Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2000

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The Belgian provincial and municipal elections, 2000 took place on Sunday October 8, 2000. The electors elected the municipal counsellors 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.

City and provincial councillors were elected to a six year term. Newly elected councillors took office in January 2001, with a term ending in 2007. The next municipal elections took place on October 8, 2006.

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Flanders

Provinces

Party / Alliance Antwerp East Flanders Flemish Brabant Limburg West Flanders Total
CVP 21 25 22 27 33 128
VLD 20 27 21 18 20 106
SP 12 13 12 21 18 76
VB 20 12 10 7 5 54
Agalev 9 5 8 0 4 26
VU-ID 2 2 5 2 4 15
UF 0 0 6 0 0 6
Total 84 84 84 75 84 411

Antwerp

Party Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij) 249,840 23.29 3.89 21 6
Flemish Block (Vlaams Blok) 237,142 22.11 4.96 20 4
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten) 222,306 20.72 5.82 20 7
Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) 149,083 13.9 2.26 12 3
Agalev 120,911 11.27 0.39 9 0
People's Union (Volksunie & ID) 64,096 5.97 5.97 2 2

Wallonia

Provinces

Party / Alliance Hainaut Liège Luxembourg Namur Walloon Brabant Total
PS 39 33 11 19 13 115
PRL-MCC1 19 20 18 17 -- 74
PRL-FDF1 -- -- -- -- 23 23
PSC 13 13 16 13 8 63
Ecolo 12 12 2 7 11 44
FN 1 0 0 0 0 1
CSP2 -- 3 -- -- -- 3
PFF2 -- 2 -- -- -- 2
SP2 -- 1 -- -- -- 1
Vivant 0 0 -- 0 1 1
Total 84 84 47 56 56 327

1. The Parti Réformateur Libéral participated in the election in an electoral coalition with the Mouvement des Citoyens pour le Changement in four provinces and with the Front Démocratique des Francophones in Walloon Brabant.

2. 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.