1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1999 European Parliament election in Belgium
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  1994 13 June 1999 2004  

25 seats to the European Parliament
 First partySecond party
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Leader Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Miet Smet
Party Open Vld CVP
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election3 seats, 11.37%4 seats, 16.98%
Seats won33
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote847,099839,720
Percentage13.61%13.49%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.24%Decrease2.svg 3.49%

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Daniel Ducarme Philippe Busquin
Party PRL PS
Alliance ALDE PES
Last election3 seats, 9.21%3 seats, 10.92%
Seats won33
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote624,445596,567
Percentage10.03%9.59%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.95%Decrease2.svg 1.81%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Liberal Reformist Party-Democratic Front of Francophones 624,44526.993
Socialist Party 596,56725.783
Ecolo 525,31622.703
Christian Social Party 307,91213.311
National Front 94,8484.100
Vivant 55,1332.380
Debout46,0881.990
Communist Party of Belgium 25,5391.100
New Belgian Front 24,7921.070
Party for a New Politics in Belgium10,4580.450
Parti Communautaire National-Européen 2,7200.120
Total2,313,818100.0010
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Flemish Liberals and Democrats 847,09921.883
Christian People's Party 839,72021.683
Vlaams Blok 584,39215.092
Flemish Socialist Party 550,23714.212
People's Union 471,23812.172
Agalev 464,04211.982
Vivant 67,1071.730
Workers' Party of Belgium 21,9660.570
Party for a New Politics in Belgium17,0950.440
Social-Liberal Democrats9,5280.250
Total3,872,424100.0014
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social Party 13,45636.471
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt 7,23419.600
Ecolo 6,27617.010
Socialist Party 4,21511.420
Party of German-speaking Belgians 3,6619.920
Vivant 1,1983.250
Juropa7882.140
Workers' Party of Belgium 720.200
Total36,900100.001
Valid votes6,186,24293.18
Invalid/blank votes452,7656.82
Total votes6,639,007100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,297,81590.97
Source: Belgian Elections

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