Official Belgian data, explained
Local government in Belgium: maps and local statistics
Explore 11 official local government indicators across Belgium, with definitions, dates, source limitations, maps and municipality profiles.
Local government is represented by 11 validated indicators from 1 source provider. This page is a curated starting point: it shows what can genuinely be compared, the latest available periods and the finest valid geography for each measure.
The latest period differs by indicator. Read the date, unit, geography and source beside each value before comparing places.
Local government: 11 indicators
Ballots cast
Valid party-list votes plus the API blank-vote field; null where those source components do not reconcile.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Blank/invalid ballot share
API blank-vote field divided by valid party-list votes plus that field, times 100.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Blank/invalid ballots
The API nrOfBlankVotes field. The API does not provide a municipality split between blank and otherwise invalid ballots.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Effective number of parties
Laakso-Taagepera effective number: 1 divided by the sum of squared valid-vote shares across reviewed party families.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Parties receiving votes
Number of reviewed party-family options with at least one valid party-list vote.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Party fragmentation
Rae fractionalisation: one minus the sum of squared valid-vote shares across reviewed party families, times 100.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Selected party vote share
Selected reviewed party-family votes divided by all valid party-list votes in the same native geography.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Selected party votes
Valid party-list votes for the selected reviewed party family.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Valid party-list votes
Sum of votes reported for all official party lists after the reviewed party-family aggregation.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Winner margin
Difference in percentage points between the two largest reviewed party-family vote shares.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Winning party share
Largest reviewed party-family vote total divided by all valid party-list votes, times 100.
- Latest year
- 2024
- Smallest geographic level
- municipality
Indicators (11)
Method and limitations
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