2000 Belgian local elections#Provinces
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{{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
}}
{{Politics of Belgium}}
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=
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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 | ||||||
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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==
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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|+/– | |||||
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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=
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colspan=7|Antwerp | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|+/– | |||||
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| {{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 | — |
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|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| | |
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|colspan=2|Electorate and voter turnout | 316,926 | 88.14 | colspan=3| |
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colspan=7|Ghent | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|+/– | |||||
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| {{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=
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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bgcolor="red" |
| style="text-align: left" | PS | 39 | 33 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 115 |
rowspan=2 bgcolor="blue" | | 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
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{{Belgian local elections}}