Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency)

Brussels (French: Bruxelles; Dutch: Brussel; German: Brüssel) is one of the 11 multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house of the Belgian Federal Parliament, the national legislature of Belgium. The constituency was established in 2014 following the Sixth Belgian state reform. It is conterminous with the region of Brussels. The constituency currently elects 15 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 federal election the constituency had 623,162 registered electors.

Brussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
Brüssel
Constituency
for the Chamber of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Brussels within Belgium
RegionBrussels
Population1,241,175 (2023)[1]
Electorate623,162 (2019)
Area162 km2 (2023)[2]
Current Constituency
Created2014
Seats16 (2024–present)
Members[3]
List
Created fromBrussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

Electoral system

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Brussels currently elects 16 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.[4][5] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[6][7] Only parties that reach the 5% threshold in the constituency compete for seats.[8][9]

Election results

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Summary

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Election Workers
PTB
Ecolo
Ecolo
Socialists
PS
Democratic Federalists
DéFI / FDF
Liberals & Democrats
Open Vld
Reformists
MR
Les Engagés
LE / CDH
New Flemish
N-VA
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2024 86,927 16.75% 3 58,645 11.30% 2 96,516 18.60% 4 34,143 6.58% 1 Did not contest 120,155 23.15% 4 49,425 9.52% 2 14,472 2.79% 0
2019 61,589 12.28% 2 108,144 21.57% 4 100,195 19.98% 3 51,544 10.28% 2 11,511 2.30% 0 87,594 17.47% 3 29,161 5.82% 1 15,983 3.19% 0
2014 19,135 3.84% 0 52,133 10.45% 2 123,985 24.86% 5 55,306 11.09% 2 13,283 2.66% 0 115,038 23.07% 4 46,441 9.31% 2 13,223 2.65% 0

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed

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2019

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Results of the 2019 federal election held on 26 May 2019:[10][11][12]

Party Votes per canton Total
Votes
% Seats
Ander
-lecht
Brus
-sels
Ixelles Molen
-beek-
Saint-
Jean
Saint-
Gilles
Saint-
Josse-
ten-Noode
Schaer
-beek
Uccle Expat
-riates
Sint-
Gene
-sius-
Rode
Ecolo Ecolo 8,853 12,186 16,999 12,569 4,617 14,063 13,565 14,517 6,854 3,921 108,144 21.57% 4
Socialist Party PS 13,796 16,273 7,317 21,334 3,568 9,358 16,111 8,263 1,970 2,205 100,195 19.98% 3
Reformist Movement MR 7,422 6,904 11,786 9,496 1,396 14,948 6,898 13,829 6,046 8,869 87,594 17.47% 3
Workers' Party of Belgium PTB 9,667 10,320 4,859 12,384 2,951 4,484 9,462 5,493 746 1,223 61,589 12.28% 2
DéFI DéFI 3,839 4,475 7,820 5,216 824 10,627 7,244 6,956 1,133 3,410 51,544 10.28% 2
Humanist Democratic Centre CDH 2,987 3,854 2,629 5,749 549 4,926 3,439 2,635 960 1,433 29,161 5.82% 1
New Flemish Alliance N-VA 2,403 2,561 1,405 3,285 337 1,746 1,825 1,320 672 429 15,983 3.19% 0
Destexhe List 1,196 1,170 1,618 1,674 231 2,116 1,283 2,048 480 1,063 12,879 2.57% 0
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Open Vld 1,133 1,961 1,192 2,130 276 1,590 1,343 927 677 282 11,511 2.30% 0
People's Party PP 1,149 1,025 884 1,413 224 931 1,076 862 524 367 8,455 1.69% 0
Vlaams Belang VB 1,524 1,130 482 1,799 157 674 963 491 429 175 7,824 1.56% 0
Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V 855 1,128 530 1,203 118 915 844 416 370 201 6,580 1.31% 0
Valid Votes 54,824 62,987 57,521 78,252 15,248 66,378 64,053 57,757 20,861 23,578 501,459 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 5,419 5,565 3,079 7,324 1,242 3,709 5,770 3,383 1,159 36,650 6.81%
Total Polled 60,243 68,552 60,600 85,576 16,490 70,087 69,823 61,140 22,020 538,109 86.35%
Registered Electors 72,760 83,931 71,888 103,141 19,841 81,992 84,072 73,017 32,520 623,162
Turnout 82.80% 81.68% 84.30% 82.97% 83.11% 85.48% 83.05% 83.73% 67.71% 86.35%

The following candidates were elected:[12] Nabil Boukili (PTB), 13,790 votes; Georges Dallemagne (CDH), 8,766 votes; Séverine de Laveleye (Ecolo), 8,175 votes; Michel De Maegd (MR), 7,998 votes; Caroline Désir (PS), 11,421 votes; François De Smet (DéFI), 10,000 votes; Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo), 29,157 votes; Emir Kir (PS), 18,520 votes; Ahmed Laaouej (PS), 31,589 votes; Didier Reynders (MR), 33,205 votes; Sophie Rohonyi (DéFI), 5,704 votes; Gilles Vanden Burre (Ecolo), 8,696 votes; Tinne Van der Straeten (Ecolo), 10,938 votes; Maria Vindevoghel (PTB), 14,642 votes; and Sophie Wilmès (MR), 16,180 votes.

Substitutions:[13]

2014

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Results of the 2014 federal election held on 25 May 2014:[14][15][16]

Party Votes per canton Total
Votes
% Seats
Ander
-lecht
Brus
-sels
Ixelles Molen
-beek-
Saint-
Jean
Saint-
Gilles
Saint-
Josse-
ten-Noode
Schaer
-beek
Uccle Expat
-riates
Sint-
Gene
-sius-
Rode
Socialist Party PS 16,286 18,461 10,757 22,827 5,109 12,332 20,357 12,076 2,834 2,946 123,985 24.86% 5
Reformist Movement MR 10,746 9,846 14,865 15,690 2,127 18,093 10,615 19,330 4,284 9,442 115,038 23.07% 4
Francophone Democratic Federalists FDF 3,709 4,304 9,657 5,446 780 12,655 6,878 6,587 1,098 4,192 55,306 11.09% 2
Ecolo Ecolo 4,135 5,947 8,871 6,060 2,726 6,819 6,926 6,885 2,135 1,629 52,133 10.45% 2
Humanist Democratic Centre CDH 5,405 6,746 3,827 8,314 1,094 7,265 6,403 4,521 794 2,072 46,441 9.31% 2
Workers' Party of Belgium PTB 1,856 2,626 2,527 3,352 1,240 1,788 3,105 2,139 183 319 19,135 3.84% 0
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Open Vld 1,620 2,132 1,219 2,618 296 1,606 1,623 1,093 594 482 13,283 2.66% 0
New Flemish Alliance N-VA 2,204 2,116 1,032 2,696 265 1,310 1,406 1,006 336 852 13,223 2.65% 0
Debout Les Belges! 1,726 1,756 856 2,303 478 1,004 1,598 984 166 241 11,112 2.23% 0
Socialist Party Different SP.A 1,496 1,826 661 2,618 317 735 1,137 486 136 201 9,613 1.93% 0
Islam 1,724 1,674 426 2,128 363 650 1,634 603 79 106 9,387 1.88% 0
People's Party PP 1,346 1,104 912 1,595 167 976 1,194 870 208 269 8,641 1.73% 0
Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V 1,276 1,284 760 1,587 131 1,120 949 548 203 315 8,173 1.64% 0
Vlaams Belang VB 1,044 753 307 1,108 111 457 668 401 175 133 5,157 1.03% 0
The Right 355 228 260 382 50 234 241 223 128 64 2,165 0.43% 0
Nation 242 132 109 249 39 148 395 167 96 46 1,623 0.33% 0
Left Communists 147 139 231 163 175 129 218 179 40 24 1,445 0.29% 0
Egalitarians! 114 187 52 190 35 82 204 53 23 13 953 0.19% 0
Libertarian Party 74 75 118 92 33 100 107 80 49 22 750 0.15% 0
Left Movement MG 66 54 76 95 22 55 97 70 22 10 567 0.11% 0
Agora Erasmus 50 41 47 50 13 48 60 37 29 7 382 0.08% 0
The Fight 29 17 26 41 7 17 32 20 18 6 213 0.04% 0
Valid Votes 55,650 61,448 57,596 79,604 15,578 67,623 65,847 58,358 13,630 23,391 498,725 100.00% 15
Rejected Votes 4,329 4,556 2,403 5,771 1,042 2,761 4,446 2,665 1,084 29,057 5.51%
Total Polled 59,979 66,004 59,999 85,375 16,620 70,384 70,293 61,023 14,714 527,782 86.72%
Registered Electors 71,769 80,934 71,391 102,535 19,786 83,363 83,357 72,733 22,709 608,577
Turnout 83.57% 81.55% 84.04% 83.26% 84.00% 84.43% 84.33% 83.90% 64.79% 86.72%

The following candidates were elected:[16] Nawal Ben Hamou (PS), 6,880 votes; Véronique Caprasse (FDF), 4,869 votes; Francis Delpérée (CDH), 13,543 votes; Céline Fremault (CDH), 7,362 votes; Benoit Hellings (Ecolo), 3,725 votes; Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo), 9,285 votes; Emir Kir (PS), 18,536 votes; Ahmed Laaouej (PS), 12,996 votes; Karine Lalieux (PS), 10,963 votes; Olivier Maingain (FDF), 32,246 votes; Laurette Onkelinx (PS), 41,621 votes; Philippe Pivin (MR), 5,945 votes; Didier Reynders (MR), 54,475 votes; Françoise Schepmans (MR), 13,564 votes; and Damien Thiéry (MR), 7,599 votes.

Substitutions:[17]

References

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