Brussels (Chamber of Representatives constituency) explained

Brussels
Nativename:	French: Bruxelles Dutch; Flemish: Brussel German: Brüssel
Constituency Type:	Constituency
Parl Name:	Chamber of Representatives
Map4:	Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest in Belgium.svg
Map Size:	150px
Map Entity:	Belgium
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Brussels
Population:	1,241,175 (2023)^[1]
Electorate:	623,162 (2019)
Area:	162 km² (2023)^[2]
Year:	2014
Seats:	16 (2024–present)
Members Label:	Members^[3]
Previous:	Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

Brussels (fr|Bruxelles; nl|Brussel; de|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 15 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 federal election the constituency had 623,162 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.^[4] ^[5] Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.^[6] ^[7] Only parties that reach the 5% threshold in the constituency compete for seats.^[8] ^[9]

Election results

Summary

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Election	valign=bottom colspan=3	Workers PTB !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Ecolo Ecolo !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Socialists PS !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Democratic Federalists DéFI / FDF !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Liberals & Democrats Open Vld !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Reformists MR !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Les Engagés LE / CDH !	valign=bottom colspan=3	New Flemish N-VA
Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	86,927	16.75%	3	58,645	11.30%	2	96,516	18.60%	4	34,143	6.58%	1	Did not contest			120,155	23.15%	4	49,425	9.52%	2	14,472	2.79%	0
	61,589	12.28%	2	108,144	21.57%	4	100,195	19.98%	3	51,544	10.28%	2	11,511	2.30%	0	87,594	17.47%	3	29,161	5.82%	1	15,983	3.19%	0
	19,135	3.84%	0	52,133	10.45%	2	123,985	24.86%	5	55,306	11.09%	2	13,283	2.66%	0	115,038	23.07%	4	46,441	9.31%	2	13,223	2.65%	0

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed

2019

Results of the 2019 federal election held on 26 May 2019:^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

Party	Votes per canton										align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes !	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	% !	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Ander -lecht !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Brus -sels !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Ixelles !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Molen -beek- Saint- Jean !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Saint- Gilles !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Saint- Josse- ten-Noode !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Schaer -beek !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Uccle !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Sint- Gene -sius- Rode
		Ecolo	8,853	12,186	16,999	12,569	4,617	14,063	13,565	14,517	6,854	3,921	108,144	21.57%	4
		PS	13,796	16,273	7,317	21,334	3,568	9,358	16,111	8,263	1,970	2,205	100,195	19.98%	3
		MR	7,422	6,904	11,786	9,496	1,396	14,948	6,898	13,829	6,046	8,869	87,594	17.47%	3
		PTB	9,667	10,320	4,859	12,384	2,951	4,484	9,462	5,493	746	1,223	61,589	12.28%	2
		DéFI	3,839	4,475	7,820	5,216	824	10,627	7,244	6,956	1,133	3,410	51,544	10.28%	2
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	2,987	3,854	2,629	5,749	549	4,926	3,439	2,635	960	1,433	29,161	5.82%	1
		N-VA	2,403	2,561	1,405	3,285	337	1,746	1,825	1,320	672	429	15,983	3.19%	0
	Destexhe List		1,196	1,170	1,618	1,674	231	2,116	1,283	2,048	480	1,063	12,879	2.57%	0
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"	Open Vld	1,133	1,961	1,192	2,130	276	1,590	1,343	927	677	282	11,511	2.30%	0
		PP	1,149	1,025	884	1,413	224	931	1,076	862	524	367	8,455	1.69%	0
		VB	1,524	1,130	482	1,799	157	674	963	491	429	175	7,824	1.56%	0
		CD&V	855	1,128	530	1,203	118	915	844	416	370	201	6,580	1.31%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	54,824	62,987	57,521	78,252	15,248	66,378	64,053	57,757	20,861	23,578	501,459	100.00%	15
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	5,419	5,565	3,079	7,324	1,242	3,709	5,770	3,383	1,159		36,650	6.81%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	60,243	68,552	60,600	85,576	16,490	70,087	69,823	61,140	22,020		538,109	86.35%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	72,760	83,931	71,888	103,141	19,841	81,992	84,072	73,017	32,520		623,162
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	82.80%	81.68%	84.30%	82.97%	83.11%	85.48%	83.05%	83.73%	67.71%		86.35%

The following candidates were elected:^[12] 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 (Ecolo), 10,938 votes; Maria Vindevoghel (PTB), 14,642 votes; and Sophie Wilmès (MR), 16,180 votes.

Substitutions:^[13]

Caroline Désir (PS) was appointed to the Government of the French Community and was substituted by Khalil Aouasti (PS) from 19 September 2019.
Didier Reynders (MR) resigned on 30 November 2019 and was substituted by Philippe Pivin (MR) on the same day.
Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Claire Hugon (Ecolo) on 1 October 2020.
Tinne Van der Straeten (Ecolo) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Guillaume Defossé (Ecolo) on 1 October 2020.

2014

Results of the 2014 federal election held on 25 May 2014:^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

Party	Votes per canton										align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	Total Votes !	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"	% !	align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2	Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Ander -lecht !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Brus -sels !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Ixelles !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Molen -beek- Saint- Jean !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Saint- Gilles !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Saint- Josse- ten-Noode !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Schaer -beek !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Uccle !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Sint- Gene -sius- Rode
		PS	16,286	18,461	10,757	22,827	5,109	12,332	20,357	12,076	2,834	2,946	123,985	24.86%	5
		MR	10,746	9,846	14,865	15,690	2,127	18,093	10,615	19,330	4,284	9,442	115,038	23.07%	4
		FDF	3,709	4,304	9,657	5,446	780	12,655	6,878	6,587	1,098	4,192	55,306	11.09%	2
		Ecolo	4,135	5,947	8,871	6,060	2,726	6,819	6,926	6,885	2,135	1,629	52,133	10.45%	2
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	5,405	6,746	3,827	8,314	1,094	7,265	6,403	4,521	794	2,072	46,441	9.31%	2
		PTB	1,856	2,626	2,527	3,352	1,240	1,788	3,105	2,139	183	319	19,135	3.84%	0
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"	Open Vld	1,620	2,132	1,219	2,618	296	1,606	1,623	1,093	594	482	13,283	2.66%	0
		N-VA	2,204	2,116	1,032	2,696	265	1,310	1,406	1,006	336	852	13,223	2.65%	0
			1,726	1,756	856	2,303	478	1,004	1,598	984	166	241	11,112	2.23%	0
		SP.A	1,496	1,826	661	2,618	317	735	1,137	486	136	201	9,613	1.93%	0
			1,724	1,674	426	2,128	363	650	1,634	603	79	106	9,387	1.88%	0
		PP	1,346	1,104	912	1,595	167	976	1,194	870	208	269	8,641	1.73%	0
		CD&V	1,276	1,284	760	1,587	131	1,120	949	548	203	315	8,173	1.64%	0
		VB	1,044	753	307	1,108	111	457	668	401	175	133	5,157	1.03%	0
	The Right		355	228	260	382	50	234	241	223	128	64	2,165	0.43%	0
			242	132	109	249	39	148	395	167	96	46	1,623	0.33%	0
	Left Communists		147	139	231	163	175	129	218	179	40	24	1,445	0.29%	0
	Egalitarians			114	187	52	190	35	82	204	53	23	13	953	0.19%	0
	Libertarian Party		74	75	118	92	33	100	107	80	49	22	750	0.15%	0
	Left Movement	MG	66	54	76	95	22	55	97	70	22	10	567	0.11%	0
	Agora Erasmus		50	41	47	50	13	48	60	37	29	7	382	0.08%	0
	The Fight		29	17	26	41	7	17	32	20	18	6	213	0.04%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	55,650	61,448	57,596	79,604	15,578	67,623	65,847	58,358	13,630	23,391	498,725	100.00%	15
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	4,329	4,556	2,403	5,771	1,042	2,761	4,446	2,665	1,084		29,057	5.51%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	59,979	66,004	59,999	85,375	16,620	70,384	70,293	61,023	14,714		527,782	86.72%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	71,769	80,934	71,391	102,535	19,786	83,363	83,357	72,733	22,709		608,577
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	83.57%	81.55%	84.04%	83.26%	84.00%	84.43%	84.33%	83.90%	64.79%		86.72%

The following candidates were elected:^[16] 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:^[17]

Céline Fremault (CDH) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Georges Dallemagne (CDH) on 30 July 2014.
Zakia Khattabi (Ecolo) resigned on 25 May 2015 and was substituted by Gilles Vanden Burre (Ecolo) on 28 May 2015.
Didier Reynders (MR) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Gautier Calomne (MR) on 13 October 2015.

Notes and References

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Web site: Electoral Assistance: ElecData, Compendium of Electoral Data - Belgium . . 5 September 2022 . Strasbourg, France.
Web site: Belgium: Chambre des Représentants (House of Representatives) . PARLINE database on national parliaments . . 5 September 2022 . Geneva, Switzerland.
Web site: Telling, verdeling van de zetels en aanwijzing van de verkozenen - Kamer voor Volksvertegenwoordigers . Directie van de Verkiezingen . . 5 September 2022 . Brussels, Belgium . nl.
News: Elections 2019: The 5% electoral threshold . 5 September 2022 . . 8 May 2019 . Brussels, Belgium.
Web site: Parliamentary information sheets: N° 09.00 The House of Representatives - Election . . 5 September 2022 . Brussels, Belgium . 1 . 1 August 2019.
Web site: Résultats – Archives: Elections du 26 mai 2019 – Tableaux des résultats - Chambre - Nombres de votes obtenus par les listes répartis par canton . Elections . . 18 August 2022 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
Web site: Résultats – Archives: Elections du 26 mai 2019 – Tableaux des résultats - Chambre - Nombres d’inscrits, de bulletins déposés, de bulletins valables, de bulletins blancs ou nuls par canton . Elections . . 2 June 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
Web site: Résultat Chambre des Représentants 26 mai 2019 - Circonscription de Bruxelles-Capitale . Résultats électoraux . . 9 June 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
Web site: DOC 55 0001/015 Liste des Membres de la Chambre et Leurs Suppléants . . 1 June 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . 5-6 . 24 October 2023 . nl.
Web site: Résultats – Archives: Elections du 25 mai 2014 – Tableaux des résultats - Chambre - Nombres de votes obtenus par les listes répartis par canton . Elections . . 19 August 2022 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
Web site: Résultats – Archives: Elections du 25 mai 2014 – Tableaux des résultats - Chambre - Nombres d’inscrits, de bulletins déposés, de bulletins valables, de bulletins blancs ou nuls par canton . Elections . . 2 June 2024 . Brussels, Belgium . fr.
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