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.
2004 European Parliament election in Belgium|
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Jean-Luc Dehaene
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Frank Vanhecke
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| Party
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CD&V
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Vlaams Blok
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| Alliance
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EPP
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| Last election
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3 seats, 13.49%
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2 seats, 9.39%
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| Seats won
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4
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3
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| Seat change
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 1
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1
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| Popular vote
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1,131,119
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930,731
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| Percentage
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17.43%
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14.43%
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| Swing
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3.94%
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4.95%
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Third party
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Fourth party
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| Leader
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Guy Verhofstadt
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Elio Di Rupo
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| Party
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Open Vld
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PS
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| Alliance
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ALDE
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PES
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| Last election
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3 seats, 13.61%
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3 seats, 9.59%
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| Seats won
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3
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4
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| Seat change
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1
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| Popular vote
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880,279
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878,577
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| Percentage
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13.56%
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13.54%
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| Swing
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 1.13%
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3.95%
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| French-speaking electoral college |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Valid votes | 6,489,991 | 94.63 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 367,995 | 5.37 | |
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| Total votes | 6,857,986 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 7,552,240 | 90.81 | |
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| Source: Belgian Elections |
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