News -> Belgian federal election, 2014 2014-04-25
The previous 2010 election resulted in a victory for Flemish nationalist N-VA. Coalition formation continued for a record-breaking 541 days. Eventually the negotiating parties agreed upon a sixth Belgian state reform and the Di Rupo Government was finally formed on 6 December 2011.
The state reform has the following consequences for the election in 2014:
- The controversial constituency of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde no longer exists; instead there is now one constituency for the province of Flemish Brabant and one for the bilingual area of Brussels-Capital.
- The Senate will no longer be directly elected.
- The term length will be increased from 4 years to 5 years, and the election will always coincide with the European Parliament election.
