2024 European Parliament election in Belgium

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2024 European Parliament election in Belgium
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All 22 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout93.9%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Tom Vandendriessche Johan Van Overtveldt Sophie Wilmès
Party VB N-VA MR
Alliance Patriots ECR RE
Last election3 seats, 12.05%3 seats, 14.17%2 seats, 7.06%
Seats won333
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote1,034,112995,868906,304
Percentage14.50%13.96%12.70%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.45%Decrease2.svg 0.21%Increase2.svg 5.64%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Marc Botenga Wouter Beke Bruno Tobback
Party PVDA-PTB CD&V Vooruit
Alliance GUE/NGL EPP S&D
Last election1 seats, 8.42%2 seats, 9.17%1 seat, 6.45%
Seats won222
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote763,340594,968570,067
Percentage10.70%8.34%7.99%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.28%Decrease2.svg 0.83%Increase2.svg 1.54%
 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
  1718636580832 20240612 DI RUPO Elio BE 10B.jpg 1647130877141 20210210 MATTHIEU Sara BE.jpg Hilde Vautmans (2019 A).jpg
Leader Elio Di Rupo Sara Matthieu Hilde Vautmans
Party PS Groen Open Vld
Alliance S&D Green RE
Last election2 seats, 9.74%1 seat, 7.81%2 seats, 10.07%
Seats won211
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote534,828450,781410,743
Percentage7.50%6.32%5.76%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.24%Decrease2.svg 1.49%Decrease2.svg 4.31%
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The 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium was held on 9 June 2024 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. It is part of the 2024 European Parliament election and the 2024 Belgian elections. It was the tenth European Parliament election held in Belgium, and the first to take place after Brexit. [1]

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Electoral system

Compared to last election, Belgium is entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [2] Each constituency elects its members through semi-open list proportional representation with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold. [3] The 22 Belgian seats are divided among the three constituencies as follows:

Both Belgian and other non-Belgian EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Belgium. No registration is needed for Belgian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Belgium need to register in the municipality of their residence no later than 31 March 2024. Belgian citizens residing abroad are required to register by 29 February 2024 to be able to vote from the country where they reside. This will be the first election in Belgium where people from the age of 16 have the right to vote. People aged 16 and above are obligated to vote. [5] [6] [7] The electoral roll will be closed on 1 April 2024. [8]

In order to participate in the election, proposed candidate lists must either be signed by at least five members of the Federal Parliament (House or Senate) or collect supporting signatures. For the latter option, 5000 signatures each are required for the Dutch and French-speaking electoral college and 200 for the German electoral college. [9]

Outgoing delegation

Belgian parties in the European Parliament in the ninth legislature (2019–2024)
Group21Dutch-speaking electoral college12French-speaking electoral college8German-speaking electoral college1
EPP 4 Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)2 Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH)1 Christian Social Party (CSP)1
RE 4 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD)2 Reformist Movement (MR)2
ECR 3 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)3
Greens-EFA 3 Groen 1 Ecolo 2
ID 3 Vlaams Belang (VB)3
S&D 3 Socialist Party Differently (sp.a)1 Socialist Party (PS)2
GUE/NGL 1 Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)1

Retiring incumbents

NamePartyEP GroupFirst electedTermsDate announcedSource
Geert Bourgeois N-VA ECR 2019 18 October 2021 [10]
Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld RE 2009 38 May 2023 [11]
Gerolf Annemans VB ID 2014 26 October 2023 [12]

Lead candidates

Lead candidates for the European Parliament election in Belgium in 2024
EP group Dutch-speaking electoral college French-speaking electoral college German-speaking electoral college
PartyLead candidatePartyLead candidatePartyLead candidate
ECR N-VA Johan Van Overtveldt [13]
EPP CD&V Wouter Beke [14] Les Engagés Yvan Verougstraete [15] CSP Pascal Arimont [16]
Greens-EFA Groen Sara Matthieu [17] Ecolo Saskia Bricmont [18] Ecolo Shqiprim Thaqi [19]
GUE/NGL PVDA Rudi Kennes [20] PTB Marc Botenga [21]
ID VB Tom Vandendriessche [22]
RE Open VLD Hilde Vautmans [23] MR Sophie Wilmès [24] PFF-MR Sacha Brandt [25]
Vivant Alain Mertes [26]
S&D Vooruit Bruno Tobback [27] PS Elio Di Rupo [28] SP Charles Servaty [29]
none Volt Sophie in 't Veld [30]
VoorU Marta Barandii [31]
DéFI Fabrice Van Dorpe [32]
Anticapitalist Left Denis Verstraeten
ProDG Liesa Scholzen [33]

Opinion polls

Dutch-speaking

Date(s) conductedPolling firmPublisherSample size N‑VA
ECR 		VB
ID 		Open Vld
Renew 		cd&v
EPP 		Groen
G/EFA 		Vooruit
S&D 		PVDA
Left 		OthersLead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews [34] 1,50018.7%
3		23.5%
3		12.7%
2		11.5%
1		9.7%
1		13.8%
2		9.3%
1		0.8%
0		4.8%
26 May 2019 European election 22.4%
3		19.1%
3		15.9%
2		14.5%
2		12.4%
1		10.2%
1		4.9%
0		0.5%
0		3.3%

French-speaking

Date(s) conductedPolling firmPublisherSample size PS
S&D 		Ecolo
G/EFA 		MR
Renew 		PTB
Left 		LE
EPP 		DéFI
NI 		OthersLead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews [34] 1,50026.7%
2		12.8%
1		22.8%
2		19.2%
2		11.0%
1		2.8%
0		4.7%
0		3.9%
26 May 2019 European election 26.7%
2		19.9%
2		19.3%
2		14.6%
1		8.9%
1		5.9%
0		4.7%
0		6.8%

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
French-speaking electoral college
RE Reformist Movement 900,41334.883Increase2.svg 1
S&D Socialist Party 529,69720.522Steady2.svg 0
The Left Workers' Party of Belgium 397,05515.381Steady2.svg 0
EPP [lower-alpha 1] The Committed Ones 368,66814.281Steady2.svg 0
G/EFA Ecolo 259,74510.061Decrease2.svg 1
NI DéFI 75,2432.910Steady2.svg 0
NI Anticapitalist Left 50,7581.970Steady2.svg 0
Total2,581,579100.008Steady2.svg 0
Dutch-speaking electoral college
ID [lower-alpha 2] Flemish Interest 1,034,11222.943Steady2.svg 0
ECR New Flemish Alliance 995,86822.093Steady2.svg 0
EPP Christian Democratic and Flemish 594,96813.202Steady2.svg 0
S&D Forward 570,06712.642Increase2.svg 1
G/EFA Green 450,78110.001Steady2.svg 0
RE Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats 410,7439.111Decrease2.svg 1
The Left Workers' Party of Belgium 366,2858.121Increase2.svg 1
NI For You 47,2431.050New
NI Volt Belgium 38,7130.860Steady2.svg 0
Total4,508,780100.0013Increase2.svg 1
German-speaking electoral college
EPP Christian Social Party 15,16934.931Steady2.svg 0
NI ProDG 7,13416.430Steady2.svg 0
RE Perspectives. Freedom. Progress. 5,89113.570Steady2.svg 0
RE Vivant 5,28112.160Steady2.svg 0
S&D Socialist Party 5,13111.820Steady2.svg 0
G/EFA Ecolo 4,81911.100Steady2.svg 0
Total43,425100.001Steady2.svg 0
Valid votes7,133,78493.87
Invalid/blank votes465,9746.13
Total votes7,599,758100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,537,90289.01
Source: Election result | European Parliament 2024 (in French, Dutch, and German);

Elected members

PartyElected members
Dutch-speaking electoral college (13)
Vlaams Belang (3) Tom Vandendriessche, Barbara Bonte, Gerolf Annemans
New Flemish Alliance (3) Johan Van Overtveldt, Assita Kanko, Kris Van Dijck
Christian Democratic & Flemish (2) Wouter Beke, Liesbet Sommen
Vooruit (2) Bruno Tobback, Kathleen Van Brempt
Groen (1) Sara Matthieu
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (1) Hilde Vautmans
PVDA (1) Rudi Kennes
French-speaking electoral college (8)
Reformist Movement (3) Sophie Wilmès, Olivier Chastel, Benoît Cassart
Socialist Party (2) Elio Di Rupo, Estelle Ceulemans
Workers' Party of Belgium (1) Marc Botenga
The Committed Ones (1) Yvan Verougstraete
Ecolo (1) Saskia Bricmont
German-speaking electoral college (1)
Christian Social Party (1) Pascal Arimont

Groups

From 2024 European Parliament election#Groups formed

AllianceSeats
Renew Europe (RE)5
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)4
Patriots for Europe (Patriots)3
European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)3
European People's Party (EPP)3
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)2
Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)2
Non-Inscrits 0

Notes

  1. ↑ The Committed Ones joined Renew after election
  2. ↑ Flemish Interest joined Patriots after election

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