List of members of the Senate of Belgium, 2003–2007

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This is the list of Belgian Senators from 2003 till 2007.^[1]

Election results (18 May 2003)



Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Socialistische Partij Anders–Spirit	1,013,560	15.47	+6.59	7	+3
	Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten	1,007,868	15.38	+0.01	7	+1
	Parti Socialiste	840,908	12.84	+3.19	6	+2
	Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams	832,849	12.71	–2.03	6	0
	Mouvement Réformateur	795,757	12.15	+1.58	5	0
	Vlaams Blok	741,940	11.32	+1.91	5	+1
	Centre démocrate humaniste	362,705	5.54	–0.49	2	–1
	Ecolo	208,868	3.19	–4.21	1	–2
	New Flemish Alliance	200,273	3.06	New	0	New
	Agalev	161,024	2.46	–4.62	0	–3
	National Front	147,305	2.25	+0.75	1	+1
	Vivant	86,723	1.32	–0.66	0	0
	Chrétiens démocrates francophones [fr]	38,339	0.59	New	0	New
	Rassemblement Wallonie France	27,424	0.42	New	0	New
	Liberal Appeal	26,629	0.41	New	0	New
	Workers' Party of Belgium	18,699	0.29	+0.11	0	0
	RESIST	17,604	0.27	New	0	New
	Left Socialist Party	8,337	0.13	New	0	New
	VeiligBlauw	8,048	0.12	New	0	New
	Social Liberal Democrats [nl]	6,651	0.10	–0.02	0	0
Total		6,551,511	100.00	–	40	0

Valid votes		6,551,511	94.48
Invalid/blank votes		383,093	5.52
Total votes		6,934,604	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,570,637	91.60
Source: IBZ

By type

Senators by Right

	Senator	Party	Office entered
	Prince Philippe	No affiliation	June 21, 1994
	Princess Astrid	No affiliation	November 20, 1996
	Prince Laurent	No affiliation	May 31, 2000

Directly elected senators

Dutch-speaking electorate (25)

	Senator	Party
	Mimount Bousakla	LDD
	Yves Buysse	VB
	Jurgen Ceder	VB
	Pierre Chevalier	VLD
	Hugo Coveliers	VB
	Sabine de Bethune	CD&V
	Stefaan De Clerck	CD&V
	Jean-Marie Dedecker	VLD
	Christel Geerts	SP.A/Spirit
	Jeannine Leduc	VLD
	Staf Nimmegeers	SP.A/Spirit
	Stefaan Noreilde	VLD
	Fatma Pehlivan	SP.A/Spirit
	Etienne Schouppe	CD&V
	Erika Thijs	CD&V
	Annemie Van de Casteele	VLD
	Anke Van dermeersch	VB
	Marc Van Peel	CD&V
	Hugo Vandenberghe	CD&V
	Lionel Vandenberghe	SP.A/Spirit
	Ludwig Vandenhove	SP.A/Spirit
	Frank Vanhecke	VB
	Patrik Vankrunkelsven	VLD
	Myriam Vanlerberghe	SP.A/Spirit
	Wim Verreycken	VB

French-speaking electorate (15)

	Senator	Party
	Jean Cornil	PS
	Armand De Decker	MR
	Nathalie de T' Serclaes	MR
	Alain Destexhe	MR
	Francis Detraux	FN
	Antoine Duquesne	MR
	Isabelle Durant	Ecolo
	Jean-Marie Happart	PS
	Marie-José Laloy	PS
	Anne-Marie Lizin	Independent
	Philippe Mahoux	PS
	Philippe Moureaux	PS
	Clotilde Nyssens	cdH
	Luc Paque	Independent
	Marc Wilmots	MR

Community senators

Flemish Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	Jean-Marie Dedecker → Devolder (Open VLD)	LDD
	Margriet Hermans → Ramoudt	Open VLD^[2]
	Dany Vandenbossche → Koninckx → Hostekint	SP.A
	Bart Martens → Timmermans	SP.A
	Etienne Schouppe → Caluwé	CD&V
	Luc Van den Brande	CD&V
	Joris Van Hauthem	VB
	André Van Nieuwkerke → Van Duppen	SP.A
	Karim Van Overmeire	VB
	Paul Wille	Open VLD^[2]

French-speaking Community (10)

	Senator	Party
	Sfia Bouarfa	PS
	Christian Brotcorne	cdH
	Josy Dubié ← Cheron ← Michel	Ecolo
	Christine Defraigne	MR
	Francis Delpérée ← Thissen	cdH
	Amina Derbaki Sbaï [fr]	Independent
	Alain Destexhe ← Zenner	MR
	N/A ← Istasse	PS
	Joëlle Kapompolé ← Poty	PS
	François Roelants du Vivier	MR

German-speaking Community (1)

	Senator	Party
	Berni Collas ← Siquet (PS)	MR/PFF

Coopted senators

Dutch language group (6)

	Senator	Party
	Frank Creyelman	VB
	Jacinta De Roeck	SP.A–Spirit
	Mia De Schamphelaere	CD&V
	Nele Lijnen ← Germeaux	Open VLD^[2]
	Fauzaya Talhaoui ← Gennez	SP.A–Spirit
	Luc Willems	Open VLD^[2]

French language group (4)

	Senator	Party
	Jacques Brotchi ← Crombé-Berton	MR
	Michel Delacroix	FN
	Pierre Galand	PS
	Olga Zrihen ← Vienne	PS

By party

Dutch-speaking

Christian Democratic and Flemish (9)

	Senator	Type
	Wouter Beke	Directly elected
	Sabine de Bethune	Directly elected
	Jan Steverlynck	Directly elected
	Elke Tindemans	Directly elected
	Marc Van Peel	Directly elected
	Hugo Vandenberghe	Directly elected
	Etienne Schouppe	Community
	Luc Van den Brande	Community
	Mia De Schamphelaere	Coopted

Flemish Interest (6 [+1])

	Senator	Type
	Hugo Coveliers (ex VLD/Vivant)	Directly elected
	Anke Vandermeersch	Directly elected
	Frank Creyelman^[3]	Directly elected
	Wim Verreycken	Directly elected
	Joris Van Hauthem	Community
	Karim Van Overmeire	Community
	Yves Buysse	Coopted
	Jurgen Ceder	Directly elected
	Nele Jansegers	Directly elected

Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats / Vivant (10 [-2])

	Senator	Type
	Stéphanie Anseeuw	Directly elected
	Pierre Chevalier	Directly elected
	Jeannine Leduc	Directly elected
	Stefaan Noreilde	Directly elected
	Annemie Van de Casteele	Directly elected
	Patrik Vankrunkelsven	Directly elected
	Margriet Hermans	Community
	Paul Wille	Community
	Nele Lijnen	Coopted
	Luc Willems	Coopted
	Hugo Coveliers → Flemish Interest	Directly elected
	Jean-Marie Dedecker ← Devolder → List Dedecker	Community

List Dedecker (2 [+2])

	Senator	Type
	Mimount Bousakla (ex SP.A)	Directly elected
	Jean-Marie Dedecker (ex VLD)	Community

Different Socialist Party / Spirit (11)

French-speaking

Socialist Party (12)

	Senator	Type
	Jean Cornil	Directly elected
	Jean-Marie Happart ← Di Rupo	Directly elected
	Anne-Marie Lizin	Directly elected
	Philippe Mahoux	Directly elected
	Philippe Moureaux	Directly elected
	Franco Seminara ← Laloy	Directly elected
	Sfia Bouarfa	Community
	Amina Derbaki Sbaï (ex MR)	Community
	N/A ← Istasse	Community
	Joëlle Kapompolé ← Poty	Community
	Pierre Galand	Coopted
	Olga Zrihen ← Vienne	Coopted

Humanist Democratic Centre (3 [-1])

	Senator	Type
	Clotilde Nyssens	Directly elected
	Christian Brotcorne	Community
	Francis Delpérée	Community
	Luc Paque → Reformist Movement	Directly elected

Ecolo (2)

	Senator	Type
	Isabelle Durant	Directly elected
	Josy Dubié	Community

National Front (1 [-1])

	Senator	Type
	Michel Delacroix	Coopted
	Francis Detraux	Directly elected

References

^ "Liste des sénateurs (par catégorie) - Législature 2003-2007".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d In February 2007, VLD changed its name into Open VLD.
^ Creyelman replaced Frank Vanhecke.

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