Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency)

Brussels
Bruxelles
Brussel
Brüssel
Constituency
for the Chamber of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Brussels within Belgium
RegionBrussels
Population1,255,795 (2025)[1]
Electorate623,162 (2019)
Area162 km2 (2024)[2]
Current Constituency
Created2014
Seats
List
  • 16 (2024–present)
  • 15 (2014–2024)
Members[3][4]
List
Created fromBrussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

Brussels (French: Bruxelles; Dutch: Brussel; German: Brüssel) 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 region of Brussels. The constituency currently elects 16 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 647,386 registered electors.

Electoral system

Brussels currently elects 16 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]

Election results

Summary

ElectionWorkers
PTB/PVDA
Ecolo
Ecolo-Groen
Socialists
PS-Vooruit /
PS-SP.A / PS
Democratic Federalists
DéFI / FDF
Liberals & Democrats
Open Vld
Reformists
MR-Open Vld / MR
Les Engagés
LE-CD&V / CDH
New Flemish
N-VA
Vlaams Belang
VB
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
202486,92716.75%358,64511.30%296,51618.60%434,1436.58%1120,15523.15%449,4259.52%214,4722.79%012,7542.46%0
201961,58912.28%2108,14421.57%4100,19519.98%351,54410.28%211,5112.30%087,59417.47%329,1615.82%115,9833.19%07,8241.56%0
201419,1353.84%052,13310.45%2123,98524.86%555,30611.09%213,2832.66%0115,03823.07%446,4419.31%213,2232.65%05,1571.03%0

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed

2024

Results of the 2024 federal election held on 9 June 2024:[15][16][17]

PartyVotes per cantonTotal
votes
%Seats
Ander-
lecht
Brus-
sels
IxellesMolen-
beek-
Saint-
Jean
Saint-
Gilles
Saint-
Josse-
ten-
Noode
Schaer-
beek
UccleExpat-
riates
Sint-
Gene-
sius-
Rode
Reformist Movement and
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
MR-Open Vld10,22711,52715,56113,2662,06820,37711,16018,5796,46910,921120,15523.15%4
Socialist Party and VooruitPS-Vooruit12,53815,3628,85618,0293,4679,09614,7169,2903,0052,15796,51618.60%4
Workers' Party of BelgiumPTB/PVDA13,01614,3867,11817,3813,4927,40712,6008,2071,3721,94886,92716.75%3
Ecolo and GroenEcolo-Groen3,8556,8249,3676,2472,9027,7937,6097,8984,5681,58258,64511.30%2
Les Engagés and
Christian Democratic and Flemish
LE-CD&V4,4815,0186,4766,5399879,2985,6985,6701,6013,65749,4259.52%2
DéFIDéFI2,3442,8895,9773,6077266,2304,0084,7741,1032,48534,1436.58%1
Team Fouad AhidarTFA4,7195,2767227,3236371,2373,0321,32219536324,8264.78%0
New Flemish AllianceN-VA1,7962,3951,4062,4673601,6321,6381,32493551914,4722.79%0
Vlaams BelangVB1,9841,7579392,5132821,2381,5451,0361,01045012,7542.46%0
Citizen CollectiveCC5797619407462049957859032574096,5791.27%0
Blank PartyPB368364412570594434303791151473,2870.63%0
Volt BelgiumVolt194437350341111406335241538793,0320.58%0
Workers' StruggleLO22721021224379207240198208481,8720.36%0
AgoraAgora13218229516010023024122387381,6880.33%0
Belgische Unie – Union BelgeBUB168216129211321581731192141841,6040.31%0
For YouPV24727799321441541719296331,5340.30%0
The United15615318917740194163157139991,4670.28%0
Valid votes57,03168,03459,04880,14115,59067,09564,54460,41221,91225,119518,926100.00%16
Rejected votes4,3374,9152,6576,0599023,5894,8752,8791,37531,5885.74%
Total polled61,36872,94961,70586,20016,49270,68469,41963,29123,287550,51485.04%
Registered electors74,86688,83571,899104,40719,67282,34583,38974,81547,158647,386
Turnout81.97%82.12%85.82%82.56%83.83%85.84%83.25%84.60%49.38%85.04%

The following candidates were elected:[17] Alexia Bertrand (Open Vld), 20,528 votes; Nabil Boukili (PTB), 29,627 votes; Ridouane Chahid (PS), 18,001 votes; Philippe Close (PS), 12,610 votes; Élisabeth Degryse (LE), 11,483 votes; Michel De Maegd (MR), 17,946 votes; Caroline Désir (PS), 20,924 votes; François De Smet (DéFI), 8,741 votes; Valérie Glatigny (MR), 25,021 votes; Youssef Handichi (MR), 3,280 votes; Pierre Kompany (LE), 7,872 votes; Rajae Maouane (Ecolo), 10,556 votes; Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi (PS), 7,871 votes; Julien Ribaudo (PTB), 6,318 votes; Annik Van den Bosch (PVDA), 9,937 votes; and Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), 11,666 votes.

Substitutions:[18]

2019

Results of the 2019 federal election held on 26 May 2019:[19][20][21]

PartyVotes per cantonTotal
votes
%Seats
Ander-
lecht
Brus-
sels
IxellesMolen-
beek-
Saint-
Jean
Saint-
Gilles
Saint-
Josse-
ten-
Noode
Schaer-
beek
UccleExpat-
riates
Sint-
Gene-
sius-
Rode
Ecolo and GroenEcolo-Groen8,85312,18616,99912,5694,61714,06313,56514,5176,8543,921108,14421.57%4
Socialist Party and
Socialist Party Different
PS-SP.A13,79616,2737,31721,3343,5689,35816,1118,2631,9702,205100,19519.98%3
Reformist MovementMR7,4226,90411,7869,4961,39614,9486,89813,8296,0468,86987,59417.47%3
Workers' Party of BelgiumPTB/PVDA9,66710,3204,85912,3842,9514,4849,4625,4937461,22361,58912.28%2
DéFIDéFI3,8394,4757,8205,21682410,6277,2446,9561,1333,41051,54410.28%2
Humanist Democratic CentreCDH2,9873,8542,6295,7495494,9263,4392,6359601,43329,1615.82%1
New Flemish AllianceN-VA2,4032,5611,4053,2853371,7461,8251,32067242915,9833.19%0
Destexhe List1,1961,1701,6181,6742312,1161,2832,0484801,06312,8792.57%0
Open Flemish Liberals and DemocratsOpen Vld1,1331,9611,1922,1302761,5901,34392767728211,5112.30%0
People's PartyPP1,1491,0258841,4132249311,0768625243678,4551.69%0
Vlaams BelangVB1,5241,1304821,7991576749634914291757,8241.56%0
Christian Democratic and FlemishCD&V8551,1285301,2031189158444163702016,5801.31%0
Valid votes54,82462,98757,52178,25215,24866,37864,05357,75720,86123,578501,459100.00%15
Rejected votes5,4195,5653,0797,3241,2423,7095,7703,3831,15936,6506.81%
Total polled60,24368,55260,60085,57616,49070,08769,82361,14022,020538,10986.35%
Registered electors72,76083,93171,888103,14119,84181,99284,07273,01732,520623,162
Turnout82.80%81.68%84.30%82.97%83.11%85.48%83.05%83.73%67.71%86.35%

The following candidates were elected:[21] Nabil Boukili (PTB), 13,790 votes; Georges Dallemagne (CDH), 8,766 votes; Séverine de Laveleye (Ecolo), 8,175 votes; Michel De Maegd (MR), 7,998 votes; Caroline Désir (PS), 11,421 votes; François De Smet (DéFI), 10,000 votes; Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo), 29,157 votes; Emir Kir (PS), 18,520 votes; Ahmed Laaouej (PS), 31,589 votes; Didier Reynders (MR), 33,205 votes; Sophie Rohonyi (DéFI), 5,704 votes; Gilles Vanden Burre (Ecolo), 8,696 votes; Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), 10,938 votes; Maria Vindevoghel (PVDA), 14,642 votes; and Sophie Wilmès (MR), 16,180 votes.

Substitutions:[22]

2014

Results of the 2014 federal election held on 25 May 2014:[23][24][25]

PartyVotes per cantonTotal
votes
%Seats
Ander-
lecht
Brus-
sels
IxellesMolen-
beek-
Saint-
Jean
Saint-
Gilles
Saint-
Josse-
ten-
Noode
Schaer-
beek
UccleExpat-
riates
Sint-
Gene-
sius-
Rode
Socialist PartyPS16,28618,46110,75722,8275,10912,33220,35712,0762,8342,946123,98524.86%5
Reformist MovementMR10,7469,84614,86515,6902,12718,09310,61519,3304,2849,442115,03823.07%4
Francophone Democratic FederalistsFDF3,7094,3049,6575,44678012,6556,8786,5871,0984,19255,30611.09%2
Ecolo and GroenEcolo-Groen4,1355,9478,8716,0602,7266,8196,9266,8852,1351,62952,13310.45%2
Humanist Democratic CentreCDH5,4056,7463,8278,3141,0947,2656,4034,5217942,07246,4419.31%2
Workers' Party of BelgiumPTB/PVDA1,8562,6262,5273,3521,2401,7883,1052,13918331919,1353.84%0
Open Flemish Liberals and DemocratsOpen Vld1,6202,1321,2192,6182961,6061,6231,09359448213,2832.66%0
New Flemish AllianceN-VA2,2042,1161,0322,6962651,3101,4061,00633685213,2232.65%0
Debout Les Belges!1,7261,7568562,3034781,0041,59898416624111,1122.23%0
Socialist Party DifferentSP.A1,4961,8266612,6183177351,1374861362019,6131.93%0
Islam1,7241,6744262,1283636501,634603791069,3871.88%0
People's PartyPP1,3461,1049121,5951679761,1948702082698,6411.73%0
Christian Democratic and FlemishCD&V1,2761,2847601,5871311,1209495482033158,1731.64%0
Vlaams BelangVB1,0447533071,1081114576684011751335,1571.03%0
The Right35522826038250234241223128642,1650.43%0
Nation2421321092493914839516796461,6230.33%0
Left Communists14713923116317512921817940241,4450.29%0
Egalitarians!1141875219035822045323139530.19%0
Libertarian Party747511892331001078049227500.15%0
Left MovementMG665476952255977022105670.11%0
Agora Erasmus50414750134860372973820.08%0
The Fight2917264171732201862130.04%0
Valid votes55,65061,44857,59679,60415,57867,62365,84758,35813,63023,391498,725100.00%15
Rejected votes4,3294,5562,4035,7711,0422,7614,4462,6651,08429,0575.51%
Total polled59,97966,00459,99985,37516,62070,38470,29361,02314,714527,78286.72%
Registered electors71,76980,93471,391102,53519,78683,36383,35772,73322,709608,577
Turnout83.57%81.55%84.04%83.26%84.00%84.43%84.33%83.90%64.79%86.72%

The following candidates were elected:[25] Nawal Ben Hamou (PS), 6,880 votes; Véronique Caprasse (FDF), 4,869 votes; Francis Delpérée (CDH), 13,543 votes; Céline Fremault (CDH), 7,362 votes; Benoit Hellings (Ecolo), 3,725 votes; Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo), 9,285 votes; Emir Kir (PS), 18,536 votes; Ahmed Laaouej (PS), 12,996 votes; Karine Lalieux (PS), 10,963 votes; Olivier Maingain (FDF), 32,246 votes; Laurette Onkelinx (PS), 41,621 votes; Philippe Pivin (MR), 5,945 votes; Didier Reynders (MR), 54,475 votes; Françoise Schepmans (MR), 13,564 votes; and Damien Thiéry (MR), 7,599 votes.

Substitutions:[26]

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