Flemish Parliament elections

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Flemish Parliament elections are regional legislative elections in Flanders, Belgium, in which voters choose representatives to the Flemish Parliament.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Flemish Parliament elections canonical 3
Elections in Belgium 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election
regional election
appliesToJurisdiction Flanders
Flemish Region
ballotStructure party lists with preference votes
country Belgium
determines majority in the Flemish Parliament
electionInterval 5 years
electoralDistrictType multi-member constituencies
electoralThreshold 5%
electorateIncludes Belgian citizens in the Brussels-Capital Region who opt for the Flemish electoral college
Belgian citizens residing in Flanders
elects Flemish Parliament
Members of the Flemish Parliament
firstHeld 1995
follows Belgian state reform of 1993
governmentalSystem parliamentary system
governsBody Flemish Government formation
hasLevel subnational
hasMainParticipants Flemish political parties
hasNumberOfSeats 124
heldConcurrentlyWith European Parliament elections in Belgium
other Belgian regional elections
language Dutch
legalBasis Belgian Constitution
Special Law on Institutional Reform
legislatureSize 124
partOf Belgian regional elections
Elections in Belgium
previousTermLength 4 years
regulates Flemish Community competences
Flemish Region competences
relatedTo Belgian federalism
Flemish Parliament
Politics of Flanders
linked to: Flemish Parliament
scope regional legislature of Flanders
startDateOfCurrentTermLength 2004
supervisedBy Federal Public Service Interior (Belgium)
Flemish electoral authorities
termLength 5 years
uses compulsory voting
electronic voting (in some municipalities)
paper ballots
usesElectoralFormula D'Hondt method
linked to: d’Hondt method
usesVoterList Belgian national register
votingSystem open list proportional representation
proportional representation

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CD&V participatesIn Flemish Parliament elections
Ben Weyts officeContested Flemish Parliament elections
Vooruit participatesIn Flemish Parliament elections
Flemish Parliament elections partOf Elections in Belgium
linked to: Flemish Parliament elections