European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)

Belgium, European Parliament election, 1989
18 June 1989
24 seats to the European Parliament

  First party Second party
 
Leader Leo Tindemans Ernest Glinne
Party CVP PS
Alliance EPP PES
Last election 4 seats, 19.80% 5 seats, 13.32%
Seats won 5 5
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,247,075 854,207
Percentage 21.14% 14.48%
Swing Increase 1.34% Increase 1.16%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Marc Galle Willy De Clercq
Party sp.a Open Vld
Alliance PES ALDE
Last election 4 seats, 17.12% 2 seats, 10.60%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 733,242 678,421
Percentage 12.43% 11.37%
Swing Decrease 4.69% Increase 0.77%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 18 June 1989. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

The first election to the newly established Brussels Regional Council was held on the same day.

Results

National

 Summary of the results of Belgium's 18 June 1989 election to the European Parliament
← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
National party European party Main candidate Electoral college (E.c.) Votes % +/– E.c. % Seats +/–
Christian People's Party (CVP) Leo Tindemans Dutch-speaking 1,247,07521.1434.0851 Increase
Socialist Party (PS) Ernest Glinne French-speaking 854,20714.4838.1350 Steady
Socialist Party (SP) Marc Galle Dutch-speaking 733,24212.4320.0431 Decrease
Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV) Willy De Clercq Dutch-speaking 625,56110.6017.1020 Steady
  Christian Social Party (PSC) Gérard Deprez French-speaking 476,7958.0821.2820 Steady
Living Differently (AGALEV) Paul Staes Dutch-speaking 446,5397.5712.2010 Steady
  Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) François-Xavier de Donnéa French-speaking 423,4797.1818.9021 Decrease
  Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) Paul Lannoye French-speaking 371,0536.2916.5621 Increase
People's Union (VU) Jaak Vandemeulebroucke Dutch-speaking 318,1535.398.7011 Decrease
Flemish Block (VB) Karel Dillen Dutch-speaking 241,1174.096.5911 Increase
  Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) French-speaking 85,8671.463.8300 Steady
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats) ——0—
Valid votes 5,899,300 91.62
Blank and invalid votes 539,438 8.38
Totals 6,438,738 100.00 — — 24 0 Steady
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 7,096,273 90.73 1.36 Decrease

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  Christian Democratic and Flemish (CVP) 1,247,07534.08%+1.55%5+1
  Socialist Party (SP) 733,24220.04%−8.09%3−1
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats (PVV) 625,56117.10%+2.91%20
  Agalev-Groen 446,53912.20%+5.12%10
  People's Union (VU) - EVA 318,1538.70%−5.21%1−1
  Vlaams Blok 241,1176.59%+4.49%1+1
  All Others 47,2191.29%—00
  • All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

French-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  Socialist Party (PS) 854,20738.13%+4.09%50
  Christian Social Party (PSC) 476,79521.28%+1.81%20
  Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) 423,47918.90%−5.24%2−1
  Ecolo 371,05316.56%+6.71%2+1
  Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) 85,8673.83%−2.55%00
  All Others 28,9931.29%—00
  • All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.
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