2010 Belgian federal election

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. The New Flemish Alliance, led by Bart De Wever, emerged as the plurality party with 27 seats, just one more than the francophone Socialist Party, led by Elio Di Rupo, which was the largest party in the Wallonia region and Brussels. It took a world record 541 days until a government was formed, resulting in a government led by Di Rupo.

13 June 2010 (2010-06-13)

Chamber of Representatives

All 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
76 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
N-VA	Bart De Wever	17.40	27	+22
PS	Elio Di Rupo	13.70	26	+6
CD&V	Marianne Thyssen	10.85	17	−8
MR	Didier Reynders	9.28	18	−5
sp.a	Caroline Gennez	9.24	13	−1
Open Vld	Alexander De Croo	8.64	13	−5
VB	Bruno Valkeniers	7.76	12	−5
cdH	Benoît Lutgen	5.52	9	−1
Ecolo	Jean-Michel Javaux Sarah Turine	4.80	8	0
Groen	Wouter Van Besien	4.38	5	+1
LDD	Jean-Marie Dedecker	3.74	1	−4
PP	Mischaël Modrikamen	1.29	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

40 of 71 seats in the Senate

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
N-VA	Bart De Wever	19.61	9	+8
PS	Elio Di Rupo	13.62	7	+3
CD&V	Marianne Thyssen	9.99	4	−4
sp.a	Caroline Gennez	9.48	4	0
MR	Didier Reynders	9.27	4	−2
Open Vld	Alexander De Croo	8.24	4	−1
VB	Bruno Valkeniers	7.60	3	−2
Ecolo	Jean-Michel Javaux Sarah Turine	5.46	2	0
cdH	Benoît Lutgen	5.13	2	0
Groen	Wouter Van Besien	3.89	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Maps

Federal Government before	Federal Government after
Leterme II Government	Di Rupo Government

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Yves Leterme served as the caretaker prime minister of the country for the period that it had no official government.

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