Elections to the European Parliament
Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's.
Until ...
were held in Belgium on 13 June 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14
MEPs
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
, 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
, style="text-align:center;" colspan="11" ,
, - style="text-align:right;"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:400; text-align:left;" colspan="2" , National party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" , European party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" , Main candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" , Electoral college
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , +/–
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , E.c. %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9; width:50;" , +/–
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
french: Libéraux et démocrates flamands ouverts
, abbreviation = Open Vld
, logo =
, leader1_title = President
, leader1_name = Egbert Lachaert
, foundation = 1992 (VLD)2007 (Open Vld)
, predecessor = P ...
(VLD)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Annemie Neyts
Anne-Marie Cécile J. Neyts-Uyttebroeck (; born 17 June 1944) is a Politics of Belgium, Belgian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, Open Flemish Liberals and Democrat ...
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 847,099
, 13.61
,
, 21.88
, 3
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Christian's People Party (CVP)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Miet Smet
Miet Smet (born 5 April 1943) is a Belgian politician for the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V).
Career
In 1988, Smet became the president of the European Centre for Workers' Questions, a position which she held till 1995.
Career i ...
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 839,720
, 13.49
,
, 21.68
, 3
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) +
Democratic Front of Francophones
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
(FDF)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Daniel Ducarme
Daniel Ducarme (8 March 1954, Liège – 28 August 2010) was a Belgian politician and former Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.
Background and political affiliation
Starting his political career in the Liberal Reformist Party (P ...
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 624,445
, 10.03
,
, 26.99
, 3
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:red" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(PS)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Philippe Busquin
Philippe Busquin (born 6 January 1941) is a Belgian politician.
Busquin was born in Feluy. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 for the French Community of Belgium with the Parti Socialiste, part of the Socialist Gro ...
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 596,567
, 9.59
,
, 25.78
, 3
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:brown" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Flemish Bloc (VB)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Frank Vanhecke
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke (born 30 May 1959) is a Belgian politician. Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his m ...
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 584,392
, 9.39
,
, 15.09
, 2
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:red" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(SP)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke is the name of:
*Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) (born 1955), Belgian politician
*Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)
Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After ...
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 550,237
, 8.84
,
, 14.21
, 2
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Ecology Party
The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the United Kingdom.
Prior to 1985 it was called the Ecology Party, and before that PEOPLE. In 1990, it separated into three political parties:
* the Green Part ...
(ECOLO)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Paul Lannoye
Paul Lannoye (22 June 1939 – 4 December 2021) was a Belgian politician. He was one of the founding members of the Ecolo party and a Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been el ...
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 525,316
, 8.44
,
, 22.70
, 3
, 2
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:yellow" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
People's Union-ID (VU-ID)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Bert Anciaux
Bert Jozef Herman Vic Anciaux (born 11 September 1959) is a Belgian politician and Vooruit faction leader in the Belgian Senate. He was one of the founders of Spirit (later known as the Flemish Progressives, then the Social Liberal Party, or SL ...
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 471,238
, 7.57
,
, 12.17
, 2
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Agalev
Groen (English: Green; nl, Groen, ), founded as Agalev (see Name below), is a green Flemish political party in Belgium. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other.
Party history
Before ...
(AGALEV)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Patsy Sörensen
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 464,042
, 7.46
,
, 11.98
, 2
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Christian Social Party (PSC)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Michel Hansenne
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 307,912
, 4.95
,
, 13.31
, 1
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:orange" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Christian Social Party (CSP)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Mathieu Grosch
Mathieu Jean Hubert Grosch (born 14 September 1950, in Eupen) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the German-speaking Community of Belgium with the CSP-EVP, Member of the Bureau of the European People's Party and sit ...
, style="text-align: left" , German-speaking
, 13,456
, 0.22
,
, 36.47
, 1
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;border-top:2px solid gray;"
, style="background-color:black" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
National Front (FN)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Daniel Féret
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 94,848
, 1.52
,
, 4.10
, 0
, 1
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:#FFBA00" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Vivant
Vivant is a small social-liberal political party in Belgium founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). Both parties are ...
(VIVANT)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" , Dutch-speaking
, 67,107
, 1.08
, ''new''
, 1.73
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, style="background-color:#FFBA00" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
Vivant
Vivant is a small social-liberal political party in Belgium founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD). Both parties are ...
(VIVANT)
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" ,
, style="text-align: left" , French-speaking
, 55,133
, 0.89
, ''new''
, 2.38
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left", (DEBOUT)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", French-speaking
, 46,088
, 0.74
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
(PC)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", French-speaking
, 25,539
, 0.41
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Workers' Party (PVDA)
, style="text-align: left", None
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", Dutch-speaking
, 21,966
, 0.35
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", Dutch-speaking
, 17,095
, 0.27
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", French-speaking
, 10,458
, 0.17
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Social-Liberal Democrats (SoLiDe)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", Dutch-speaking
, 9,528
, 0.15
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, width=10 style="background-color:blue" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Party for Freedom and Progress
The Party for Freedom and Progress ( nl, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang; french: Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès; german: Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt, PVV-PLP) was a liberal political party in Belgium which existed from 1961 unti ...
(PFF)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", German-speaking
, 7,234
,
,
, 19.60
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, width=10 style="background-color:green" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Ecology Party
The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the United Kingdom.
Prior to 1985 it was called the Ecology Party, and before that PEOPLE. In 1990, it separated into three political parties:
* the Green Part ...
(ECOLO)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", German-speaking
, 6,276
,
,
, 17.01
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
, width=10 style="background-color:red" ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
(SP)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", German-speaking
, 4,215
,
,
, 11.42
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left",
Party of the German-speaking Belgians (PDB)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", German-speaking
, 3,661
,
,
, 9.92
, 0
, 0
, - style="text-align:right;"
,
, style="text-align: left", (PCN)
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left",
, style="text-align: left", French-speaking
, 2,720
, 0.04
,
,
, 0
, 0
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, style="text-align:right;" colspan="5" , Valid votes
, 6,223,142
, 93.07
, colspan="4" rowspan="2" ,
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, style="text-align:right;" colspan="5" , Blank and invalid votes
, 463,078
, 6.93
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, style="text-align:right;" colspan="5" , Totals
, 6,686,220
, 100.00
, —
, —
, 25
, 0
, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
, colspan="5" , Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
, 7,343,464
, 91.05
, colspan="4" ,
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan="11" ,
Source
Belgian Ministry of the Interior
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
European Parliament elections in Belgium
1999 elections in Belgium