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Flemish Brabant (Chamber of Representatives constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Flemish Brabant (Dutch: Vlaams-Brabant; French: Brabant Flamand; German: Flämisch-Brabant) 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 province of Flemish Brabant. 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 2024 federal election the constituency had 858,644 registered electors.
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Electoral system
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Flemish Brabant currently elects 15 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.[5][6] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[7][8] Only parties that reach the 5% threshold in the constituency compete for seats.[9][10]
Electors may vote for the list (party) or for individual candidates, either main candidates or substitute candidates or a combination, on the list.[11] They may vote for as many candidates as there are seats in the constituency.[12] Split-ticket voting (panachage) is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated.[13] The minimum number of votes a candidate must obtain to get elected - the quotient - is calculated as the total votes received by the party divided by the number of seats in the constituency plus one.[14] Half the ballot papers where there are no votes for main candidates (i.e. the elector has voted for the list or for substitute candidates only) are redistributed amongst main candidates in the order they appear on the ballot paper so that the candidate's total votes (personal votes plus redistributed votes) equals the quotient.[14] The seats won by the party are then allocated to the candidates with the most number of total votes.[14]
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Election results
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(Figures in italics represent alliances.)
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2024
Results of the 2024 federal election held on 9 June 2024:[15][16][17]
The following candidates were elected:[17] Kemal Bilmez (PVDA), 17,297 votes; Katleen Bury (VB), 6,803 votes; Irina De Knop (Open Vld), 15,391 votes; Eva Demesmaeker (N-VA), 11,494 votes; Theo Francken (N-VA), 73,820 votes; Britt Huybrechts (VB), 24,408 votes; Fatima Lamarti (Vooruit), 10,521 votes; Sammy Mahdi (CD&V), 37,868 votes; Kurt Moons (VB), 7,745 votes; Darya Safai (N-VA), 14,350 votes; Dieter Vanbesien (Groen), 6,997 votes; Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit), 34,629 votes; Kjell Vander Elst (Open Vld), 4,307 votes; Els Van Hoof (CD&V), 14,747 votes; and Kristien Van Vaerenbergh (N-VA), 17,462 votes.
Substitutions:[18]
- Theo Francken (N-VA) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Jeroen Bergers (N-VA) on 4 February 2025.
- Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Nele Daenen (Vooruit) on 4 February 2025.
2019
Results of the 2019 federal election held on 26 May 2019:[19][20][21]
The following candidates were elected:[21] Katleen Bury (VB), 7,786 votes; Maggie De Block (Open Vld), 40,819 votes; Theo Francken (N-VA), 122,738 votes; Koen Geens (CD&V), 45,962 votes; Katrien Houtmeyers (N-VA), 12,027 votes; Karin Jiroflée (SP.A), 11,839 votes; Goedele Liekens (Open Vld), 15,678 votes; Darya Safai (N-VA), 17,074 votes; Jessika Soors (Groen), 18,226 votes; Jan Spooren (N-VA), 12,033 votes; Dieter Vanbesien (Groen), 5,313 votes; Tim Vandenput (Open Vld), 9,620 votes; Els Van Hoof (CD&V), 13,251 votes; Dries Van Langenhove (VB), 39,295 votes; and Kristien Van Vaerenbergh (N-VA), 17,304 votes.
Substitutions:[22]
- Jan Spooren (N-VA) resigned on 17 September 2020 and was substituted by Sigrid Goethals (N-VA) on the same day.
- Jessika Soors (Groen) resigned on 11 November 2020 and was substituted by Eva Platteau (Groen) on 12 November 2020.
- Dries Van Langenhove (VB) resigned on 4 February 2023 and was substituted by Joris De Vriendt (VB) on 9 February 2023.
2014
Results of the 2014 federal election held on 25 May 2014:[23][24][25]
The following candidates were elected:[25] Sonja Becq (CD&V), 15,438 votes; Hans Bonte (SP.A), 15,300 votes; Patricia Ceysens (Open Vld), 11,750 votes; Maggie De Block (Open Vld), 131,713 votes; Inez De Coninck (N-VA), 12,094 votes; Anne Dedry (Groen), 10,598 votes; Theo Francken (N-VA), 44,498 votes; Koen Geens (CD&V), 45,686 votes; Karin Jiroflée (SP.A), 9,013 votes; Jan Spooren (N-VA), 10,010 votes; Luk Van Biesen (Open Vld), 7,650 votes; Tim Vandenput (Open Vld), 8,622 votes; Eric Van Rompuy (CD&V), 23,044 votes; Kristien Van Vaerenbergh (N-VA), 22,177 votes; and Hendrik Vuye (N-VA), 13,320 votes.
Substitutions:[26]
- Maggie De Block (Open Vld) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Dirk Janssens (Open Vld) on 14 October 2014.
- Theo Francken (N-VA) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Renate Hufkens (N-VA) on 14 October 2014.
- Koen Geens (CD&V) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Els Van Hoof (CD&V) on 14 October 2014.
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