2029 Belgian federal election
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Federal election are scheduled to be held in Belgium by June 2029.[1]
Electoral system
The 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives are elected in 11 multi-member constituencies, being the 10 provinces and Brussels, with between 4 and 24 seats.[2] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of 5% per constituency.
The 60-member Senate is composed of 50 representatives from the regional and community parliaments, plus 10 co-opted senators proportionally divided among parties based on the result of the federal election.[2]
Parties
Sitting
The following parties running have seats in the Chamber of Representatives prior to the election.
| Party | Ideology | Political position | Leader | 2024 result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | Conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Valerie Van Peel | 24 / 150 | Governing coalition |
| Vlaans Belang | Right-wing populism | Right-wing to far-right | Tom Van Grieken | 20 / 150 | Opposition |
| Reformist Movement | Liberalism | Centre-right | Georges-Louis Bouchez | 14 / 150 | Governing coalition |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | Socialism | Left-wing to far-left | Raoul Hedebouw | 16 / 150 | Opposition |
| Les Engagés | Social liberalism | Centre | Yvan Verougstraete | 15 / 150 | Governing coalition |
| Vooruit | Social democracy | Centre-left | Conner Rousseau | 13 / 150 | Governing coalition |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | Christian democracy | Centre to centre-right | Sammy Mahdi | 11 / 150 | Governing coalition |
| Anders | Liberalism | Centre-right | Frédéric De Gucht | 8 / 150 | Opposition |
| Groen | Green politics | Centre-left | Aimen Horch | 6 / 150 | Opposition |
| Ecolo | Green politics | Centre-left | Samuel Cogolati and Marie Lecocq | 3 / 150 | Opposition |
| DéFI | Regionalism | Centre to centre-right | Sophie Rohonyi | 1 / 150 | Opposition |
See also
- Liste de sondages sur les élections belges de 2029 Opinion polling for the 2029 Belgian elections
References
- ↑ "EU Elections Calendar 2024-2025 - next update due March 2025" (PDF). cor.europa.com. March 2025.
- 1 2 "CoR - Belgium Introduction". portal.cor.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2026-07-05. Retrieved 2026-08-06.