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

The 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium will be 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 will be 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

NamePartyFirst electedTermsDate announcedSource
Geert Bourgeois N-VA 2019 18 October 2021 [10]
Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld 2009 38 May 2023 [11]
Gerolf Annemans Vlaams Belang 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] Volt Suzana Carp [31] Volt André Florent Staes [32]
DéFI Fabrice Van Dorpe [33]
Anticapitalist Left Denis Verstraeten
ProDG Liesa Scholzen [34]
VoorU Marta Barandii [35]

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 [36] 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 [36] 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%

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