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 [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats French-speaking electoral college Socialist Party 878,577 36.09 4 Reformist Movement 671,422 27.58 3 Humanist Democratic Centre 368,753 15.15 1 Ecolo 239,687 9.84 1 National Front 181,351 7.45 0 New Belgian Front 26,775 1.10 0 Rassemblement Wallonie France 23,090 0.95 0 Francophone Christian Democrats 19,718 0.81 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 19,645 0.81 0 Movement for a Socialist Alternative 5,675 0.23 0 Total 2,434,693 100.00 9 Dutch-speaking electoral college Christian Democratic and Flemish –New Flemish Alliance 1,131,119 28.15 4 Vlaams Blok 930,731 23.16 3 Flemish Liberals and Democrats –Vivant 880,279 21.91 3 Socialist Party Differently –Spirit 716,317 17.83 3 Green! 320,874 7.99 1 Workers' Party of Belgium 24,807 0.62 0 Left Socialist Party 14,166 0.35 0 Total 4,018,293 100.00 14 German-speaking electoral college Christian Social Party 15,722 42.49 1 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt –Reformist Movement 8,434 22.79 0 Socialist Party 5,527 14.94 0 Ecolo 3,880 10.49 0 Non-Party Young Independents–PDB 3,442 9.30 0 Total 37,005 100.00 1 Valid votes 6,489,991 94.63 Invalid/blank votes 367,995 5.37 Total votes 6,857,986 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,552,240 90.81 Source: Belgian Elections
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