Dutch-speaking electoral college

Dutch-speaking electoral college
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	European Parliament constituency
	Dutch-speaking electoral college is located in European Parliament constituencies 2014 Location among the 2014 constituencies
	File:Dutch-speaking electoral college.svg Shown within Belgium
Member state	Belgium
Created	1979
MEPs	12
Sources
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The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 12 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. Previously it elected 13 MEPS, until the 2013 accession of Croatia. Before that, it elected 14 MEPs, until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Boundaries

The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community of Belgium. In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the French-speaking electoral college.

Prior to the 2011-2012 state reform, electors could choose between both lists not only in Brussels, but in an area encompassing unilingually Dutch territory, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. Some towns in the officially Dutch-speaking Brussels Periphery still have this option however.

Members of the European Parliament

2009 - 2014

Ivo Belet, CD&V
Frieda Brepoels / Mark Demesmaeker, N-VA
Philip Claeys, VB
Philippe De Backer, Open Vld
Jean-Luc Dehaene, CD&V
Saïd El Khadraoui, Sp.a
Derk-Jan Eppink, LDD
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Open Vld
Bart Staes, Groen!
Marianne Thyssen, CD&V
Kathleen Van Brempt, sp.a
Frank Vanhecke, independent
Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld

2004 – 2009

Election results

2009

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP	948,123	23.26	−4.89	3	0
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	ELDR	837,884	20.56	−1.35	3	0
	Flemish Interest	None	647,170	15.88	−7.28	2	−1
	Socialist Party Different	PES	539,393	13.23	−4.60	2	−1
	New-Flemish Alliance	EFA/EPP-ED group (previous term)	402,545	9.88	+9.88	1	0
	Green!	EGP	322,149	7.90	−0.08	1	0
	List Dedecker	None, (joined ECR)	296,699	7.28	N/A	1	N/A
	Workers Party of Belgium+	None	40,057	0.98	+0.37	0	0
	Social Liberal Party	EFA	26,541	0.65	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		15,383	0.38		0
Total			4,075,944	100		13	−1

2004

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish/New Flemish Alliance	1,131,119	28.15	+6.47	4	+1
	Vlaams Blok	930,731	23.16	+8.07	3	+1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats	880,279	21.91	−1.7	3	0
	Social Progressive Alternative-Spirit	716,317	17.83	+3.62	3	+1
	Groen!	320,874	7.99	−3.99	1	−1
	Workers Party of Belgium	24,807	0.62	0.05	0	0
	Left Socialist Party	14,166	0.35	N/A	0	N/A
Total		4,018,293	100		14	0

1999

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats	847,099	21.88%	+3.52%	3	0
	Christian People's Party	839,720	21.68%	−5.75%	3	−1
	Vlaams Blok	584,392	15.09%	+2.53%	2	0
	Socialist Party	550,237	14.21%	−3.42%	2	−1
	People's Union-ID	471,238	12.17%	+5.08%	2	+1
	Agalev-Groen	464,042	11.98%	+1.25%	2	+1
	Vivant	67,107	1.73%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	48,589	1.25%		0	0
Total		3,872,424	100		14	0

1994

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,013,266	27.43%	−6.65%	4	−1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats	678,421	18.36%	+1.26%	3	+1
	Socialist Party	651,371	17.63%	−2.41%	3	0
	Vlaams Blok	463,919	12.56%	+5.97%	2	+1
	Agalev	396,198	10.73%	−1.47%	1	0
	People's Union	262,043	7.09%	−1.61%	1	+1
	WOW	127,504	3.45%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	101,427	2.75%		0	0
Total			100		14	+1

1989

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,247,075	34.08%	+1.55%	5	+1
	Socialist Party	733,242	20.04%	−8.09%	3	−1
	Party for Freedom and Progress	625,561	17.10%	+2.91%	2	0
	Agalev-Groen	446,539	12.20%	+5.12%	1	0
	People's Union-EVA	318,153	8.70%	−5.21%	1	−1
	Vlaams Blok	241,117	6.59%	+4.49%	1	+1
	Others	47,219	1.29%		0	0
Total			100		13	0

1984

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,132,682	32.53%	−15.56%	4	−3
	Socialist Party	979,702	28.13%	+7.23%	4	+1
	Party for Freedom and Progress	494,277	14.19%	−1.13%	2	0
	People's Union	484,494	13.91%	+4.20%	2	+1
	Agalev	246,712	7.08%	+4.75%	1	+1
	Vlaams Blok	73,174	2.10%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	71,239	2.05%		0	0
Total			100		13	0

1979

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,607,941	48.09%	N/A	7	N/A
	Belgian Socialist Party	698,889	20.90%	N/A	3	N/A
	Party for Freedom and Progress	512,363	15.32%	N/A	2	N/A
	People's Union	324,540	9.71%	N/A	1	N/A
	Agalev	77,986	2.33%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	121,783	3.64%	N/A	0	N/A
Total			100	N/A	13	N/A

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v t e 2004–2009 ← European Parliament constituencies 2009–2014 → 2014–2019
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East Île-de-France Massif central–Centre North-West Overseas South-East South-West West
Ireland	Dublin East^†2 North-West^†2 South^†2
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian Kuyavian-Pomeranian Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Warsaw Masovian Łódź Greater Poland Lublin Subcarpathian Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Silesian Lower Silesian and Opole Lubusz and West Pomeranian
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria Croatia^¤1 Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2013; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2014

v t e 1999–2004 ← European Parliament constituencies 2004–2009 → 2009–2014
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East^* Île-de-France^* Massif-central–Centre^* North-West^* Overseas Territories^* South-East^* South-West^* West^*
Ireland	Dublin East North-West South
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian^* Kuyavian-Pomeranian^* Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian^* Warsaw^* Masovian^* Łódź^* Greater Poland^* Lublin^* Subcarpathian^* Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie^* Silesian^* Lower Silesian and Opole^* Lubusz and West Pomeranian^*
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria^‡ Cyprus^* Czech Republic^* Denmark Estonia^* Finland Germany Greece Hungary^* Latvia^* Lithuania^* Luxembourg Malta^* Netherlands Portugal Romania^‡ Slovakia^* Slovenia^* Spain Sweden
^* Constituency created 2004; ^‡ Constituency created 2007

v t e 1994–1999 ← European Parliament constituencies 1999–2004 → 2004–2009
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster^†2 Dublin Leinster^†2 Munster^†2
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	East Midlands^¤1 East of England^¤1 London^¤1 North East England^¤1 Northern Ireland North West England^¤1 Scotland^¤1 South East England^¤1 South West England^¤1 Wales^¤1 West Midlands^¤1 Yorkshire and the Humber^¤1
National	Austria Denmark Finland France^†2 Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1999 ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2004

v t e 1989–1994 ← European Parliament constituencies 1994–1999 → 1999–2004
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking^¤1 German-speaking^¤1
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes^¤1^†4 Birmingham East^†4 Birmingham West^†4 Bristol^†4 Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East^¤1^†4 Cambridgeshire^¤1^†4 Cheshire East^†4 Cheshire West and Wirral^¤1^†4 Cleveland and Richmond^¤1^†4 Cornwall and West Plymouth^¤1^†4 Cotswolds^†4 Coventry and North Warwickshire^¤1^†4 Cumbria and Lancashire North^†4 Devon and East Plymouth^¤1^†4 Dorset and East Devon^¤1^†4 Durham^†4 East Sussex and Kent South^¤1^†4 Essex North and Suffolk South^¤1^†4 Essex South^¤1^†4 Essex West and Hertfordshire East^¤1^†4 Glasgow^†4 Greater Manchester Central^†4 Greater Manchester East^†4 Greater Manchester West^†4 Hampshire North and Oxford^¤1^†4 Herefordshire and Shropshire^¤1^†4 Hertfordshire^†4 Highlands and Islands^†4 Humberside^†4 Itchen, Test and Avon^¤1^†4 Kent East^†4 Kent West^†4 Lancashire Central^†4 Lancashire South^¤1^†4 Leeds^†4 Leicester^†4 Lincolnshire and Humberside South^¤1^†4 London Central^†4 London East^†4 London North^†4 London North East^†4 London North West^†4 London South and Surrey East^†4 London South East^†4 London South Inner^†4 London South West^†4 London West^†4 Lothians^†4 Merseyside East and Wigan^¤1^†4 Merseyside West^†4 Mid and West Wales^†4 Mid Scotland and Fife^†4 Midlands West^†4 Norfolk^†4 North East Scotland^†4 North Wales^†4 North Yorkshire^¤1^†4 Northamptonshire and Blaby^¤1^†4 Northern Ireland Northumbria^†4 Nottingham and Leicestershire North West<^¤1sup>†4 Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield^¤1^†4 Peak District^¤1^†4 Sheffield^†4 Somerset and North Devon^¤1^†4 South Downs West^¤1^†4 South of Scotland^†4 South Wales Central^¤1^†4 South Wales East^†4 South Wales West^¤1^†4 Staffordshire East and Derby^¤1^†4 Staffordshire West and Congleton^¤1^†4 Strathclyde East^†4 Strathclyde West^†4 Suffolk and South West Norfolk^¤1^†4 Surrey^¤1^†4 Sussex South and Crawley^¤1^†4 Thames Valley^†4 Tyne and Wear^†4 Wight and Hampshire South^¤1^†4 Wiltshire North and Bath^¤1^†4 Worcestershire and South Warwickshire^¤1^†4 Yorkshire South^†4 Yorkshire South West^†4 Yorkshire West^†4
National	Austria^¤3 Denmark Finland^¤3 France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden^¤2
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1994; ^¤2 Constituency created in 1995; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1996; ^†4 Constituency dissolved in 1999

v t e 1984–1989 ← European Parliament constituencies 1989–1994 → 1994–1999
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking^†1
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire South^†1 Birmingham East Birmingham West Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^†1 Cheshire East Cheshire West^†1 Cleveland and Yorkshire North^†1 Cornwall and Plymouth^†1 Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North Derbyshire^†1 Devon^†1 Dorset East and Hampshire West^†1 Durham Essex North East^†1 Essex South West^†1 Glasgow Greater Manchester Central Greater Manchester East Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^†1 Hereford and Worcester^†1 Hertfordshire Highlands and Islands Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East^†1 Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire^†1 London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East London South East London South Inner London South West London West Lothians Merseyside East^†1 Merseyside West Mid and West Wales Mid Scotland and Fife Midlands Central^†1 Midlands West Norfolk North East Scotland North Wales Northamptonshire^†1 Northern Ireland Northumbria Nottingham^†1 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^†1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^†1 Somerset and Dorset West^†1 South of Scotland South Wales^†1 South Wales East Staffordshire East^†1 Strathclyde East Strathclyde West Suffolk^†1 Surrey West^†1 Sussex East^†1 Sussex West^†1 Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Wight and Hampshire East^†1 Wiltshire^†1 York^†1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West^†1 Yorkshire West
National	Denmark France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain
Key: ^†1 Constituency dissolved in 1994

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v t e 1979–1984 ← European Parliament constituencies 1984–1989 → 1989–1994
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking
Denmark	Denmark Greenland^†2
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire South^¤1 Birmingham East^¤1 Birmingham West^¤1 Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^¤1 Cheshire East Cheshire West Cleveland and Yorkshire North^¤1 Cornwall and Plymouth Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North^¤1 Derbyshire Devon Dorset East and Hampshire West^¤1 Durham Essex North East Essex South West Glasgow Greater Manchester Central^¤1 Greater Manchester East^¤1 Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^¤1 Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Highlands and Islands Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East^¤1 London South East London South Inner London South West London West Lothians Merseyside East^¤1 Merseyside West^¤1 Mid and West Wales Mid Scotland and Fife Midlands Central Midlands West Norfolk North East Scotland North Wales Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumbria Nottingham Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^¤1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^¤1 Somerset and Dorset West^¤1 South of Scotland South Wales South Wales East^¤1 Staffordshire East Strathclyde East Strathclyde West Suffolk Surrey West^¤1 Sussex East Sussex West Thames Valley Tyne and Wear^¤1 Wight and Hampshire East Wiltshire^¤1 York^¤1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West Yorkshire West
National	France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal^¤3 Spain^¤3
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1984; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 1985; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1987