In the Flemish Parliament election, the liberal-socialist government was put at a test. The far rightpartyVlaams Blok became the second largest party in Flanders just after the alliance of conservatives CD&V-N_VA. The green party Groen! managed to be elected and keeps half of their seats in the parliament. In contrast with the previous election, party VU-ID has split and both new parties, N-VA and SPIRIT allied with CD&V and SP.a respectively.
Because of the cordon sanitaire of all democratic parties against Vlaams Blok, a coalition of at least 3 parties needs to be formed in order to have a majority in the Flemish Parliament. Green party Groen! has confirmed it doesn't want to take part in the new coalition, so the only left is a conservative-socialist-liberal tripartite.
In the aftermath of the elections, Yves Leterme (CD&V) was selected to form a Flemish regional government.
According to Belgian law, parties – in order to be able to contest the elections – either need the signatures of 5 members of parliament or have to collect 5,000 signatures of people who are entitled to vote.
In the last elections, the green party, Ecolo, was hit by an electoral revolt against its role in government.
This is going to have the opposite effect, as it is seen by a large layer of the population as an attempt by the main politicians to protect their interests.
On June 13, 2004, regionalelections were held in Belgium, to choose representatives in the regional councils of Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
In the aftermath of the elections, Elio di Rupo (PS) was selected to form a Walloon regional government.
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