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2004 European Parliament election in Belgium
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%
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.
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
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)
French-speaking
26,775
0.41
0.01
1.10
0
0
Workers' Party+ (PVDA+)
Dutch-speaking
24,807
0.38
0.03
0.62
0
0
Rally Wallonia France (RWF)
French-speaking
23,090
0.36
0.95
0
0
(CDF)
ECPM
French-speaking
19,718
0.30
0.81
0
0
Workers' Party+ (PTB+)
French-speaking
19,645
0.30
0.81
0
0
Left Socialist Party (LSP)
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)
French-speaking
5,675
0.09
0.23
0
0
Socialist Party (SP)
German-speaking
5,527
0.09
0.02
14.94
0
0
Ecology Party (ECOLO)
German-speaking
3,880
0.06
0.04
10.49
0
0
Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB)
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
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