In the end, the leader of the N-VA only trembled during the counting of the ballots from the first offices, which announced a tidal wave of the PVDA (the Flemish counterpart of the PTB).
If the first scores suggested a score exceeding 30%, the N-VA quickly raised the bar, showing an increase of 1.9%, to take 37.2% of the votes, and consolidate its leading position in the Metropolis.
Never seen before: the far right wins the elections with an absolute majority in Ninove
Behind, despite a very good increase of 11.5%, the PVDA must be content with 20.2%. Vooruit, up slightly (+1.4%), completes the top three, while Groen is in free fall (-7.4%) to 10.7%, followed by Vlaams Belang and its 10.6%.
In terms of preference votes, Bart De Wever also demonstrates that he has lost none of his popularity, with 59,309 preference votes, crushing his PVDA opponent, Jos D’Haese (29,896 preference votes). “We are the City’s team”declared Bart De Wever, triumphant.
“Rome has won. Freedom has won. A Roman legion can only succeed if everyone participates. And that every day. Thank you my friends”added Bart De Wever, who will continue his work to form a federal government, ensuring that between the position of mayor and (Prime) minister, nothing was excluded.
