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Belgium 2019 federal election

What was the result of the 2019 federal election in Belgium?

New Flemish Alliance won 25 of 150 seats with 16.0% of the vote. 88.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : New Flemish Alliance won 25 of 150 seats with 16.0% of the vote; 88.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 2014.

  • New Flemish Alliance 25 −8 seats 16.0% −4.2 points
  • Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 18 +15 seats 11.9% +8.3 points
  • Socialist Party 20 −3 seats 9.5% −2.2 points
  • Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 12 −6 seats 8.9% −2.7 points
  • Workers' Party of Belgium 12 +10 seats 8.6% +4.9 points
  • Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 12 −2 seats 8.5% −1.2 points
  • Reformist Movement 14 −6 seats 7.6% −2.1 points
  • Socialist Party 9 −4 seats 6.7% −2.1 points
  • Ecolo 13 +7 seats 6.1% +2.8 points
  • Groen 8 +2 seats 6.1% +0.8 points
  • Humanist Democratic Centre 5 −4 seats 3.7% −1.3 points
  • Francophone Democratic Front 2 0 seats 2.2% +0.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Belgium 2014 federal election, party by party.

76 of 150 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 16.0%

    Share of the vote won by New Flemish Alliance

    New Flemish Alliance won 25 of 150 seats. A majority needs 76.

  2. +15 seats

    Seats gained by Flemish Block / Flemish Interest

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2014. New Flemish Alliance lost 8 seats.

  3. 88.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.0 points on 2014.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
New Flemish Alliance25−816.0−4.21,086,787
Flemish Block / Flemish Interest18+1511.9+8.3810,177
Socialist Party20−39.5−2.2641,623
Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish12−68.9−2.7602,520
Workers' Party of Belgium12+108.6+4.9584,621
Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats12−28.5−1.2579,334
Reformist Movement14−67.6−2.1512,825
Socialist Party9−46.7−2.1455,034
Ecolo13+76.1+2.8416,452
Groen8+26.1+0.8413,836
Humanist Democratic Centre5−43.7−1.3250,861
Francophone Democratic Front202.2+0.4150,394
People's Party0−11.1−0.475,096

± is the change against the Belgium 2014 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • New Flemish Alliance 1,086,787
  • Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 810,177
  • Socialist Party 641,623
  • Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 602,520
  • Workers' Party of Belgium 584,621
  • Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 579,334
  • Reformist Movement 512,825
  • Socialist Party 455,034
  • Ecolo 416,452
  • Groen 413,836
  • Humanist Democratic Centre 250,861
  • Francophone Democratic Front 150,394
  • People's Party 75,096

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

88.4% of the 8,167,709 registered voters cast a ballot (7,218,633 ballots), down 1.0 points on 2014. 6,780,538 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • New Flemish Alliance16.0% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Socialist Party9.5% of votes13.3% of seats
  • Flemish Block / Flemish Interest11.9% of votes12.0% of seats
  • Reformist Movement7.6% of votes9.3% of seats
  • Ecolo6.1% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish8.9% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Workers' Party of Belgium8.6% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats8.5% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party6.7% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Groen6.1% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Humanist Democratic Centre3.7% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Francophone Democratic Front2.2% of votes1.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 11.0 by votes and 9.7 by seats; New Flemish Alliance led Flemish Block / Flemish Interest by 4.1 points of the vote.

What else was on the same day?

Time and source Data as of