Brussels parliament: Ecolo doubles score to win 15 seats

Green party Ecolo was the big winner in Brussels' regional elections on Sunday, doubling its number of seats to 15 to become the region's second largest party behind PS.

Ecolo won 16% of the vote, a gain of seven seats compared with its performance in 2014. The green party is just two seats behind PS, which remains the biggest player in the Brussels parliament with 17 seats - a loss of four.

Alternative parties enjoyed success in the Brussels region, with the left-wing PTB and PVDA taking 11 seats between them. Ecolo's Flemish equivalent, Groen, gained a seat, bringing its total to four.

New entrants in the Brussels parliament include Pascal Smet's one.brussels party, which won three seats. The citizen's platform Agora won a seat, as did the newly formed animal party, DierAnimal.

The Brussels parliament in numbers

PS: 17 seats (-4)
Ecolo: 15 seats (+7)
MR: 13 seats (-5)
DéFI: 10 seats (-2)
PTB: 10 seats (+6)
CDH: 6 seats (-3)
Groen: 4 seats (+1)
Open VLD: 3 seats (-2)
one.brussels: 3 seats (+3)
N-VA: 3 seats (no change)
PVDA: 1 seat (+1)
Agora: 1 seat (+1)
CD&V: 1 seat (-1)
Vlaams Belang: 1 seat (no change)
DierAnimal: 1 seat (+1)

Photo: Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga