East Flanders (; ; ) 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 East Flanders. The constituency currently elects 20 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 federal election the constituency had 1,182,578 registered electors.

Electoral system East Flanders currently elects 20 of the 150 members of the Chamber of Representatives using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method. Only parties that reach the 5% threshold in the constituency compete for seats.

Electors may vote for the list (party) or for individual candidates, either main candidates or substitute candidates or a combination, on the list. They may vote for as many candidates as there are seats in the constituency. Split-ticket voting (panachage) is not permitted and will result in the ballot paper being invalidated. The minimum number of votes a candidate must obtain to get elected - the quotient - is calculated as the total votes received by the party divided by the number of seats in the constituency plus one. Half the ballot papers where there are no votes for main candidates (i.e. the elector has voted for the list or for substitute candidates only) are redistributed amongst main candidates in the order they appear on the ballot paper so that the candidate's total votes (personal votes plus redistributed votes) equals the quotient. The seats won by the party are then allocated to the candidates with the most number of total votes.

Election results Summary Election WorkersPVDA GroenGroen / Agalev VooruitVooruit / SP.A /SP.A-Spirit Liberals & DemocratsOpen Vld / VLD Christian DemocratsCD&V New FlemishN-VA / CD&V-N-VA Vlaams BelangVB / VB 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 % Seats2024 75,942 7.31% 1 103,722 9.99% 2 127,758 12.30% 3 119,200 11.48% 2 125,871 12.12% 2 231,470 22.29% 5 234,888 22.61% 52019 55,209 5.53% 1 103,061 10.32% 2 101,447 10.16% 2 178,349 17.85% 4 127,024 12.72% 2 218,023 21.83% 5 200,173 20.04% 42014 26,381 2.67% 0 90,473 9.15% 2 131,903 13.34% 3 179,167 18.12% 4 177,349 17.94% 4 306,650 31.01% 6 61,620 6.23% 12010 11,950 1.25% 0 70,297 7.36% 1 135,212 14.15% 3 166,278 17.40% 4 147,151 15.40% 3 269,049 28.15% 6 117,817 12.33% 32007 9,644 0.99% 0 70,438 7.22% 1 154,536 15.83% 3 234,906 24.07% 5 260,584 26.70% 6 181,331 18.58% 42003 4,085 0.42% 0 43,737 4.52% 0 213,413 22.07% 5 296,999 30.71% 7 184,713 19.10% 4 41,255 4.27% 0 162,166 16.77% 4 (Figures in italics represent alliances.)

Detailed 2024 Results of the 2024 federal election held on 9 June 2024:

Party Votes per arrondissement Totalvotes % SeatsAalst Dender-monde Eeklo Ghent Ouden-aarde Sint-Niklaas Expat-riates Vlaams Belang VB 58,348 37,689 15,679 59,658 18,911 43,079 1,524 234,888 22.61% 5 New Flemish Alliance N-VA 44,088 34,094 11,527 79,472 17,339 43,516 1,434 231,470 22.29% 5 Vooruit Vooruit 24,021 16,599 8,019 47,965 8,594 21,578 982 127,758 12.30% 3 Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V 21,286 17,659 8,786 46,591 11,491 19,385 673 125,871 12.12% 2 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Open Vld 23,276 14,856 5,738 46,805 14,914 11,921 1,690 119,200 11.48% 2 Groen Groen 13,007 8,993 3,751 55,531 7,360 12,970 2,110 103,722 9.99% 2 Workers' Party of Belgium PVDA 12,273 8,355 4,336 30,586 5,461 14,346 585 75,942 7.31% 1 Blank Party PB 1,488 977 485 2,960 780 1,240 127 8,057 0.78% 0 For You VU 1,498 955 540 2,889 747 1,265 113 8,007 0.77% 0 Common Sense GV 458 527 103 689 126 392 57 2,352 0.23% 0 Belgische Unie – Union Belge BUB 310 165 56 446 161 203 49 1,390 0.13% 0Valid votes 200,053 140,869 59,020 373,592 85,884 169,895 9,344 1,038,657 100.00% 20Rejected votes 9,136 5,694 3,120 14,261 4,760 6,993 748 44,712 4.13% Total polled 209,189 146,563 62,140 387,853 90,644 176,888 10,092 1,083,369 91.61% Registered electors 228,361 158,169 67,543 420,139 97,715 191,940 18,711 1,182,578 Turnout 91.60% 92.66% 92.00% 92.32% 92.76% 92.16% 53.94% 91.61%

The following candidates were elected: Peter Buysrogge (N-VA), 8,315 votes; Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), 61,309 votes; Kathleen Depoorter (N-VA), 13,600 votes; Ortwin Depoortere (VB), 10,705 votes; Petra De Sutter (Groen), 64,716 votes; Christoph D'Haese (N-VA), 23,635 votes; Katja Gabriëls (Open Vld), 8,458 votes; Leentje Grillaert (CD&V), 10,285 votes; Brent Meuleman (Vooruit), 5,581 votes; Barbara Pas (VB), 57,051 votes; Lotte Peeters (N-VA), 9,666 votes; Werner Somers (VB), 10,900 votes; Robin Tonniau (PVDA), 10,625 votes; Francesca Van Belleghem (VB), 10,229 vote; Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), 31,925 votes; Joris Vandenbroucke (Vooruit), 17,506 votes; Stefaan Van Hecke (Groen), 7,228 votes; Alexander Van Hoecke (VB), 8,696 votes; Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V), 52,807 votes; and Anja Vanrobaeys (Vooruit), 8,756 votes.

Substitutions: Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Lieve Truyman (N-VA) on 4 February 2025. Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Phaedra Van Keymolen (CD&V) on 4 February 2025. Joris Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) resigned on 14 March 2025 and was substituted by Niels Tas (Vooruit) on 20 March 2025.

2019 Results of the 2019 federal election held on 26 May 2019:

Party Votes per arrondissement Totalvotes % SeatsAalst Dender-monde Eeklo Ghent Ouden-aarde Sint-Niklaas Expat-riates New Flemish Alliance N-VA 43,495 31,932 10,603 73,252 15,010 43,461 270 218,023 21.83% 5 Vlaams Belang VB 51,297 31,286 12,023 53,336 14,688 37,446 97 200,173 20.04% 4 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Open Vld 32,806 22,666 9,981 72,649 19,948 19,944 355 178,349 17.85% 4 Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V 20,793 19,375 8,656 45,724 12,244 20,123 109 127,024 12.72% 2 Groen Groen 13,168 10,024 3,816 53,186 6,912 15,588 367 103,061 10.32% 2 Socialist Party Different SP.A 21,285 12,327 6,440 38,006 9,102 14,190 97 101,447 10.16% 2 Workers' Party of Belgium PVDA 7,106 5,524 4,006 25,808 3,393 9,299 73 55,209 5.53% 1 DierAnimal 2,119 1,646 628 4,564 876 1,944 24 11,801 1.18% 0 Belgische Unie – Union Belge 263 221 126 1,054 179 251 4 2,098 0.21% 0 Of Co-operation 704 200 77 475 85 188 3 1,732 0.17% 0Valid votes 193,036 135,201 56,356 368,054 82,437 162,434 1,399 998,917 100.00% 20Rejected votes 9,886 6,349 3,749 17,200 5,434 7,461 70 50,149 4.78% Total polled 202,922 141,550 60,105 385,254 87,871 169,895 1,469 1,049,066 90.77% Registered electors 223,256 155,284 65,914 426,081 95,831 187,450 1,918 1,155,734 Turnout 90.89% 91.16% 91.19% 90.42% 91.69% 90.63% 76.59% 90.77%

The following candidates were elected: Peter Buysrogge (N-VA), 11,724 votes; Steven Creyelman (VB), 10,617 votes; Mathias De Clercq (Open Vld), 17,856 votes; Pieter De Crem (CD&V), 36,118 votes; Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), 80,283 votes; Kathleen Depoorter (N-VA), 14,794 votes; Ortwin Depoortere (VB), 11,219 votes; Pieter De Spiegeleer (VB), 10,244 votes; Steven De Vuyst (PVDA), 9,203 votes; Christoph D'Haese (N-VA), 31,370 votes; Leen Dierick (CD&V), 18,553 votes; Katja Gabriëls (Open Vld), 12,990 votes; Egbert Lachaert (Open Vld), 14,637 votes; Barbara Pas (VB), 41,911 votes; Tomas Roggeman (N-VA), 9,616 votes; Anneleen Van Bossuyt (N-VA), 37,510 votes; Joris Vandenbroucke (SP.A), 19,493 votes; Stefaan Van Hecke (Groen), 14,593 votes; Anja Vanrobaeys (SP.A), 8,527 votes; and Evita Willaert (Groen), 11,784 votes.

Substitutions: Mathias De Clercq (Open Vld) resigned on 18 June 2019 and was substituted by Robby De Caluwé (Open Vld) on 20 June 2019. Pieter De Crem (CD&V) resigned on 20 June 2019 and was substituted by Jan Briers (CD&V) on the same day. Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Tania De Jonge (Open Vld) on 17 March 2020. Evita Willaert (Groen) resigned on 24 May 2022 and was substituted by Kathleen Pisman (Groen) on 25 May 2022.

2014 Results of the 2014 federal election held on 25 May 2014:

Party Votes per arrondissement Totalvotes % SeatsAalst Dender-monde Eeklo Ghent Ouden-aarde Sint-Niklaas Expat-riates New Flemish Alliance N-VA 66,063 46,591 16,334 96,562 22,321 58,533 246 306,650 31.01% 6 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Open Vld 36,465 24,937 9,928 68,013 20,067 19,463 294 179,167 18.12% 4 Christian Democratic and Flemish CD&V 28,782 26,022 11,366 62,642 17,175 31,198 164 177,349 17.94% 4 Socialist Party Different SP.A 26,111 15,397 7,067 53,315 10,917 18,978 118 131,903 13.34% 3 Groen Groen 11,580 9,066 4,323 44,719 6,164 14,409 212 90,473 9.15% 2 Vlaams Belang VB 15,184 9,087 3,433 17,734 3,508 12,613 61 61,620 6.23% 1 Workers' Party of Belgium PVDA 3,232 2,376 2,901 12,147 1,380 4,319 26 26,381 2.67% 0 Pirate Party 1,257 958 450 3,526 476 1,446 11 8,124 0.82% 0 ROSSEM 459 349 189 944 189 424 3 2,557 0.26% 0 Social Democrats and Progressives SD&P 1,650 171 40 288 47 99 3 2,298 0.23% 0 Belgische Unie – Union Belge BUB 267 175 72 515 150 172 15 1,366 0.14% 0 Party for the Disabled and Welfare PVGW 324 116 50 250 56 135 1 932 0.09% 0Valid votes 191,374 135,245 56,153 360,655 82,450 161,789 1,154 988,820 100.00% 20Rejected votes 10,096 6,848 3,608 16,561 5,238 7,381 51 49,783 4.79% Total polled 201,470 142,093 59,761 377,216 87,688 169,170 1,205 1,038,603 91.76% Registered electors 219,954 153,864 64,917 412,867 94,574 184,162 1,536 1,131,874 Turnout 91.60% 92.35% 92.06% 91.37% 92.72% 91.86% 78.45% 91.76%

The following candidates were elected: Siegfried Bracke (N-VA), 64,481 votes; Peter Buysrogge (N-VA), 11,877 votes; Pieter De Crem (CD&V), 47,036 votes; Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), 78,073 votes; Peter Dedecker (N-VA), 24,384 votes; Christoph D'Haese (N-VA), 22,677 votes; Leen Dierick (CD&V), 24,185 votes; Egbert Lachaert (Open Vld), 16,182 votes; Barbara Pas (VB), 12,422 votes; Fatma Pehlivan (SP.A), 14,336 votes; Sarah Smeyers (N-VA), 31,700 votes; Ine Somers (Open Vld), 10,553 votes; Karin Temmerman (SP.A), 30,291 votes; Goedele Uyttersprot (N-VA), 18,266 votes; Carina Van Cauter (Open Vld), 24,945 votes; Dirk Van der Maelen (SP.A), 18,814 votes; Stefaan Van Hecke (Groen), 12,999 votes; Stefaan Vercamer (CD&V), 20,907 votes; Evita Willaert (Groen), 9,628 votes; and Veli Yüksel (CD&V), 16,635 votes.

Substitutions: Pieter De Crem (CD&V) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Sarah Claerhout (CD&V) on 14 October 2014. Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) was appointed to the federal government and was substituted by Katja Gabriëls (Open Vld) on 14 October 2014.

2010 Results of the 2010 federal election held on 13 June 2010: