1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1989 European Parliament election in Belgium
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  1984 18 June 1989 1994  

24 seats to the European Parliament
 First partySecond party
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Leader Leo Tindemans Ernest Glinne
Party CVP PS
Alliance EPP PES
Last election4 seats, 19.80%5 seats, 13.32%
Seats won55
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote1,247,075854,207
Percentage21.14%14.48%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.34%Increase2.svg 1.16%

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Marc Galle Willy De Clercq
Party Flemish Socialist Party Party for Freedom and Progress
Alliance PES ALDE
Last election4 seats, 17.12%2 seats, 10.60%
Seats won33
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote733,242678,421
Percentage12.43%11.37%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.69%Increase2.svg 0.77%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 18 June 1989. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

The first election to the newly established Brussels Regional Council was held on the same day.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party 854,20738.135
Christian Social Party 476,79521.282
Liberal Reformist Party 423,47918.902
Ecolo 371,05316.562
Democratic Front of Francophones 85,8673.830
Socialist Workers' Party 10,1170.450
Workers' Party of Belgium 9,0310.400
List for Europe, Workers and Democracy5,5030.250
Humanist Party4,3420.190
Total2,240,394100.0011
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian People's Party 1,247,07534.085
Flemish Socialist Party 733,24220.043
Party for Freedom and Progress 625,56117.102
Agalev 446,53912.201
People's Union-European Free Alliance 318,1538.701
Vlaams Blok 241,1176.591
Rainbow 26,4720.720
Workers' Party of Belgium 20,7470.570
Total3,658,906100.0013
Valid votes5,899,30091.62
Invalid/blank votes539,4388.38
Total votes6,438,738100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,096,27390.73
Source: Belgian Elections

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