European elections in Belgium 2019

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%

20th

10

0

17.13

16.19

15.12

14.17

12.63

12.05

8.42

2.15

1.69

0.45

MR /
VLD /
PFF

PS /
sp.a /
SP

Ecolo /
Groen

cdh /
CD&V /
CSP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-5.69

-2.88

+4.07

-2.68

-4.25

+7.79

+4.91

+0.92

-0.49

-1.70

MR /
VLD /
PFF

PS /
sp.a /
SP

Ecolo /
Groen

cdh /
CD&V /
CSP

Otherwise.

Belgian seats in the European Parliament

A total of 21 seats

PTB : 1
Groen : 1
Ecolo : 2
PS : 2
sp.a : 1
MR : 2
VLD : 2
cdh : 1
CSP : 1
CD&V : 2
N-VA : 3
VB : 3

The European elections in Belgium 2019 took place on May 26, 2019 as part of the 2019 EU- wide European elections . In accordance with a constitutional reform, parliamentary elections were held on the same day .

In Belgium, 21 mandates were given in the European Parliament . Elections were made in three electoral areas: the Dutch-speaking electoral body elected twelve members, the French-language electoral body eight members and the German-language electoral body one member. In the elective areas, voting is based on proportional representation with a blocking clause of 5%.

There was compulsory voting .

Starting position

Current Belgian members of the European Parliament
fraction		flemish party		Walloon party		German-speaking party
EPP	4th	Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V)	2	Center Démocrate Humaniste (cdH)	1	Christian Social Party (CSP)	1
ALDE	6th	Open VLD	3	Mouvement Réformateur (MR)	3
S&D	4th	Socialist Partij Anders (sp.a)	1	Parti Socialiste (PS)	3
ECR	4th	Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA)	4th
Greens / EFA	2	Great	1	Ecolo	1
ENF	1	Vlaams Belang (VB)	1

Campaigning parties

Leading candidates ("Lijsttrekker" / "Tête de liste") of the most important parties (if known):

European party	Dutch-speaking electoral body		French-speaking electoral body		German-speaking electoral body
EPP	CD&V	Kris Peeters	cdH	Benoît Lutgen	CSP	Pascal Arimont
EGP	Great	Petra De Sutter	Ecolo	Philippe Lamberts	Ecolo	Shqiprim Thaqi
EFA	N-VA	Geert Bourgeois
ALDE	Open Vld	Guy Verhofstadt	MR	Olivier Chastel	PFF	Yves Derwahl
SPE	spa	Kathleen Van Brempt	PS	Paul Magnette	SP	Matthias Zimmermann
MENL	Vlaams Belang	Gerolf Annemans
-			DéFI	Benoît Cassart
-			PP	Yasmine Dehaene
-	PVDA	Line De Witte	PTB	Marc Botenga
-					ProDG	Lydia Klinkenberg
-					Vivant	Alain Mertes

Results

Parties

Political party		be right			Seats	+/-
Political party		be right	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	N-VA	954.048	14.17%	−2.62%	3	−1
	Vlaams Belang	811.169	12.05%	+ 7.79%	3	+2
	Open Vld	678.051	10.07%	−2.77%	2	−1
	PS-SP	655.812	9.74%	−1.03%	2	−1
	CD&V	617.651	9.17%	−3.39%	2	± 0
	Great	525.908	7.81%	+1.13%	1	± 0
	Ecolo	492,330	7.31%	+ 2.95%	2	+1
	MR - PFF	475,338	7.06%	−2.92%	2	−1
	spa	434.002	6.45%	−1.85%	1	± 0
	PTB	355.883	5.29%	+ 3.29%	1	+1
	CDH - CSP	232.325	3.45%	−0.87%	2	± 0
	PVDA	210.391	3.13%	+1.61%	0	-
	DéFI	144,555	2.15%	+ 0.91%	0	-
	PP	113,793	1.69%	−0.49%	0	-
	volt	20,385	0.30%	+ 0.30%	0	-
	ProDG	5,360	0.08%	± 0.00%	0	-
	Vivant	4,550	0.07%	+0.02%	0	-
	DierAnimal	606	0.01%	+ 0.01%	0	-
Valid votes		6,732,157	93.68%
Invalid votes		454.520	6.32%
Votes cast		7,186,677	100.00%	+61,516	21st	-
Number of eligible voters and turnout		8,122,985	88.47%	−1.17%

Political groups in the European Parliament

Political party		Seats
Political party		number	+/-	%
	Renew Europe (RE)	4th	−2	19.05%
	European People's Party (EPP)	4th	± 0	19.05%
	European Conservatives and Reformists (EKR)	3	−1	14.28%
	Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (S&D)	3	−1	14.28%
	The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA)	3	+1	14.28%
	Identity and Democracy (ID)	3	New	14.28%
	United European Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL)	1	+1	4.76%
total		21st	-	100.0