Ernest Burnelle (12 July 1908, Liège – 5 August 1968) was a Belgian politician, member of the Communist Party of Belgium (PCB), and part of the Walloon Movement.
He participated in the Battle of Belgium but escaped captivity (under the Flamenpolitik, the Germans decided to release all soldiers who passed a language test in Dutch).
He was considered an anti-Stalinist in the line of René Beelen and became secretary of the Communist Party of Belgium in 1954 and its president in 1963.
He was secretary of the Liège federation of PCB from 1946 to 1947, was responsible for the national party from 1947 to 1948, and the editor of Le Drapeau rouge from 1949 to 1950 during the Royal Question.
He was replaced as head of the PCB by Marc Drumaux and in the House by Marcel Levaux which he also engaged in the Walloon movement, including Wallonia Region of Europe.