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
The Flemish Region ( nl, Vlaams Gewest, ),; german: Flämische Region usually simply referred to as Flanders ( nl, link=no, Vlaanderen ) ; german: link=no, Flandern is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and t ...
, 262 in the
Walloon Region
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...
and 19 in the
Brussels-Capital Region
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
) 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
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
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
Municipalities
Wallonia
Provinces
# The
Parti Réformateur Libéral
The Liberal Reformist Party (french: Parti Réformateur Libéral, PRL) was a liberal political party active in Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium. The PRL grew out of the Francophone part of the unitary liberal Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV-P ...
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
Citizens' Movement for Change (french: Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement, MCC) is a Christian democracy, Christian-democratic political parties in Belgium, political party in the French Community of Belgium founded by Gérard Deprez in 1998 ...
in the four other provinces.
# The
Christlich-Soziale Partei, the
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt
The Party for Freedom and Progress (german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PFF) is a regional liberal political party in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
The party still retains the German version of the name of the all-Belgian lib ...
and the
Sozialistische Partei
nl, Socialistische Partijgerman: Sozialistische Partei
, abbreviation = PS
, logo = Socialist Party (Belgium) logo.svg
, leader1_title = President
, leader1_name = Paul Magnette
, foundation = 1978
, predecessor ...
are German-speaking parties. They are only active in the
German-speaking Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community (german: links=no, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, or DG; french: links=no, Communauté germanophone; nl, links=no, Duitstalige Gemeenschap), since 2017 also known as East Belgium (german: links=no, Ostbelgien), is ...
.
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2000
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
Local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
October 2000 events in Europe