2000 Belgian local elections#Provinces

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2000 Belgian local elections

| country = Belgium

| type =

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1994 Belgian local elections

| previous_year = 1994

| next_election = 2006 Belgian local elections

| next_year = 2006

| election_date = {{Start date|2000|10|08|df=yes}}

| map_image = Belgique-Communes589-Provinces10.gif

}}

The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2000 took place on Sunday October 8, 2000.{{Cite journal |last=Fraeys |first=William |date=2000-12-30 |title=On en sont les partis politiques, au lendemain du 8 octobre 2000? |url=https://openjournals.ugent.be/rp/article/id/74297/ |journal=Res Publica |language=nl-NL |volume=42 |issue=4 |doi=10.21825/rp.v42i4.18525}} The electors elected the municipal councillors of 589 cities and towns (308 in the Flemish Region, 262 in the Walloon Region and 19 in the Brussels-Capital Region) as well as the ten provincial councils. Additionally, the newly established district councils in the city of Antwerp were elected for the first time.

Newly elected councillors took office in January 2001, with a six-year term ending in 2007. The next local elections took place on October 8, 2006.

Soon after this election, the federal government under Verhofstadt transferred the responsibility over local government to the three regional governments, including the responsibility of organising local elections.

Flanders

=Provinces=

style="width: 8em" colspan=2 \| Party / Alliance ! style="width: 6em" \| Antwerp ! style="width: 6em" \| East Flanders ! style="width: 6em" \| Flemish Brabant ! style="width: 6em" \| Limburg ! style="width: 6em" \| West Flanders ! style="width: 6em" \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
bgcolor="orange" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| CVP	21	25	22	27	33	128
bgcolor="blue" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| VLD	20	27	21	18	20	106
bgcolor="red" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| SP	12	13	12	21	18	76
bgcolor="brown" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| VB	20	12	10	7	5	54
bgcolor="green" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| Agalev	9	5	8	0	4	26
bgcolor="yellow" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| Volksunie	2	2	5	2	4	15
bgcolor="#009999" \| \| style="text-align: left;" \| UF	–	–	6	–	–	6
colspan=2 \| Total ! 84	84	84	75	84	411

==Antwerp==

style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2 width=400\|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/– !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/–
class="wikitable" font-size="95%"
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} \|align=left\|Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij)	249,840	23.29	3.89 {{decrease}}	21	6 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Vlaams Belang}} \|align=left\|Flemish Block (Vlaams Blok)	237,142	22.11	4.96 {{increase}}	20	4 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}} \|align=left\|Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten)	222,306	20.72	5.82 {{increase}}	20	7 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Socialistische Partij Anders}} \|align=left\|Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij)	149,083	13.90	2.26 {{decrease}}	12	3 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Groen (political party)}} \|align=left\|Agalev	120,911	11.27	0.39 {{decrease}}	9	0 {{steady}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|People's Union (Belgium)}} \|align=left\|People's Union (Volksunie & ID)	64,096	5.97	5.97 {{increase}}	2	2 {{increase}}

=Municipalities=

colspan=7\|Antwerp
class="wikitable" font-size="95%"
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2 width=200\|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/– !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/–
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Vlaams Belang}} \|align=left\|Flemish Block	89,213	32.95	4.92 {{increase}}	20	2 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Socialistische Partij Anders}} \|align=left\|SP	52,760	19.49	0.97 {{decrease}}	12	1 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}} \|align=left\|VLD	45,903	16.95	4.96 {{increase}}	10	3 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} \|align=left\|CVP	30,096	11.12	—	6	—
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Groen (political party)}} \|align=left\|Agalev	29,966	11.07	1.97 {{decrease}}	6	1 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|People's Union (Belgium)}} \|align=left\|VU–ID	8,422	3.11	—	1	—
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Valid votes	270,750	96.93	colspan=3\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Blanco and invalid votes	8,579	3.07	colspan=3\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Total	279,329	100.00	55	colspan=2\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Electorate and voter turnout	316,926	88.14	colspan=3\|

colspan=7\|Ghent
class="wikitable" font-size="95%"
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2 width=200\|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/– !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right width=50\|+/–
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Socialistische Partij Anders}} \|align=left\|SP	36,829	25.07	3.26 {{increase}}	14	1 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten}} \|align=left\|VLD	30,895	21.03	0.69 {{decrease}}	11	2 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Vlaams Belang}} \|align=left\|Flemish Block	28,699	19.54	6.88 {{increase}}	11	4 {{increase}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams}} \|align=left\|CVP	26,344	17.93	3.63 {{decrease}}	10	2 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|Groen (political party)}} \|align=left\|Agalev	13,385	9.11	0.68 {{decrease}}	4	1 {{decrease}}
align="right" \| {{party color cell\|People's Union (Belgium)}} \|align=left\|VU–ID	5,828	3.97	3.97 {{increase}}	1	0 {{steady}}
align="right" \| \|align=left\|Other parties	4,910	3.34	—	colspan=2\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Valid votes	146,890	95.89	colspan=3\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Blanco and invalid votes	6,289	4.11	colspan=3\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Total	153,179	100.00		51	colspan=2\|
align="right" bgcolor=efefef \|colspan=2\|Electorate and voter turnout	168,441	90.94	colspan=3\|

Wallonia

=Provinces=

style="width: 8em" colspan=2 \| Party / Alliance ! style="width: 6em" \| Hainaut ! style="width: 6em" \| Liège ! style="width: 6em" \| Luxembourg ! style="width: 6em" \| Namur ! style="width: 6em" \| Walloon Brabant ! style="width: 6em" \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
bgcolor="red" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| PS	39	33	11	19	13	115
rowspan=2 bgcolor="blue" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| PRL-MCC¹	19	20	18	17	–	74
style="text-align: left" \| PRL-FDF¹	–	–	–	–	23	23
bgcolor="orange" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| PSC	13	13	16	13	8	63
bgcolor="green" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| Ecolo	12	12	2	7	11	44
bgcolor="yellow" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| FN	1	0	0	0	0	1
bgcolor="orange" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| CSP²	–	3	–	–	–	3
bgcolor="blue" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| PFF²	–	2	–	–	–	2
bgcolor="red" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| SP²	–	1	–	–	–	1
bgcolor="#FFBA00" \| \| style="text-align: left" \| Vivant	0	0	–	0	1	1
colspan=2 \| Total	84	84	47	56	56	327

The Parti Réformateur Libéral participated in the election in an electoral coalition with the Front Démocratique des Francophones in Walloon Brabant and with the Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement in the four other provinces.
The Christlich-Soziale Partei, the Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt and the Sozialistische Partei are German-speaking parties. They are only active in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

References

2000

Belgium

Local elections

Category:October 2000 in Europe