Hainaut (Chamber of Representatives constituency) explained

Hainaut
Nativename:	Dutch; Flemish: Henegouwen German: Hennegau
Constituency Type:	Constituency
Parl Name:	Chamber of Representatives
Map4:	Province de Hainaut in Belgium.svg
Map Size:	150px
Map Entity:	Belgium
District Label:	Province
District:	Hainaut
Region Label:	Region
Region:	Wallonia
Population:	1,356,895 (2023)^[1]
Electorate:	942,789 (2019)
Area:	3,813 km^2 (2023)^[2]
Year:	2003
Members Label:	Members^[3]

Hainaut (nl|Henegouwen; de|Hennegau) 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 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Belgium along provincial lines. It is conterminous with the province of Hainaut. The constituency currently elects 18 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 942,789 registered electors.

Electoral system

Hainaut currently elects 18 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

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	Reformists MR !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Les Engagés Engagés / CDH !	valign=bottom colspan=3	Chez Nous Chez Nous / PP !	valign=bottom colspan=3	National Front FN
colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3	colspan=3
Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	103,339	13.97%	3	36,750	4.97%	0	213,501	28.86%	6	15,189	2.05%	0	192,759	26.05%	5	114,559	15.48%	3	22,039	2.98%	0
	114,243	15.64%	3	89,898	12.30%	3	250,146	34.24%	8	27,484	3.76%	0	116,528	15.95%	3	58,695	8.03%	1	24,719	3.38%	0
	38,194	5.17%	1	43,488	5.89%	1	303,085	41.04%	9	14,382	1.95%	0	153,301	20.76%	5	76,812	10.40%	2	32,158	4.35%	0
	12,136	1.68%	0	67,993	9.41%	2	348,184	48.18%	11				126,608	17.52%	4	82,924	11.47%	2	19,852	2.75%	0	20,129	2.79%	0
	6,376	0.86%	0	78,777	10.61%	2	254,070	34.23%	7				199,859	26.93%	6	104,565	14.09%	3				58,408	7.87%	1
	5,606	0.77%	0	46,400	6.39%	1	320,144	44.07%	10				159,487	21.96%	5	87,975	12.11%	2				52,332	7.20%	1

(Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed

2019

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

Party	Votes per arrondissement									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"	Ath !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Charle -roi !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	La Lou -vière !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mons !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mous -cron !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Soig -nies !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Thuin !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Tournai !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates
		PS	23,290	71,003	29,734	57,188	8,318	18,589	15,468	26,302	254	250,146	34.24%	8
		MR	16,186	26,305	8,455	20,383	5,059	11,639	11,736	16,531	234	116,528	15.95%	3
		PTB	9,203	38,395	15,160	22,442	3,642	8,665	7,076	9,598	62	114,243	15.64%	3
		Ecolo	10,642	19,767	6,456	18,407	6,488	8,391	6,398	12,969	380	89,898	12.30%	3
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	6,543	11,792	4,429	10,651	6,200	4,322	7,783	6,885	90	58,695	8.03%	1
		DéFI	3,923	9,631	2,273	4,006	584	2,382	1,885	2,769	31	27,484	3.76%	0
		PP	2,346	9,081	2,180	4,448	992	1,650	1,982	2,003	37	24,719	3.38%	0
		VB	1,408	2,078	756	1,446	644	564	468	876	6	8,246	1.13%	0
	Destexhe List		826	2,634	745	1,538	218	1,063	618	530	5	8,177	1.12%	0
	Citizen Collective	CC	1,641	1,860	679	1,493	729	518	436	630	6	7,992	1.09%	0
			421	2,240	485	1,221	245	429	430	421	24	5,916	0.81%	0
	The Right		379	2,169	579	1,249	278	410	366	480	6	5,916	0.81%	0
	Workers' Struggle	LO	528	1,634	791	1,187	333	406	366	486	4	5,735	0.78%	0
			480	1,590	487	725	434	346	287	984	8	5,341	0.73%	0
		PCB	109	702	196	274	58	93	91	98	5	1,626	0.22%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	77,925	200,881	73,405	146,658	34,222	59,467	55,390	81,562	1,152	730,662	100.00%	18
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	7,256	23,612	8,144	15,690	5,131	5,716	5,410	9,178	97	80,234	9.89%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	85,181	224,493	81,549	162,348	39,353	65,183	60,800	90,740	1,249	810,896	86.01%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	96,112	265,624	94,020	192,359	44,507	74,113	69,701	104,602	1,751	942,789
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	88.63%	84.52%	86.74%	84.40%	88.42%	87.95%	87.23%	86.75%	71.33%	86.01%

The following candidates were elected:^[12] Hugues Bayet (PS), 14,387 votes; Roberto d'Amico (PTB), 4,552 votes; Ludivine Dedonder (PS), 16,663 votes; Elio Di Rupo (PS), 125,009 votes; Denis Ducarme (MR), 24,959 votes; Catherine Fonck (CDH), 19,333 votes; Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo), 8,410 votes; Marie-Christine Marghem (MR), 14,079 votes; Sofie Merckx (PTB), 8,912 votes; Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo), 16,676 votes; Özlem Özen (PS), 10,791 votes; Patrick Prévot (PS), 13,615 votes; Daniel Senesael (PS), 11,843 votes; Caroline Taquin (MR), 13,119 votes; Éric Thiébaut (PS), 14,791 votes; Marco Van Hees (PTB), 16,271 votes; Albert Vicaire (Ecolo), 2,818 votes; and Laurence Zanchetta (PS), 7,038 votes.

Substitutions:^[13]

• Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo) resigned on 18 September 2019 and was substituted by Laurence Hennuy (Ecolo) on 3 October 2019.
• Elio Di Rupo (PS) resigned on 19 September 2019 after he was appointed Minister-President of Wallonia and was substituted by Philippe Tison (PS).
• Ludivine Dedonder (PS) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Leslie Leoni (PS) on 1 October 2020.
• Marie-Colline Leroy (Ecolo) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Louis Mariage (Ecolo) on 11 May 2023.

2014

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

Party	Votes per arrondissement								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"	Ath !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Charle -roi !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mons !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mous -cron !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Soig -nies !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Thuin !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Tournai !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates
		PS	22,060	91,258	67,292	11,871	41,047	36,544	32,565	448	303,085	41.04%	9
		MR	14,341	40,413	25,452	6,816	23,430	20,337	22,257	255	153,301	20.76%	5
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	5,398	18,210	13,957	8,300	11,178	10,254	9,423	92	76,812	10.40%	2
		Ecolo	3,387	11,389	7,929	2,957	6,776	4,516	6,405	129	43,488	5.89%	1
		PTB	1,455	16,031	7,377	811	5,984	4,075	2,443	18	38,194	5.17%	1
		PP	1,945	13,753	5,549	754	4,054	4,279	1,795	29	32,158	4.35%	0
			960	10,225	6,444	582	2,677	2,205	1,513	28	24,634	3.34%	0
	Make Way Clear		573	5,729	3,410	649	2,164	1,799	1,132	11	15,467	2.09%	0
		FDF	947	5,101	2,755	417	2,290	1,659	1,198	15	14,382	1.95%	0
	The Right		382	2,265	1,265	427	822	920	704	19	6,804	0.92%	0
	Pirate		406	1,376	1,085	352	1,123	513	1,044	8	5,907	0.80%	0
	Wallonia First		279	1,928	902	256	613	507	428	13	4,926	0.67%	0
			157	1,192	560	251	520	294	789	4	3,767	0.51%	0
	Workers' Struggle	LO	186	1,129	734	204	577	388	320	1	3,539	0.48%	0
	Anti-Sharia Party	P+	73	947	718	34	186	195	97	4	2,254	0.31%	0
		RWF	113	729	410	46	295	304	158	3	2,058	0.28%	0
	New Alternative Wallonia	NWA	77	681	298	66	154	277	117	3	1,673	0.23%	0
	Left Movement	MG	155	568	241	63	178	196	257	4	1,662	0.23%	0
	Walloon Front	FW	62	920	202	69	142	150	85	3	1,633	0.22%	0
		RW	139	561	330	59	133	221	143	12	1,598	0.22%	0
		BUB	36	199	147	37	134	67	64	4	688	0.09%	0
	General Movement of Young Disadvantaged Workers	MGJOD	30	192	82	21	48	45	42	0	460	0.06%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	53,161	224,796	147,139	35,042	104,525	89,745	82,979	1,103	738,490	100.00%	18
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	4,468	22,852	14,432	5,062	9,354	8,258	8,695	101	73,222	9.02%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	57,629	247,648	161,571	40,104	113,879	98,003	91,674	1,204	811,712	87.59%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	64,208	286,339	186,435	44,866	128,479	110,451	104,404	1,550	926,732
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	89.75%	86.49%	86.66%	89.39%	88.64%	88.73%	87.81%	77.68%	87.59%

The following candidates were elected:^[16] Philippe Blanchart (PS), 8,860 votes; Christian Brotcorne (CDH), 8,700 votes; Olivier Chastel (MR), 41,921 votes; Paul-Olivier Delannois (PS), 8,271 votes; Laurent Devin (PS), 12,889 votes; Elio Di Rupo (PS), 181,964 votes; Denis Ducarme (MR), 15,142 votes; Jean-Jacques Flahaux (MR), 8,061 votes; Catherine Fonck (CDH), 24,645 votes; Benoît Friart (MR), 8,597 votes; Marie-Christine Marghem (MR), 21,088 votes; Éric Massin (PS), 12,935 votes; Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo), 7,936 votes; Özlem Özen (PS), 11,961 votes; Daniel Senesael (PS), 16,113 votes; Éric Thiébaut (PS), 12,935 votes; Marco Van Hees (PTB), 5,488 votes; and Fabienne Winckel (PS), 8,899 votes.

Substitutions:^[17]

• Marie-Christine Marghem (MR) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Richard Miller (MR) on 14 October 2014.

2010

Results of the 2010 federal election held on 13 June 2010:^{[18] [19] [20]}

Party	Votes per arrondissement								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"	Ath !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Charle -roi !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mons !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mous -cron !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Soig -nies !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Thuin !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Tournai !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates
		PS	24,302	110,505	78,015	11,890	46,240	41,490	35,509	233	348,184	48.18%	11
		MR	12,078	31,658	21,396	5,561	20,474	16,315	18,983	143	126,608	17.52%	4
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	5,555	23,295	12,460	8,399	11,648	11,131	10,346	90	82,924	11.47%	2
		Ecolo	4,694	19,782	10,874	5,003	10,365	7,414	9,698	163	67,993	9.41%	2
		FN	1,019	8,582	3,462	928	2,378	2,044	1,707	9	20,129	2.79%	0
		PP	1,302	8,086	2,681	647	3,130	2,494	1,495	17	19,852	2.75%	0
	Wallonia First		883	4,795	2,297	960	1,724	1,558	1,536	42	13,795	1.91%	0
		PTB	660	4,770	2,533	402	2,147	1,046	570	8	12,136	1.68%	0
	National Front+	FN+	527	4,962	2,021	557	1,292	1,258	934	2	11,553	1.60%	0
		RWF	573	4,622	1,901	318	1,512	1,538	938	12	11,414	1.58%	0
	Left Front		259	1,888	1,211	238	835	559	445	7	5,442	0.75%	0
		W+	155	620	269	77	218	183	156	1	1,679	0.23%	0
	Socialist Movement Plus		46	247	163	38	121	358	57	1	1,031	0.14%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	52,053	223,812	139,283	35,018	102,084	87,388	82,374	728	722,740	100.00%	19
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	3,874	21,236	11,269	4,756	8,340	7,641	7,932	60	65,108	8.26%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	55,927	245,048	150,552	39,774	110,424	95,029	90,306	788	787,848	87.61%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	62,313	282,449	173,611	44,637	124,995	107,563	102,861	859	899,288
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	89.75%	86.76%	86.72%	89.11%	88.34%	88.35%	87.79%	91.73%	87.61%

The following candidates were elected:^[20] Ronny Balcaen (Ecolo), 2,298 votes; Philippe Blanchart (PS), 9,774 votes; Juliette Boulet (Ecolo), 7,192 votes; Christian Brotcorne (CDH), 8,665 votes; Colette Burgeon (PS), 11,828 votes; Olivier Chastel (MR), 30,868 votes; Rudy Demotte (PS), 38,702 votes; Laurent Devin (PS), 12,599 votes; Elio Di Rupo (PS), 203,758 votes; Denis Ducarme (MR), 10,578 votes; Anthony Dufrane (PS), 9,195 votes; Catherine Fonck (CDH), 22,482 votes; Jacqueline Galant (MR), 18,256 votes; Marie-Christine Marghem (MR), 13,559 votes; Patrick Moriau (PS), 15,867 votes; Özlem Özen (PS), 9,687 votes; Franco Seminara (PS), 6,684 votes; Éric Thiébaut (PS), 16,307 votes; and Christiane Vienne (PS), 12,191 votes.

Substitutions:^[21]

• Rudy Demotte (PS) resigned on 18 June 2010 and was substituted by Olivier Henry (PS) on 6 July 2010.
• Elio Di Rupo (PS) was appointed Prime Minister of Belgium and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 7 December 2011 and 9 January 2013; by Laurence Meire (PS) between 10 January 2013 and 17 September 2013; and by Manuella Senecaut (PS) from 17 September 2013.
• Olivier Chastel (MR) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Olivier Destrebecq (MR) on 7 December 2011.
• Anthony Dufrane (PS) resigned on 3 January 2013 and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS).
• Patrick Moriau (PS) died on 20 July 2013 and was substituted by Laurence Meire (PS) on 17 September 2013.

2007

Results of the 2007 federal election held on 10 June 2007:^{[22] [23]}

Party	Votes per arrondissement								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"	Ath !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Charle -roi !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mons !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mous -cron !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Soig -nies !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Thuin !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Tournai !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates
		PS	19,448	74,066	59,556	10,311	34,513	28,327	27,504	345	254,070	34.23%	7
		MR	16,943	57,264	34,886	8,633	30,289	24,977	26,581	286	199,859	26.93%	6
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	6,402	30,832	18,251	8,637	13,525	14,535	12,256	127	104,565	14.09%	3
		Ecolo	4,607	25,209	14,152	4,771	10,614	9,331	9,878	215	78,777	10.61%	2
		FN	2,592	24,331	11,437	2,574	6,754	6,487	4,209	24	58,408	7.87%	1
		PC	598	3,628	1,950	647	1,516	1,038	1,264	13	10,654	1.44%	0
		RWF	715	3,297	2,049	316	1,121	1,428	870	9	9,805	1.32%	0
		PTB	126	2,923	1,136	77	1,524	427	159	4	6,376	0.86%	0
	Wallon		142	1,349	522	207	467	525	255	31	3,498	0.47%	0
	Walloon Party		128	1,150	517	122	475	487	245	15	3,139	0.42%	0
	National Force (Belgium)		130	1,221	535	142	350	324	218	8	2,928	0.39%	0
			138	1,050	346	124	355	192	348	8	2,561	0.35%	0
	Federal Christian Democrats	CDF	157	721	495	142	344	254	345	7	2,465	0.33%	0
		FNB	111	954	404	124	271	276	214	1	2,355	0.32%	0
		CAP	104	360	415	50	227	108	160	10	1,434	0.19%	0
	Union		37	377	136	44	91	90	81	0	856	0.12%	0
	Rights and Freedoms of Citizens	DLC	21	111	134	13	119	36	27	3	464	0.06%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	52,399	228,843	146,921	36,934	102,555	88,842	84,614	1,106	742,214	100.00%	19
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	3,845	20,806	11,512	4,952	8,222	7,570	7,962	117	64,986	8.05%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	56,244	249,649	158,433	41,886	110,777	96,412	92,576	1,223	807,200	89.75%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	61,066	280,807	179,094	45,698	122,479	106,083	102,749	1,380	899,356
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	92.10%	88.90%	88.46%	91.66%	90.45%	90.88%	90.10%	88.62%	89.75%

The following candidates were elected:^[23] Marie Arena (PS), 20,187 votes; Juliette Boulet (Ecolo), 4,843 votes; Christian Brotcorne (CDH), 11,330 votes; Colette Burgeon (PS), 9,105 votes; Olivier Chastel (MR), 67,180 votes; Patrick Cocriamont (FN), 9,448 votes; Jean-Luc Crucke (MR), 15,406 votes; Rudy Demotte (PS), 28,807 votes; Elio Di Rupo (PS), 138,276 votes; Denis Ducarme (MR), 11,393 votes; Christian Dupont (PS), 11,387 votes; Jean-Jacques Flahaux (MR), 9,156 votes; Catherine Fonck (CDH), 25,685 votes; Jacqueline Galant (MR), 21,743 votes; Marie-Christine Marghem (MR), 18,479 votes; Patrick Moriau (PS), 14,908 votes; Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo), 20,362 votes; Véronique Salvi (CDH), 14,647 votes; and Éric Thiébaut (PS), 9,965 votes.

Substitutions:^[24]

• Marie Arena (PS) resigned after she was appointed Minister-President of the French Community and was substituted by Camille Dieu (PS) between 5 July 2007 and 19 July 2007; and by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 9 October 2007 and 20 March 2008.
• Elio Di Rupo (PS) resigned after he was appointed Minister-President of Wallonia and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 5 July 2007 and 20 July 2007.
• Catherine Fonck (CDH) was appointed to the Government of the French Community and was substituted by David Lavaux (CDH) between 5 July 2007 and 24 June 2009; and by Hélène Couplet-Clément (CDH) between 2 July 2009 and 16 July 2009.
• Rudy Demotte (PS) resigned after he was appointed Minister-President of Wallonia and Minister-President of the French Community and was substituted by Camille Dieu (PS) between 9 October 2007 and 24 June 2009.
• Olivier Chastel (MR) was appointed Secretary of State in the federal government and was substituted by Olivier Destrebecq (MR) between 20 March 2008 and 24 June 2009; and by Françoise Colinia (MR) from 2 July 2019.
• Marie Arena (PS) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 22 March 2008 and 24 June 2009; and by Isabelle Privé (PS) between 25 June 2009 and 16 July 2009.
• Jean-Luc Crucke (MR) resigned on 23 June 2009 and was substituted by Olivier Destrebecq (MR) on 25 June 2009.
• Rudy Demotte (PS) resigned on 23 June 2009 and was substituted by Camille Dieu (PS) on 25 June 2009.
• Elio Di Rupo (PS) resigned on 23 June 2009 and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) on 25 June 2009.
• Christian Dupont (PS) resigned on 23 June 2009 and was substituted by Philippe Blanchart (PS) on 25 June 2009.
• Véronique Salvi (CDH) resigned on 23 June 2009 and was substituted by David Lavaux (CDH) on 25 June 2009.
• Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo) was appointed to the Government of Wallonia and was substituted by Ronny Balcaen (Ecolo) on 16 July 2009.

2003

Results of the 2003 federal election held on 18 May 2003:^{[25] [26]}

Party	Votes per arrondissement								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"	Ath !	align=center valign=bottom width="60"	Charle -roi !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mons !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Mous -cron !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Soig -nies !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Thuin !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Tournai !	align=center valign=bottom width="50"	Expat -riates
		PS	25,369	100,976	69,759	10,810	44,130	35,019	33,780	301	320,144	44.07%	10
		MR	13,025	43,785	28,771	6,674	24,126	21,339	21,502	265	159,487	21.96%	5
	align=left style="white-space: nowrap;"		CDH	4,821	23,705	15,528	9,580	11,402	11,101	11,729	109	87,975	12.11%	2
		FN	2,404	22,716	10,138	2,433	5,895	5,170	3,552	24	52,332	7.20%	1
		Ecolo	2,523	13,492	9,366	3,793	6,056	4,596	6,395	179	46,400	6.39%	1
		RWF	605	3,194	1,942	452	1,138	1,570	1,103	22	10,026	1.38%	0
		Vivant	490	4,145	1,116	578	1,089	690	966	18	9,092	1.25%	0
	Federal Christian Democrats	CDF	555	2,219	1,225	373	1,066	1,369	1,451	40	8,298	1.14%	0
		VB	541	1,565	1,144	742	1,051	567	578	10	6,198	0.85%	0
		PC	216	2,043	1,333	223	850	452	483	9	5,609	0.77%	0
		PTB	150	2,897	1,019	128	713	425	266	8	5,606	0.77%	0
	Socialist Movement	MS	64	382	277	38	330	3,242	82	1	4,416	0.61%	0
		FNB	155	1,335	545	459	428	382	343	1	3,648	0.50%	0
			117	1,116	415	474	280	225	468	5	3,100	0.43%	0
	French People United in a National Action of Co-operation and Emancipation	FRANCE	150	848	722	199	477	277	353	9	3,035	0.42%	0
	Liberal Challenge	DL	67	535	153	51	88	94	58	6	1,052	0.14%	0
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	51,252	224,953	143,453	37,007	99,119	86,518	83,109	1,007	726,418	100.00%	19
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	3,962	20,721	12,871	5,253	8,400	7,734	9,417	184	68,542	8.62%
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	55,214	245,674	156,324	42,260	107,519	94,252	92,526	1,191	794,960	90.18%
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	59,628	275,559	176,422	45,641	117,767	103,000	102,258	1,294	881,569
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	92.60%	89.15%	88.61%	92.59%	91.30%	91.51%	90.48%	92.04%	90.18%

The following candidates were elected:^[27] Marie Arena (PS), 40,747 votes; Chantal Bertouille (MR), 11,671 votes; Colette Burgeon (PS), 10,282 votes; Olivier Chastel (MR), 22,133 votes; Anne-Marie Corbisier-Hagon (CDH), 12,361 votes; Rudy Demotte (PS), 35,384 votes; Camille Dieu (PS), 7,645 votes; Elio Di Rupo (PS), 151,964 votes; Daniel Féret (FN), 8,739 votes; Jacqueline Galant (MR), 11,849 votes; Hervé Hasquin (MR), 28,531 votes; Jean-Pol Henry (PS), 8,667 votes; Marie-Christine Marghem (MR), 9,926 votes; Éric Massin (PS), 6,275 votes; Patrick Moriau (PS), 22,952 votes; Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo), 8,564 votes; Sophie Pécriaux (PS), 8,368 votes; Annick Saudoyer (PS), 8,128 votes; and Jean-Jacques Viseur (CDH), 17,660 votes.

Substitutions:^[28]

• Chantal Bertouille (MR) resigned on 21 May 2003 and was substituted by Denis Ducarme (MR).
• Anne-Marie Corbisier-Hagon (CDH) resigned on 3 June 2003 and was substituted by Catherine Fonck (CDH).
• Marie Arena (PS) was appointed to the Government of Wallonia and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 26 June 2003 and 13 July 2003.
• Hervé Hasquin (MR) resigned after he was appointed Minister-President of Wallonia and was substituted by Françoise Colinia (MR) between 26 June 2003 and 30 June 2004; and by Alex Tromont (MR) between 8 July 2004 and 18 July 2004.^[29]
• Jean-Marc Nollet (Ecolo) was appointed to the Government of the French Community and was substituted by Gérard Gobert (Ecolo) between 26 June 2003 and 18 July 2004.
• Marie Arena (PS) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) between 14 July 2003 and 18 July 2004.
• Rudy Demotte (PS) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Alisson De Clercq (PS) between 14 July 2003 and 18 July 2004.
• Olivier Chastel (MR) was appointed to the Government of the French Community and was substituted by Jean-Luc Crucke (MR) between 19 February 2004 and 28 June 2004; and by Robert Hondermarcq (MR) between 1 July 2004 and 18 July 2004.
• Daniel Féret (FN) resigned on 29 June 2004 and was substituted by Patrick Cocriamont (FN) on 1 July 2004.
• Rudy Demotte (PS) resigned on 19 July 2004 and was substituted by Bruno Van Grootenbrulle (PS) on 21 July 2004.
• Marie Arena (PS) resigned after she was appointed Minister-President of the French Community and was substituted by Alisson De Clercq (PS) from 21 July 2004.
• Catherine Fonck (CDH) was appointed to the Government of the French Community and was substituted by Damien Yzerbyt (CDH) between 30 July 2004 and 19 April 2005; and by David Lavaux (CDH) from 21 April 2005.
• Elio Di Rupo (PS) resigned after he was appointed Minister-President of Wallonia and was substituted by Yvon Harmegnies (PS) on 11 October 2005.

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