnimal 36,944 0.87 New 0 0 0 New 0.00
    Union des Francophones (UF) 28,804 0.68   0.15 0 0 0   1 0.00
    Pirate party 9,148 0.22   0.40 0 0 0   0.00
    Others (below 0.2%) 24,875 0.59 - 0 0 0 - 0.00
    Valid votes 4,238,274 95.05
    Invalid votes 220,790 4.95
    Votes cast 4,459,064 100.00 - 118 6th 124   100.00
    Number of eligible voters and voter participation 4,838,566 92.16   0.37

    Allocation of seats since 1995

    Political party choice
    2019 2014 2009 2004 1999 1995
    Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) 35 43 16 35 1 - -
    Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) 19th 27 31 30 2 37 2
    Vlaams Belang 23 6th 21st 32 22 3 17 3
    Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (Open Vld) 16 19th 21st 25 4 27 5 27 5
    Great 14th 10 7th 6th 12 6 7 6
    Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a) 13 18th 19th 25 7 20 8 26 8
    Partij van de Arbeid (PVDA) 4th - - - - -
    Union des Francophones (UF) - 1 1 1 1 1
    Libertair, Direct, Democratic (LDD) - - 8th - - -
    Volksunie (VU) - - - - 12 9
    1 CD&V N-VA
    2 as Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP)
    3 Vlaams Blok
    4thVlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (VLD) and Vivant
    5 as Vlaamse Liberalen en Democrats (VLD)
    6th as Anders Gaan Leven (Agalev)
    8th as a Socialist Party (SP)

    See also

    Web links

    Commons : Flemish Parliament  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Results in numbers. In: elections2019.belgium.be. May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .
    2. ↑ Results in numbers. In: elections2019.belgium.be. May 27, 2019, accessed May 27, 2019 .