Editing Menen (section)

== Mayors ==

* 1921-1938: August Debunne (socialist)
* 1939-1942: Armand Deweerdt (liberal)
* 1944-1946: Armand Deweerdt (liberal)
* 1947-1964: René Gombert (liberal)
* 1964-1982: Paul Isebaert (N/D)
* 1983-1989: Fernand Dehaene (Christian Democrat)
* 1989-1994: Gilbert Bossuyt (Socialist)
* 1995-2000: Jean Libbrecht (liberal)
* 2001-2012: Gilbert Bossuyt (socialist)
** 2003-2004: Karl Debuck (replacement mayor)
* 2013-2018: Martine Fournier (Christian Democrat)
* 2019-: Eddy Lust (liberal)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Political Parties
! colspan="2" |10-10-1976<ref>[http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/main.html 1976-2000:Verkiezingsdatabase Binnenlandse Zaken]</ref>
! colspan="2" |10-10-1982
! colspan="2" |9-10-1988
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 1994|9-10-1994]]
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 2000|8-10-2000]]
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 2006|8-10-2006]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=16 June 2019 |title=Gegevens 2006: http://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2006 |url=https://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2006/lijsten.html?type=GE&nis=34027#tabevent_tab_uitslagen_GE}}<!-- auto-translated from Dutch by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 2012|14-10-2012]]<ref>[https://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2012/index.html#/gemeente/34027/uitslagen Gegevens 2012: www.vlaanderenkiest.be/verkiezingen2012]</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 2018|14-10-2018]]
! colspan="2" |[[:nl:Belgische lokale verkiezingen 2024|13-10-2024]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Votes/Chairs
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
!%
!31
|-
| bgcolor="orange" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Christian Democrats
| style="background-color:orange" |38,39<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
| style="background-color:orange" |13
|30,18<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|10
|28,03<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|10
|26,21<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|9
|24,11<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|8
| rowspan="2" |21,99<sup style="color:red;">A</sup>
| rowspan="2" |'''7'''
|23,86<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''8'''
| style="background-color:orange" |29,4<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
| style="background-color:orange" |10
|20,8<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''7'''
|-
| bgcolor="yellow" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |New Flemish Alliance
(Flemish Nationalists)
|14,83<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|4
|16,04<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|5
|10,19<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|2
| -
|
| -
|
|17,25<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''6'''
|12,6<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''4'''
|22,1<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|7
|-
| bgcolor="blue" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
|10,59<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|3
|13,76<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|4
|17,05<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|5
|17,7<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|6
|22,24<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''7'''
|19,08<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|6
|16,01<sup style="color:red;">3</sup>
|'''5'''
|18,1<sup style="color:red;">3</sup>
|'''6'''
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:blue;color:white" |32,0<sup style="color:red;">D</sup>
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:blue;color:white" |'''11'''
|-
| bgcolor="red" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Vooruit/SP.A
(Socialist Party)
|33,85<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|11
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |33,81<sup style="color:blue;">1</sup>
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |12
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |37,98<sup style="color:blue;">1</sup>
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |13
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |31,15<sup style="color:blue;">1</sup>
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |11
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |32,95<sup style="color:blue;">1</sup>
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |'''12'''
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |32,24<sup style="color:blue;">B</sup>
| style="background-color:red;color:white" |'''12'''
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:red;color:white" |24,26<sup style="color:blue;">C</sup>
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:red;color:white" |8
|17,2<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|'''6'''
|-
| bgcolor="green" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Greens
| -
|
| -
|
|5,98<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|1
|6,08<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|1
| -
|
|4,82<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|0
|9,2<sup style="color:red;">3</sup>
|2
|6,8<sup style="color:red;">3</sup>
|1
|-
| bgcolor="brown" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Flemish Interest
(Flemish separatists)
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|5,48<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|1
|7,53<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|2
|12,51<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|4
|5,92<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|1
|10,2<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|3
|16,9<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>
|5
|-
| bgcolor="darkred" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |Party of the labourers
(Marxists)
|0,77<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|0
|0,62<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|0
|0,76[[:nl:Groen (partij)|<sup style="color:red;">2</sup>]]
|0
|0,99<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|0
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|3,2<sup style="color:red;">1</sup>
|0
| -
|
|-
| bgcolor="white" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |<small>Open City Menen</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|7,37
|2
| -
|
| -
|
|-
| bgcolor="white" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |<small>New</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|9,37
|2
|5,33
|1
| -
|
| -
|
|-
| bgcolor="white" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |<small>VIA</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|5,37
|1
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|-
| bgcolor="white" style="width: 3px" |
| style="text-align:left;" |<small>GEBE</small>
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|11,57
|3
|5,28
|1
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
| -
|
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |<small>''Other Political Parties<sup>(*)</sup>''</small>
|''1,57''
|''0''
|''5,59''
|''0''
|''-''
|
|''0,82''
|''0''
|''2,51''
|''0''
|''-''
|
|''-''
|
|''-''
|
|''1,4''
|''0''
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Total Votes
! colspan="2" |23750
! colspan="2" |23079
! colspan="2" |23009
! colspan="2" |22605
! colspan="2" |22327
! colspan="2" |22918
! colspan="2" |22314
! colspan="2" |22326
! colspan="2" |13261
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |attendance (in%)
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |94,26
! colspan="2" |93,12
! colspan="2" |92,62
! colspan="2" |94,08
! colspan="2" |91,94
! colspan="2" |93,4
! colspan="2" |56,0
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |blank/invalid (in%)
! colspan="2" |5,2
! colspan="2" |5,91
! colspan="2" |6,08
! colspan="2" |6,79
! colspan="2" |6,29
! colspan="2" |5,62
! colspan="2" |6,59
! colspan="2" |6,2
! colspan="2" |2,5
|}
The Chairs of the majority coalition are written in '''Bold''': 2018 = New Flemish Alliance: '''4''', Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats: '''6''', SP.A/Greens: '''8'''