Following the
Belgian general election held on 13 June 2010, a process of cabinet formation started in
Belgium. The election produced a very fragmented political landscape, with 11 parties elected to the
Chamber of Representatives, none of which won more than 20% of the seats. The separatist
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the largest party in
Flanders and the country as a whole, controls 27 of 150 seats in the lower chamber. The Francophone
Socialist Party (PS), the largest in
Wallonia, controls 26 seats. Cabinet negotiations continued for a long time. On 1 June 2011, Belgium matched the record for time taken to form a new democratic government after an election, at 353 days, held until then by
Cambodia in 2003–2004. On 11 October 2011, the final
agreement for institutional reform was presented to the media. A government coalition was named on 5 December 2011 and sworn in after a total of 541 days of negotiations and formation on 6 December 2011, and 589 days without an elected government with
Elio Di Rupo named
Prime Minister of the
Di Rupo I Government.