On 13 June 2004, regional

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s were held in

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, to choose representatives in the regional councils of the

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, the Walloon Parliament, the Brussels Parliament and the

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. The elections were held on the same day as the European elections.

Flemish Parliament The Flemish Parliament (Dutch language, Dutch: , formerly called Flemish Council or ''Vlaamse Raad'') constitutes the legislature, legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic reg ...

In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put to the test. The

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Vlaams Blok became the second largest party in

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just after the alliance of conservatives Christian Democratic and Flemish-

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(CD&V - N-VA). The green party Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, the People's Union (VU-ID) has split and the new parties, N-VA and Spirit, allied with CD&V and Different Socialist Party (SP.A) respectively. Because of the ''cordon sanitaire'' of all the other parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least three parties needed to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Groen! confirmed that it did not want to take part in the new coalition, so the only coalition left was a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite. In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.

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Walloon Regional Parliament

In the aftermath of the elections, Elio Di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.

Brussels Regional Parliament

In the aftermath of the elections, Charles Picqué (PS) was selected to form a Brussels regional government.

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

External links

Pooling results on the Official Federal web site
{{Belgian local elections 2004 elections in Belgium

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