1994 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1994 European Parliament election in Belgium
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  1989 12 June 1994 1999  

25 seats to the European Parliament
 First partySecond party
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Leader Leo Tindemans José Happart
Party CVP PS
Alliance EPP PES
Last election4 seats, 21.14%5 seats, 14.48%
Seats won43
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2
Popular vote1,013,266680,142
Percentage16.98%11.40%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.16%Decrease2.svg 3.08%

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Willy De Clercq Freddy Willockx
Party Open Vld Vooruit
Alliance ALDE PES
Last election2 seats, 10.60%3 seats, 12.43%
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote678,421651,371
Percentage11.37%10.92%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.77%Decrease2.svg 1.51%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 12 June 1994. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French-speaking electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party 680,14230.443
Liberal Reformist Party 541,72424.253
Christian Social Party 420,19818.812
Ecolo 290,85913.021
National Front 175,7327.871
Agir 42,9171.920
United Left35,9771.610
Workers' Party of Belgium 17,4540.780
Solidarity, Universality, Human Rights14,0540.630
List for Europe, Workers and Democracy8,8220.390
Humanist Party6,3850.290
Total2,234,264100.0010
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian People's Party 1,013,26627.434
Flemish Liberals and Democrats 678,42118.363
Flemish Socialist Party 651,37117.633
Vlaams Blok 463,91912.562
Agalev 396,19810.731
People's Union 262,0437.091
Aging with Dignity127,5043.450
Workers' Party of Belgium 41,8161.130
Belgium–Europe–Belgium24,1320.650
Natural Law Party19,9300.540
Red–Green Movement15,5490.420
Total3,694,149100.0014
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social PartyEuropean People's Party 11,99931.291
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt 7,69020.060
Party of German-speaking Belgians 5,94515.510
Ecolo 5,71414.900
Socialist Party 4,82012.570
Juropa1,9695.140
Workers' Party of Belgium 2050.530
Total38,342100.001
Valid votes5,966,75591.26
Invalid/blank votes571,2138.74
Total votes6,537,968100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,211,31190.66
Source: Belgian Elections

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