Municipal elections of 13 October 2024

• Notice of convocation of voters (229.40 KB) (in French)
• Notice of convocation of voters (172.99 KB) (in Dutch)

You will receive this letter in your letterbox at least 15 days before the election.

You did not receive your convocation letter for the 13 October 2024 elections? Or you have lost it?

You can request a duplicate of your convocation (electoral notice) from 7 October 2024.

How to apply?

• By e-mail: elections@brucity.be from 7 October (sent by post until 9 October)
• At the Brucity Administrative Centre counter, without an appointment, from 7 October

More info? By telephone on 0800 200 35 (from 30 September).

The Elections desk will be open:

• during normal office hours at Brucity
• on Saturday 12 October from 8:30 am to 4 pm
• on Sunday 13 October from 8 am to 4 pm

In accordance with Article 60 of the New Brussels Municipal Electoral Code: Voters who are not in possession of their invitation letter may be admitted to vote if their identity and status as a voter are recognised by the electoral office.

More info?

External siteElection notice letter (in French and Dutch)

Some voters can cast their votes by giving a proxy to another voter. This way, the proxy holder can vote in the name of the proxy giver:

• External siteVoting by proxy (in French)
• External siteVoting by proxy (in Dutch)

How to apply?

For temporary residence abroad or a self-employed activity:

• By e-mail: elections@brucity.be by sending the necessary supporting documents (plane tickets or hotel reservations)
• At the Brucity Administrative Centre, without an appointment
• At the Louise liaison office, without an appointment
• At the Laeken liaison office, without an appointment
• At the Neder-Over-Heembeek liaison office, without an appointment

For reasons of illness, disability, work (for an employer), deprivation of liberty, conviction or study: have this External siteform completed by the External sitecompetent authority.

External siteOfficial results of the Brussels 2024 municipal elections (in French and Dutch)

External siteAnnouncement of lists of candidates (in French and Dutch) 

In French:

• Voting screens and lists of candidates (700.08 KB)
• External siteNumber of candidates per list name per municipality

In Dutch:

• Voting screens and lists of candidates (706.55 KB)
• External siteNumber of candidates per list name per municipality

Non-Belgian citizens registered in the population register of a Belgian municipality can register on the electoral roll. 

Registration closed on 31 July 2024. You can register or deregister for the next elections, in 6 years, from the day after the election, so from 14 October 2024. 

More info:

External siteMunicipal Elections - FAQ (in English, Expat Welcome Desk) 

If you are unable to vote on election day, you have two options:

• You can appoint a proxy (see 'Voting by proxy')
• Or you can submit your reasons for absence to the justice of the peace in your judicial district, who will decide whether your reasons are justified

This mail, sent in connection with the elections, may be sent free of charge (free of postage), as long as the postage is marked 'Loi électorale'.

For citizens of 1000, 1040 and 1050 Brussels:

Justice de paix de Bruxelles
Place Poelaert 3 box 5
1000 Brussels

For the others:

Justice de paix de Bruxelles
Rue Fransman 89
1020 Brussels  

Electronic voting demonstration sessions will be held from 9:30 am till noon and from 2 pm to 4 pm (no prior registration required), on the following dates and at the following locations:

• Monday 16 September 2024: Louise liaison office (Avenue Louise 240 - 1000 Brussels)
• Tuesday 17 September 2024: Haren Community Centre (Rue de Cortenbach 11 - 1130 Brussels)
• Wednesday 18 September 2024: North Pole Centre (Chaussée d'Anvers 208 - 1000 Brussels)
• Thursday 19 September 2024: Brucity Administrative Centre (Rue des Halles 4 - 1000 Brussels)
• Monday 23 September 2024: 'Les Églantines' Residence (Rue Saints-Pierre et Paul 15 - 1120 Brussels)
• Tuesday 24 September 2024: De Buurtwinkel vzw (Place Anneessens 13 - 1000 Brussels)
• Thursday 26 September 2024: Ambiorix Community Centre (Square Ambiorix 4 - 1000 Brussels - a few steps)
• Friday 27 September 2024: CPAS-OCMW City of Brussels - Social Service - Miroir Office (Rue du Miroir 7 - 1000 Brussels)
• Monday 30 September 2024: Laeken liaison office (Boulevard Emile Bockstael 246 - 1020 Brussels)

These demonstrations are intended for all citizens of Brussels who wish to become familiar with the electronic voting system. Registration is not necessary. 

Video

Next video shows the electronic voting procedure (the video is in French with subitles in French):

More info?

• External siteElectronic voting in practice (in French and Dutch)
• External siteElectronic voting in 16 steps (in French)
• External siteElectronic voting in 16 steps (in Dutch)

• External siteRegional survey for voters with disabilities and reduced mobility (in French)
• External siteRegional survey for voters with disabilities and reduced mobility (in Dutch)
• External sitePeople with reduced mobility (in French and Dutch)
• External siteElections in simple language (in French and Dutch)
• External siteAccessibility for disabled (in French)
• External siteAccessibility for disabled (in Dutch) 

Transport service

On 13 October 2024, a free transport service will be offered to people with reduced mobility who vote in the City of Brussels.

Who?

The operator Carry Services is specifically available to transport people with reduced mobility to their polling station free of charge. 

What?

• Pick-up and drop-off (the driver will be waiting outside the polling station)
• No proof or recognition of disability required

How to book?

• By telephone, between 8 am and 6 pm, on 0493 337 333
• By e-mail: contact@carry-services.be
• Possible till 12 October at 6 pm

Would you like to stand as a candidate in the municipal elections and are you looking for information?

External siteConditions for standing as a candidate (in French and Dutch) 

Candidate submissions

Notice to voters and candidates from the chairmen of the main electoral office (239.20 KB) (in French)

Paper nomination forms signed by voters can be handed in for verification at the Brucity counter during opening hours, and exceptionally on Friday 13 September until 3 pm.

Request for the voters' list

As soon as the voters' list has been drawn up, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen or the official designated by it will issue an electronic copy of the voters' list free of charge to persons who submit a written request and undertake in writing to submit a list of candidates for the municipal elections (N.C.E.C.B., article 13, § 1, paragraph 1).

• External siteModel letter for candidates (in French)
• External siteModel letter for parties (in French)

How to apply?

By post: City of Brussels - Elections Coordination - Brucity - Rue des Halles 4, 1000 Brussels

Applicants can receive an electronic version of the voters' list (USB flash drive) at Brucity:

• on 22 August from 2 pm to 4 pm
• by appointment on 02 279 21 27
• External siteCirculaire relative à la délivrance de copies de la liste des électeurs
• External siteNouveau Code électoral communal bruxellois - Chapitre 4 - La délivrance de la liste des électeurs

If the applicant does not submit a list of candidates, he or she may no longer use the voters' list, on pain of the criminal penalties laid down in article 197bis of the Electoral Code.

Notarial deed

Candidates may, under certain conditions mentioned below, request to appear on the list of candidates under a name other than their official identity:

1. If the candidate chooses a forename other than the first forename appearing on their identity card, it must be one of the other forenames appearing on their identity card or birth certificate or the abbreviation of one of the forenames appearing on the birth certificate.
2. Apart from the case mentioned in 1° of this paragraph, the main office may authorise the candidate to appear on the list of candidates under a surname or forename not included in the list of surnames and forenames appearing on his birth certificate or identity card.

In the latter case, the candidate must produce a notarial deed issued by the Mayor or notary establishing that the person is usually referred to by the surname or first name under which he or she intends to stand as a candidate.

How to apply?

From 19 August, go to the Electoral Affairs Service (Brucity) during office hours with 2 witnesses, with their identity cards.

Once the document has been signed by the Mayor, it will be made available for collection at Brucity.

More info? From 19 August by telephone on 02 279 21 27.

It is also possible to request this deed from a notary. A External sitemodel form is available for use.

External siteRegulations (in French)

• Notice concerning the possibility of consulting the list of voters and complaints (940.83 KB) (in French)
• Notice concerning the possibility of consulting the list of voters and complaints (99.70 KB) (in Dutch)

Several election billboards are spread across the territory of the City of Brussels:

• Electoral billboards of the City of Brussels (616.61 KB)
• Electoral billboards of the City of Brussels (Open data)

Only the City services are allowed to affix election posters on them for the parties - lists.

The election signs are approximately 1.12m wide and 1.80m high and their distribution on the municipal territory is determined by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Posters will be received from 2 September 2024.

Where? City of Brussels, Brucity Administrative Centre, Rue des Halles 4 - 1000 Brussels

How? By appointment from 26 August 2024:

• either by e-mail to affichageelectoral@brucity.be
• or by telephone at 02 279 22 00

Posting from 9 September 2024 (3 sites per day, in the order of the list).

Decree of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen on electoral posting and annexes (in French):

• Arrêté du Collège des Bourgmestre et Échevins sur l'affichage électoral
• Annexe 1 - liste des sites d'affichage (98.19 KB)
• Annexe 2 - taxe sur les incivilités en matière de Propreté publique (341.93 KB)
• Annexe 3 - responsable pour la campagne (80.27 KB)
• Annexe 4 - arrêté de police (1.16 MB)
• Annexe 5 - règlement de police - affichage (278.46 KB)
• Annexe 6 - engagement relatif à la campagne électorale (74.24 KB) 

• List of polling stations City of Brussels 2024 (120.41 KB)
• Map with polling stations City of Brussels 2024 (649.33 KB)
• Map with polling stations City of Brussels 2024 (Open data)

Here you will find an overview of all info and frequently asked questions (FAQ) for expats and the answers to them:

• External siteMunicipal Elections (in English, Expat Welcome Desk)
• ​External siteMunicipal Elections - FAQ (in English, Expat Welcome Desk)

Some electors may be eligible for a financial contribution towards their travel expenses.

Are you travelling to the polling station by train? Then you can receive a free train ticket.

Do you use another means of transport? You can be reimbursed. Where? At the commune where you voted.

Check the External siteconditions first.

How to apply?

You can either take the train and receive a free ticket at the ticket office (together with the election notice letter, identity card or card for foreign nationals and a document: certificate from your employer, educational establishment or healthcare provider). To return by train, show your election notice letter stamped by the polling station.

Or you can use another means of transport:

On 13 October: you bring the External siteF2 form with you on polling day and ask the president of the polling station to sign it.

Before 13 January 2025, you claim your refund by e-mail to elections@brucity.be by sending:

• the completed and signed F2 form
• your letter of invitation stamped by the polling station
• the transport ticket used
• a certificate from your employer, educational establishment or healthcare provider

By post, send the same documents to:

City of Brussels - Elections
Travel expenses
Rue des Halles 4
1000 Brussels

The amount of the reimbursement corresponds to the price of the train in 2nd class. The price is that applied by the SNCB on 13 October.

Here you will find an overview of all frequently asked questions (FAQ) and the answers to them:

External siteFAQ (in French and Dutch)