Christlich Soziale Partei (Belgium)

Christlich Soziale Partei
Christlich Soziale Partei
Leader	Luc Frank
Founded	1971[1]
Preceded by	None
Headquarters	national secretariat; Kaperberg 6, Eupen
Ideology	Christian democracy[2]
Political position	Centre[3] to centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Walloon counterpart	Humanist Democratic Centre
Flemish counterpart	Christian Democratic and Flemish
Colours	Orange
Website
	www.csp-dg.be
	Politics of Belgium; Political parties; Elections;

The Christian Social Party (German: Christlich-Soziale Partei, CSP) is a Christian-democratic^[3] political party operating in the German-speaking community of Belgium. Its president is Luc Frank.

In the 2004 European Parliament election, standing as Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei, the party gained the single seat allocated by Belgian law to the German-speaking community. The CSP works together with its Francophone counterpart Humanist Democratic Centre in other elections.

Election results

Parliament of the German-speaking Community

Election year	# of votes	% of votes	# of seats won	+/-
1990	13,178	33.6 (#1)	8 / 25
1995	13,307	35.9 (#1)	10 / 25	2
1999	12,822	34.8 (#1)	9 / 25	1
2004	11,905	32.8 (#1)	8 / 25	1
2009	10,122	27.0 (#1)	7 / 25	1
2014	9,358	24.9 (#1)	7 / 25	0

European Parliament

Election year	# of overall votes	% of electoral college vote	# of overall seats won	# of electoral college seats won	+/-
1994	11,999	31.3 (#1)	1 / 25	1 / 1
1999	13,456	36.5 (#1)	1 / 25	1 / 1	0
2004	15,722	42.5 (#1)	1 / 24	1 / 1	0
2009	12,475	32.3 (#1)	1 / 22	1 / 1	0
2014	11,739	30.36 (#1)	1 / 21	1 / 1	0

Members

Robert J. Houben (1905–1992)

Party logo

Logo before 2014. Orange is the traditional Christian democratic colour in Belgium.
Logo since 2014. Note the addition of the lion, symbolizing Belgium's German-speaking Community.

References

↑ Csp-dg.be: Geschichte der Christlich Sozialen Partei Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "German-speaking Community/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe.
1 2 . The Democratic Society. 6 February 2014 http://www.demsoc.org/2014/02/06/christian-social-party/. Retrieved 4 October 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Official site

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[1] Csp-dg.be: Geschichte der Christlich Sozialen Partei Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine.

[Nordsieck-2] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2014). "German-speaking Community/Belgium". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[demsoc-3] 1 2 . The Democratic Society. 6 February 2014 http://www.demsoc.org/2014/02/06/christian-social-party/. Retrieved 4 October 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)