European elections in Belgium 2009

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 %
30th
20th
10
0
22.61
19.61
19.17
13.55
11.18
6.13
4.51
3.24
MR /
VLD /
PFF
cdh /
CD&V /
CSP
PS /
sp.a /
SP
VB /
FN
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-1.43
-3.74
-5.49
+4.85
-5.96
+6.13
+4.51
+1.13
MR /
VLD /
PFF
cdh /
CD&V /
CSP
PS /
sp.a /
SP
VB /
FN
Otherwise.
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Remarks:
f 2004 CD & V / N-VA

The 2009 European elections in Belgium took place on June 7, 2009. It was carried out in the course of the EU- wide European elections in 2009 , with 22 of the 736 seats in the European Parliament in Belgium . Of these, 13 belong to the Dutch-speaking electoral college, eight to the French-speaking and one to the German-speaking electoral college.

Electoral system

The legal basis for the European elections in Belgium is the federal law of March 23, 1989, last amended by the federal law of April 21, 2007. In addition, the federal law of March 11, 2003 stipulates that as many female and male candidates must be listed on the electoral lists the first two candidates and alternates on a list must not be of the same gender.

Actively entitled to vote at any Belgians over the age of 18 years who has applied his residence in Belgium or postal voting for the Belgian electoral lists. Also, EU citizens are eligible to vote under the additional condition that they are registered on the electoral roll. Every EU citizen who is 21 years of age or older, who resides in an EU member state and who, depending on the electoral body, speaks Dutch, French or German, is eligible to vote.

Voting is compulsory in Belgium . Violations can be punished with a fine.

The election is a proportional representation , which means that each party receives seats based on its share of the valid votes cast nationwide. The electoral area is divided into four constituencies: Flemish Region , Wallonia Region , German-Speaking Region and Brussels-Capital Region . In accordance with the Royal Decree of October 24, 2008, 13 members are elected by the Dutch-speaking electoral body, eight by the French-speaking electoral body and one member by the German-speaking electoral body.

Official end result

2009 2004 Difference 2009-2004
number % number % number %
Eligible voters 7,760,436 100.0 7,552,240 100.0 +208.196
voter turnout 7,014,415 90.39 6,857,986 90.81 +156.429 −0.42
Invalid votes 442.613 6.31 367.995 5.37 +74,618 +0.94
Valid votes 6,571,802 93.69 6,489,991 94.63 +81,811 −0.94
Party / organization EP Group Voices 2009 Seats
2009 		Voices 2004 Seats
2004 		Difference 2009-2004
number % number % be right % Seats
CD&V EPP 948.123 14.43 3 - - - -
Open VLD ALDE 837.884 12.75 3 880.279 13.56 3 −42,395 −0.81 ± 0
PS S&D 714.947 10.88 3 878,577 13.54 4th −163,630 −2.66 −1
VB 647.170 9.85 2 930.731 14.34 3 −283.561 −4.49 −1
MR ALDE 640.092 9.74 2 671.422 10.35 3 −31,330 −0.61 −1
Ecolo Greens / EFA 562.081 8.55 2 239,687 3.69 1 +322.394 +4.86 +1
spa S&D 539.393 8.21 2 - - - -
N-VA Greens / EFA 402,545 6.13 1 - - - -
cdH EPP 327.824 4.99 1 368,753 5.68 1 −40.929 −0.69 ± 0
Big ones! Greens / EFA 322.149 4.90 1 320,874 4.94 1 +1,275 −0.04 ± 0
LDD ECR 296,699 4.51 1 - - - -
FN 87,706 1.33 181.351 2.79 −93,645 −1.46
PVDA + 40,057 0.61 24,807 0.38 +15,250 +0.23
PTB + 28,483 0.43 19,645 0.30 +8,838 +0.13
SLP 26,541 0.4 - - - -
CSP EPP 12,475 0.19 1 15,722 0.24 1 −3.247 −0.05 ± 0
PFF 7,878 0.12 8,434 0.13 −556 −0.01
Ecolo (G) 6,025 0.09 3,880 0.06 +2,145 +0.03
SP 5,658 0.09 5,527 0.09 +131 ± 0
Rest 1.8

According to language group

European elections in Belgium 2009
Dutch language group
 %
30th
20th
10
0
23.3
20.6
15.9
13.2
9.9
7.9
7.3
2.0
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-4.9
-1.3
-7.3
-4.6
+9.9
-0.1
+7.3
+1.0
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a 2004 CD & V / N-VA
d 2004 sp.a-spirit
e 2004 CD & V / N-VA
European elections in Belgium 2009
French language group
 %
30th
20th
10
0
29.1
26.0
22.9
13.3
3.6
5.1
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-7.0
-1.6
+13.0
-1.8
-3.9
+1.2
Otherwise.
European elections in Belgium 2009
German language group
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
32.3
20.4
15.6
14.6
10.1
6.3
0.9
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-10.2
-2.4
+5.1
-0.3
+0.8
+6.3
+0.9
Otherwise.
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Remarks:
e 2004 PDB-PJU

Elected MPs

MP Political party Group in the EP
Ivo Belet CD&V EPP
Jean-Luc Dehaene CD&V EPP
Anne Delvaux cdH EPP
Mathieu Grosch CSP EPP
Marianne Thyssen CD&V EPP
Frédéric Daerden PS PASD
Véronique De Keyser PS PASD
Said El Khadraoui spa PASD
Jean-Claude Marcourt PS PASD
Kathleen Van Brempt spa PASD
Louis Michel MR ALDE
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Open VLD ALDE
Frédérique Ries MR ALDE
Dirk Sterckx Open VLD ALDE
Guy Verhofstadt Open VLD ALDE
Frieda Brepoels N-VA Greens / EFA
Isabelle Durant Ecolo Greens / EFA
Philippe Lamberts Ecolo Greens / EFA
Bart Staes Big ones! Greens / EFA
Derk Jan Eppink LDD ECR
Philip Claeys VB
Frank Vanhecke VB

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