{"iso":"BE","name":"Belgium","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea","vote":"Chamber \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2024-06-09","source":"2024 Belgian federal election (national result; no newer polls available)","credit":"SCARCE: public records has no 2025-2026 national or federal voting-intention polling article for Belgium (next federal election due 2029; all Belgian polling on public records is regional Flanders/Wallonia/Brussels data tied to the past 2024 election). To avoid fabricating polls, the single data point below is the REAL 2024 Belgian federal election national result (source: public records '2024 Belgian federal election', IBZ official figures), with combined federal-party vote shares: MR+Open Vld -> OpenVLD-MR, CD&V+Les Engag\u00e9s -> CD&V-LE, Ecolo+Groen -> Ecolo-Groen. ~5.5% of minor-party votes are not represented (no Others code). This is an election result, not a current poll.","shares":{"NVA":16.7,"VB":13.8,"OpenVLD-MR":15.7,"PTB-PVDA":9.9,"Vooruit":8.1,"PS":8.0,"CD&V-LE":14.7,"Ecolo-Groen":7.6},"polls":[{"date":"2024-06-09","pollster":"2024 federal election result (IBZ, via public records)","shares":{"NVA":16.7,"VB":13.8,"OpenVLD-MR":15.7,"PTB-PVDA":9.9,"Vooruit":8.1,"PS":8.0,"CD&V-LE":14.7,"Ecolo-Groen":7.6}}],"parties":{"PTB-PVDA":{"name":"PTB-PVDA","color":"#aa0000","name_en":"Workers' Party of Belgium"},"Vooruit":{"name":"Vooruit","color":"#ff2e17"},"PS":{"name":"Parti Socialiste","color":"#e8112d","name_en":"Socialist Party (Francophone)"},"Ecolo-Groen":{"name":"Ecolo / Groen","color":"#7ab51d"},"CD&V-LE":{"name":"CD&V / Les Engag\u00e9s","color":"#f47b20"},"OpenVLD-MR":{"name":"Open VLD / MR","color":"#1f4ea1"},"NVA":{"name":"Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie","color":"#ffb500","name_en":"New Flemish Alliance"},"VB":{"name":"Vlaams Belang","color":"#473781"}},"seats":{"NVA":27,"VB":22,"OpenVLD-MR":25,"PTB-PVDA":16,"Vooruit":13,"PS":12,"CD&V-LE":23,"Ecolo-Groen":12},"seat_meta":{"total":150,"majority":76,"method":"dhondt","threshold":5.0,"chamber":"Chamber of Representatives","note":"Real system is 11 provincial D'Hondt districts split across two linguistic party systems; approximated as one national D'Hondt pool.","largest":"NVA"},"primer":{"system":"Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy","head_of_state":"King Philippe","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Bart De Wever","legislature":"Chamber of Representatives, 150 seats, elected every five years \u00b7 the Senate has a reduced role","electoral_system":"Open-list proportional representation in eleven constituencies with a 5 percent threshold, across separate Dutch- and French-speaking party systems.","government_now":"Bart De Wever's five-party Arizona coalition of N-VA, MR, Les Engag\u00e9s, Vooruit and CD&V has governed since February 2025.","context":"Belgian parties split along the language divide, making coalition-building famously slow. De Wever is the first Flemish nationalist prime minister, and the far-right Vlaams Belang leads the opposition with 20 seats.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, parliament and cabinet \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"NVA":["Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie","New Flemish Alliance","Flemish nationalist, conservative; largest party \u00b7 PM Bart De Wever leads the 'Arizona' coalition."],"VB":["Vlaams Belang","Flemish Interest","Flemish nationalist far-right; second largest, excluded from government by the other parties."],"PS":["Parti Socialiste","Socialist Party (Francophone)","Francophone social democrats; strongest in Wallonia, in federal opposition."],"MR":["Mouvement R\u00e9formateur","Reformist Movement","Francophone liberals; led most of Wallonia in 2024 and joined the De Wever coalition."],"LE":["Les Engag\u00e9s","The Engaged","Francophone centrists (former Christian democrats); in the De Wever coalition."],"CD&V-LE":["CD&V / Les Engag\u00e9s","","Combined tally of the Flemish Christian democrats (CD&V) and Francophone centrists (Les Engag\u00e9s); both govern in the De Wever coalition."],"OpenVLD-MR":["Open VLD / MR","","Combined tally of the Flemish and Francophone liberal parties; MR is in government, Open VLD is not."],"Vooruit":["Vooruit","Forward","Flemish social democrats; in the De Wever coalition."],"PTB-PVDA":["PTB-PVDA","Workers' Party of Belgium","Radical-left party running in both Flanders and Wallonia."],"Ecolo-Groen":["Ecolo / Groen","","Combined tally of the Francophone (Ecolo) and Flemish (Groen) green parties."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Chamber of Representatives","as_of":"2024 election","total":150,"seats":{"NVA":24,"VB":20,"OpenVLD-MR":27,"PS":16,"CD&V-LE":25,"PTB-PVDA":15,"Vooruit":13,"Ecolo-Groen":9}},"region_winners":{"Brussels":"MR","Antwerpen":"NVA","Henegouwen":"PS","Limburg":"VB","Luik":"MR","Luxemburg":"LE","Namen":"LE","Oost-Vlaanderen":"VB","Vlaams-Brabant":"NVA","Waals-Brabant":"MR","West-Vlaanderen":"VB"},"region_meta":{"election":"2024 federal election (9 June 2024), Chamber of Representatives","source":"Dutch public records, 'Belgische federale verkiezingen 2024', 'Uitslag per kieskring' (per-constituency tables, sourcing official IBZ/FOD Binnenlandse Zaken results).","note":"Each of the 11 federal constituencies (10 provinces + Brussels-Capital) shaded by the party with the most Chamber list votes. MR led Brussels and most of Wallonia, Les Engag\u00e9s won Namur & Luxembourg, the PS held Hainaut; N-VA led Antwerp & Flemish Brabant, Vlaams Belang topped East/West Flanders & Limburg."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029-06","title":"Belgian federal election (expected 2029)","chamber":"Chamber of Representatives","type":"expected"}}