European Parliament election, 2014 (Belgium)

European Parliament election in Belgium, 2014

25 May 2014
All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	89.64%[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 3 Popular vote 1,123,363 859,254 714,784 Percentage 16.79% 12.84% 10.68% Swing 10.66 0.09 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 1 1 Popular vote 661,408 840,814 Percentage 9.88% 12.56% Swing 0.14 1.86

The European Parliament election of 2014 in Belgium is an election 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. This election was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.

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.

Results

 Summary of the results of Belgium's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament

2014
Party		European party	Main candidate	Electoral college	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	EFA	Johan Van Overtveldt	Dutch-speaking	1,123,027	16.85	10.73	26.67	4 / 21	3
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (OPEN VLD)	ELDR	Guy Verhofstadt	Dutch-speaking	858,872	12.89	0.14	20.40	3 / 21	0
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	EPP	Marianne Thyssen	Dutch-speaking	840,594	12.61	1.81	23.26	2 / 21	1
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Marie Arena	French-speaking	713,375	10.70	0.18	29.28	3 / 21	0
	Reformist Movement (MR)	ELDR	Louis Michel	French-speaking	660,118	9.90	0.16	27.10	3 / 21	1
	Socialist Party Different (SP.A)	PES	Kathleen Van Brempt	Dutch-speaking	555,008	8.33	0.12	13.18	1 / 21	1
	Green (GROEN)	EGP	Bart Staes	Dutch-speaking	447,449	6.69	1.79	10.62	1 / 21	0
	Flemish Interest (VB)	None	Gerolf Annemans	Dutch-speaking	284,891	4.26	5.59	6.76	1 / 21	1
	Ecolo (ECOLO)	EGP	Philippe Lamberts	French-speaking	284,656	4.27	4.28	11.69	1 / 21	1
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	EPP	Claude Rolin	French-speaking	276,879	4.15	0.83	11.37	1 / 21	0
	Christian Social Party (CSP)	EPP	Pascal Arimont	German-speaking	11,739	0.18	0.01	30.36	1 / 21	0
	Workers' Party (PTB–GO!/PVDA+)	None	Tim Joye Aurélie Decoene	Dutch-speaking French-speaking	234,718 101,246 133,472	3.51 1.51 2.00	2.46 0.90 1.56	N/A 2.40 5.48	0 / 21	0 0 0
	People's Party (PP)	None	Luc Trullemans	French-speaking	145,538	2.18	new	5.97	0 / 21	0
	Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF)	None	Cristina Coteanu	French-speaking	82,631	1.24	new	3.39	0 / 21	0
	Belgians, Rise up! (DLB)	None	Abdesselam Laghmich	French-speaking	72,639	1.09	new	2.98	0 / 21	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)						—	—	0 / 21	0
Valid votes				Dutch-speaking					12 / 12	1
				French-speaking					8 / 8	0
				German-speaking					1 / 1	0
				Totals		(93.69)
Blank and invalid votes						(6.31)
Totals						100.00	—	—	21 / 21	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				Dutch-speaking
				French-speaking
				German-speaking
				Totals		(90.39)
Source:

Opinion polling

Candidates

• Full list of candidates

References