2010 Belgian General Election
541 days13 June 2010 · The federal era · 150 seats, 76 for a majority
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010, during the midst of the 2007-11 Belgian political crisis. After the fall of the previous Leterme II Government over the withdrawal of Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD) from the government the King dissolved the legislature and called new elections.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Elio Di Rupo
PS
Largest force
N-VA
27 of 150 seats
Turnout
89.2%
The result
| Share of the Chamber of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-VA | Bart De Wever | 27 | +22 | — | 17.4% | — | |
| PS | Elio Di Rupo | 26 | +6 | — | 13.7% | — | |
| MR | Didier Reynders | 18 | -5 | — | 9.3% | — | |
| CD&V | Marianne Thyssen | 17 | -8 | — | 10.8% | — | |
| sp.a | Caroline Gennez | 13 | -1 | — | 9.2% | — | |
| Open Vld | Alexander De Croo | 13 | -5 | — | 8.6% | — | |
| Vlaams Belang | Bruno Valkeniers | 12 | -5 | — | 7.8% | — | |
| cdH | Benoît Lutgen | 9 | -1 | — | 5.5% | — | |
| Groen | Wouter Van Besien | 5 | +1 | — | 4.4% | — | |
| LDD | Jean-Marie Dedecker | 1 | -4 | — | 3.7% | — | |
| PP | Mischaël Modrikamen | 1 | — | — | 1.3% | — |
8 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.