Parliamentary election in Belgium 2007
The election for the Belgian Chamber of Deputies was held on June 10, 2007.
Results
Chamber (lower house)
With a comparatively high voter turnout of 92.8%, which was largely due to the Belgian compulsory voting, eleven parties won seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The strongest force was the joint list of the Flemish Christian Democrats (CD&V) with the conservative N-VA, which received over 18.5% of the vote and 30 seats and recorded significant gains. It was followed by the Walloon Liberals (MR), who gained 12.5% of the votes, but lost one seat with 23 seats.
Third strongest force was the right-wing populist Vlaams Belang (VB), which achieved slight gains in votes, but lost one seat with 17 seats. It was followed by the Flemish Liberals (Open VLD) with 18 seats and the Walloon Socialists (PS) with 20 seats, who lost both votes and seats, but received more mandates than the VB despite a lower number of votes. The Flemish Socialists (SP-A) suffered significant losses, the Walloon Christian Democrats (CDH) were able to gain slightly.
The Walloon Greens (Ecolo) doubled the number of their seats to 8, the Walloon Greens (Groen!) Moved into Parliament with 4 seats. Also new to the parliament with 4 mandates was the Flemish right-wing liberal LLD. As in the previous election, the right-wing extremist Front National (FN) won a mandate.
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 7,720,796 | ||||
| votes cast | 7,032,077 | 92.54% | |||
| valid votes | 6,671,360 | 87.80% | |||
| be right | proportion of | +/- to 2003 | Seats | +/- to 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD&V / N-VA | 1,234,950 | 18.51% | + 2.20% | 30th | +8 |
| MR | 835.073 | 12.52% | +1.12% | 23 | −1 |
| VB | 799.844 | 11.99% | + 0.40% | 17th | −1 |
| Open VLD | 789.445 | 11.83% | −3.53% | 18th | −7 |
| PS | 724.787 | 10.86% | −2.16% | 20th | −5 |
| SPA | 684.390 | 10.26% | −4.65% | 14th | −9 |
| CDH | 404.077 | 6.06% | +0.59% | 10 | +2 |
| Ecolo | 340.378 | 5.10% | + 2.04% | 8th | +4 |
| LDD | 268,648 | 4.03% | - | 4th | - |
| Big ones! | 265,828 | 3.98% | +1.51% | 4th | +4 |
| FN | 131,385 | 1.97% | −0.01 | 1 | ± 0 |
- ↑ In the 2003 election, CD&V and NV-A competed with separate lists.
- ↑ For election 203 as Vlaams Blok, 2007 as Vlaams Belang
- ↑ In the 2003 election as VLD, 2007 as OpenVLD
- ↑ In the 2003 election as AGALEV, 2007 as GROEN!
Senate (upper house)
In addition to the lower house deputies, 40 out of a total of 71 senators were directly elected. As in the European Parliament elections, the electorate was divided into two electoral colleges: the French-speaking college elected 15 senators and the Dutch-speaking 25 senators. In the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde special constituency, the citizens themselves decided which college to choose by choosing a French-speaking or Dutch-speaking party wanted to belong.
The winner was the joint list of the Flemish Christian Democrats (CD&V) with the conservative N-VA, which won three Senate seats. As in the chamber elections, the Social Democrats (PS and SP-A) lost in both parts of the country, the Greens (Groen! And Ecolo) gained in both parts of the country. The Walloon Liberals (MR) won one Senate seat, the Flemish Liberals (OpenVLD) lost two seats. The Flemish right-wing liberal LLD, which ran for the first time, won a seat in the Senate.
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 7,720,796 | ||||
| votes cast | 7,032,384 | 95.14% | |||
| valid votes | 6,628,127 | 85.33% | |||
| be right | proportion of | +/- to 2003 | Seats | +/- to 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Electoral College | |||||
| N-VA / CD&V | 1,287,389 | 19.42% | + 3.65% | 9 | +3 |
| Open VLD | 821.980 | 12.40% | −2.98% | 5 | −2 |
| VB | 787.782 | 11.89% | +0.57% | 5 | ± 0 |
| SPA | 665,342 | 10.04% | −5.43% | 4th | −3 |
| Big ones! | 241.151 | 3.64% | +1.18% | 1 | +1 |
| LDD | 223.992 | 3.38% | - | 1 | - |
| French electoral college | |||||
| MR | 815.755 | 12.31% | + 0.16% | 6th | +1 |
| PS | 678.812 | 10.24% | −2.60% | 4th | −2 |
| CDH | 390,852 | 5.90% | + 0.36% | 2 | ± 0 |
| Ecolo | 385.466 | 5.82% | + 2.63% | 2 | +1 |
| FN | 150,461 | 2.27% | +0.02% | 1 | ± 0 |
- ↑ In the 2003 election, CD&V and NV-A competed with separate lists.
- ↑ In the 2003 election as VLD, 2007 as OpenVLD
- ↑ For election 203 as Vlaams Blok, 2007 as Vlaams Belang
- ↑ In the 2003 election as AGALEV, 2007 as GROEN!
Government formation
The Verhofstadt II government, made up of VLD, PS, MR and SP-A, lost 22 seats and lost its absolute majority with 75 MPs.
The chairman of the victorious CD-V, Yves Leterme , who was entrusted with the formation of a new government on July 15 , gave up the contract on August 22, as the Flemish and Walloon parties could not agree on a larger one for the regions in favor of Flanders To grant autonomy.
After Leterme failed a second attempt to form a government on December 2nd, the previous Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was entrusted by King Albert II with the formation of a transitional government under public pressure . On December 21st, the Verhofstadt III government consisting of CD&V, MR, PS, Open VLD and CDH was sworn in.
After the parties agreed to reform the federal structures, Verhofstadt resigned and the Leterme I government , which was also based on CD&V, MR, PS, Open VLD and CDH, was sworn in on March 21, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ^ Official final result of the election to the Chamber of Deputies June 10, 2007. Federal Public Services "Home Affairs", accessed on November 9, 2019 .
- ^ Official final result of the Senate election June 10, 2007. Federal Public Services "Interior", accessed on November 9, 2019 .
- ↑ The Fischer World Almanac 2009 . Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-596-72009-5 , pp. 75 f .