2000 Belgian local elections

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2000 Belgian local elections

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The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2000 took place on Sunday October 8, 2000. The electors elected the municipal councillors of 589 cities and towns (308 in the Flemish Region, 262 in the Walloon Region and 19 in the Brussels-Capital Region) as well as the ten provincial councils. Additionally, the newly established district councils in the city of Antwerp were elected for the first time.

Newly elected councillors took office in January 2001, with a six-year term ending in 2007. The next local elections took place on October 8, 2006.

Soon after this election, the federal government under Verhofstadt transferred the responsibility over local government to the three regional governments, including the responsibility of organising local elections.

Flanders[]

Provinces[]

Antwerp[]

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij)	249,840	23.29	3.89	21	6
	Flemish Block (Vlaams Blok)	237,142	22.11	4.96	20	4
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten)	222,306	20.72	5.82	20	7
	Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij)	149,083	13.90	2.26	12	3
	Agalev	120,911	11.27	0.39	9	0
	People's Union (Volksunie & ID)	64,096	5.97	5.97	2	2

Municipalities[]

Antwerp
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Flemish Block	89,213	32.95	4.92	20	2
	SP	52,760	19.49	0.97	12	1
	VLD	45,903	16.95	4.96	10	3
	CVP	30,096	11.12	—	6	—
	Agalev	29,966	11.07	1.97	6	1
	VU–ID	8,422	3.11	—	1	—
Valid votes		270,750	96.93
Blanco and invalid votes		8,579	3.07
Total		279,329	100.00	55
Electorate and voter turnout		316,926	88.14

Ghent
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	SP	36,829	25.07	3.26	14	1
	VLD	30,895	21.03	0.69	11	2
	Flemish Block	28,699	19.54	6.88	11	4
	CVP	26,344	17.93	3.63	10	2
	Agalev	13,385	9.11	0.68	4	1
	VU–ID	5,828	3.97	3.97	1	0
	Other parties	4,910	3.34	—
Valid votes		146,890	95.89
Blanco and invalid votes		6,289	4.11
Total		153,179	100.00		51
Electorate and voter turnout		168,441	90.94

Wallonia[]

Provinces[]

1. The Parti Réformateur Libéral participated in the election in an electoral coalition with the Front Démocratique des Francophones in Walloon Brabant and with the Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement in the four other provinces.
2. The Christlich-Soziale Partei, the Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt and the Sozialistische Partei are German-speaking parties. They are only active in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.