2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

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2014 European Parliament election in Belgium
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  2009 25 May 2014 2019  

All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout89.64% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers (ECOFIN). Arrivals Johan van Overtveldt (36857454170) (cropped).jpg Guy Verhofstadt die 30 Martis 2012.jpg Marie Arena - Citizens' Corner debate on European Citizens' Initiatives- Time for ECI review%3F (30214109881) (cropped).jpg
Leader Johan Van Overtveldt Guy Verhofstadt Marie Arena
Party N-VA Open Vld PS
Alliance EFA ALDE PES
Last election1 seat, 6.13%3 seats, 12.25%3 seats, 10.88%
Seats won433
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,123,363859,254714,784
Percentage16.79%12.84%10.68%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.66%Increase2.svg 0.09%Decrease2.svg 0.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Louis Michel (cropped).jpg MarianeThyssen.jpg
Leader Louis Michel Marianne Thyssen
Party MR CD&V
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election2 seats, 9.74%3 seats, 14.43%
Seats won32
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote661,408840,814
Percentage9.88%12.56%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.14%Decrease2.svg 1.86%

An election was held on 25 May 2014 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. This election, part of the 2014 European Parliament election, was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.

Contents

21 Belgium MEPs were elected: 12 of them are Dutch-speaking, 8 of them are French-speaking and 1 of them is German-speaking. In the arrondissement of Brussels-Capital and six municipalities with language facilities, voters can choose whether to vote for the Dutch-speaking or for the French-speaking electoral college.

Opinion polling

DatePolling Firm CD&V VLD PS VB MR Ecolo sp.a N-VA cdH Groen PVDA/PTB CSP PP FDF Others
23 April 2014 PollWatch2014 10.711.510.26.48.43.98.620.73.74.93.00.21.46.4
16 April 2014 PollWatch2014 9.77.410.07.98.45.17.416.65.25.44.90.23.32.311.1
7 June 2009 Election results 14.412.710.99.89.78.68.26.15.04.91.00.211.9

Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college

DatePolling Firm CD&V VLD VB sp.a N-VA Groen PVDA OthersLead
16 May De Standaard 24.319.37.715.820.011.41.40.14.3
25 Apr De Standaard 19.016.77.913.927.310.91.72.68.3
7 June 2009European Elections 200923.320.615.913.29.97.91.08.32.7

Candidates

Main candidates

Dutch electoral college
PartyName
  Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) Marianne Thyssen
  Green (Groen) Bart Staes
  New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) Johan Van Overtveldt
  Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) Guy Verhofstadt
  Socialist Party–Differently (sp.a) Kathleen Van Brempt
  Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) Gerolf Annemans
French electoral college
PartyName
  Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) Claude Rolin
  Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo) Philippe Lamberts
  Reformist Movement (MR) Louis Michel
  Socialist Party (PS) Marie Arena
German electoral college
PartyName
  Christian Social Party (CSP) Pascal Arimont

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party 714,64529.293
Reformist Movement 661,33227.103
Ecolo 285,19611.691
Humanist Democratic Centre 277,24611.361
People's Party 145,9095.980
Workers' Party of Belgium 133,8115.480
Francophone Democratic Federalists 82,5403.380
Debout Les Belges! 72,6712.980
La Droite38,8131.590
Vega15,2080.620
Stand Up USE7,9700.330
MG4,7050.190
Total2,440,046100.008
Dutch-speaking electoral college
New Flemish Alliance 1,123,35526.674
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats 859,09920.403
Christian Democratic and Flemish 840,78319.962
Socialist Party Differently 555,34813.181
Green 447,39110.621
Vlaams Belang 284,8566.761
Workers' Party of Belgium 101,2372.400
Total4,212,069100.0012
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social Party 11,71030.341
Ecolo 6,42916.660
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt 6,19716.060
Socialist Party 5,83515.120
ProDG 5,10613.230
Vivant 3,3198.600
Total38,596100.001
Valid votes6,690,71193.90
Invalid/blank votes434,4506.10
Total votes7,125,161100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,948,85489.64
Source: Belgian Elections

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References

  1. "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Belgium - European Parliament".