2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

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.

2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

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All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout89.64%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Johan Van Overtveldt Guy Verhofstadt Marie Arena
Party N-VA Open Vld PS
Alliance EFA ALDE PES
Last election 1 seat, 6.13% 3 seats, 12.25% 3 seats, 10.88%
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,123,363 859,254 714,784
Percentage 16.79% 12.84% 10.68%
Swing Increase 10.66% Increase 0.09% Decrease 0.2%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Louis Michel Marianne Thyssen
Party MR CD&V
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election 2 seats, 9.74% 3 seats, 14.43%
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 661,408 840,814
Percentage 9.88% 12.56%
Swing Increase 0.14% Decrease 1.86%

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

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Date Polling Firm CD&V VLD PS VB MR Ecolo sp.a N-VA cdH Groen PVDA/PTB CSP PP FDF Others
23 April 2014 PollWatch2014 10.7 11.5 10.2 6.4 8.4 3.9 8.6 20.7 3.7 4.9 3.0 0.2 1.4 6.4
16 April 2014 PollWatch2014 9.7 7.4 10.0 7.9 8.4 5.1 7.4 16.6 5.2 5.4 4.9 0.2 3.3 2.3 11.1
7 June 2009 Election results 14.4 12.7 10.9 9.8 9.7 8.6 8.2 6.1 5.0 4.9 1.0 0.2 11.9

Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college

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Date Polling Firm CD&V VLD VB sp.a N-VA Groen PVDA Others Lead
16 May De Standaard 24.3 19.3 7.7 15.8 20.0 11.4 1.4 0.1 4.3
25 Apr De Standaard 19.0 16.7 7.9 13.9 27.3 10.9 1.7 2.6 8.3
7 June 2009 European Elections 2009 23.3 20.6 15.9 13.2 9.9 7.9 1.0 8.3 2.7

Candidates

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Main candidates

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Dutch electoral college
Party Name
  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
Party Name
  Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) Claude Rolin
  Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo) Philippe Lamberts
  Reformist Movement (MR) Louis Michel
  Socialist Party (PS) Marie Arena
German electoral college
Party Name
  Christian Social Party (CSP) Pascal Arimont

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party714,64529.293
Reformist Movement661,33227.103
Ecolo285,19611.691
Humanist Democratic Centre277,24611.361
People's Party145,9095.980
Workers' Party of Belgium133,8115.480
Francophone Democratic Federalists82,5403.380
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 Alliance1,123,35526.674
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats859,09920.403
Christian Democratic and Flemish840,78319.962
Socialist Party Differently555,34813.181
Green447,39110.621
Vlaams Belang284,8566.761
Workers' Party of Belgium101,2372.400
Total4,212,069100.0012
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social Party11,71030.341
Ecolo6,42916.660
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt6,19716.060
Socialist Party5,83515.120
ProDG5,10613.230
Vivant3,3198.600
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

References

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