Belgium - 01/01/2024 - Local level

• Flanders: The following parity rules must be respected: on candidate lists, the difference between the number of candidates of each sex may not exceed one; the first two candidates from the same list cannot be of the same sex. (Region of Flanders local and provincial electoral decreee, article 74)
• Flanders: For the elections of the provincial councils, the following articles of this chapter apply: ... article 74 (Region of Flanders electoral decree, article 84.6)
• Flanders: Within the framework of the elections for the renewal of the municipal councils, the main municipal office meets on the twenty-seventh day before the election, at 4 pm. The main municipal office examines: ... whether the rules relating to the balanced composition of the candidate lists and ranking of candidates referred to in article 74 have been observed. After this examination, the main municipal office temporarily draws up the list of candidates. (Region of Flanders electoral decree, article 86)
• Flanders: The depositors of accepted or rejected lists or, failing them, one of the candidates appearing there, must submit to the president of the main municipal office, who gives a receipt thereof, a memorandum contesting the irregularities found during the provisional decision on the list of candidates or invoked the day after this judgment. If the irregularity in question relates to the ineligibility of a candidate, a memorandum may be submitted under the same conditions. If necessary, the persons referred to in the first paragraph may file a corrective act with the president of the main municipal office until 4 p.m. on the twenty-fourth day before election day. This corrective act is only admissible when a candidate wishes to withdraw their candidacy voluntarily or in the event of death after the provisional decision or when one or more candidates appearing on the presentation are rejected for one of the following reasons: ... the rules relating to the balanced composition of the lists of candidates have not been respected; the rules concerning the ranking of candidates have not been respected. The corrective act cannot include the name of a new candidate, except in the case where a candidate voluntarily withdraws their candidacy or if they are deceased. (Region of Flanders electoral decree, article 91)
• Brussels: No list may include a number of candidates less than two and greater than that of the councilors to be elected. On each of the lists of candidates for the election of the municipal councils of the Brussels-capital region, two consecutive candidates must be of different sex. The choice of the sex of the candidate of the last place is free for lists comprising an odd number of candidates. (Brussels capital region municipal electoral law, article 33, para 9)
• Brussels: The main office rejects lists which do not comply with the provisions of article 33, para 9. (Brussels capital region municipal electoral law, article 40)
• Brussels: The depositors of the accepted or rejected lists, or failing them, one of the candidates appearing therein, may, on the twenty-fourth day before the ballot, between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., at the place indicated for the submission of documents, submit to the president of the main office, who gives a receipt thereof, a memorandum contesting the irregularities found during the provisional decision of the list of candidates or invoked the day after this judgment. If the irregularity in question is the ineligibility of a candidate, a memorandum may be submitted under the same conditions. If necessary, the persons may file a corrective or additional memorandum. The corrective or additional memorandum is only admissible in the event that the application of one or more candidates, who appear on one of these acts, has been rejected for one of the following reasons: ... failure to observe the rules concerning the classification of candidates or the disposition of their names; non-compliance with the rules relating to the balanced composition of the lists, referred to in article 33, para 9 of this code. (Brussels capital region municipal electoral law, article 44)