European Parliament election, 1999 (Belgium)

Belgium European Parliament election, 1999

13 June 1999
25 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   150x150px Leader Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Miet Smet Party Open Vld CVP Alliance ALDE EPP Last election 3 seats, 11.37% 4 seats, 16.98% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 847,099 839,720 Percentage 13.61% 13.49% Swing 2.24% 3.49%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Daniel Ducarme Philippe Busquin Party PRL PS Alliance ALDE PES Last election 3 seats, 9.21% 3 seats, 10.92% Seats won 3 3 Seat change Popular vote 624,445 596,567 Percentage 10.03% 9.59% Swing 0.95% 1.81%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections.

Results

National

 Summary of the results of Belgium's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament

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National party		European party	Main candidate	E.c.(*)	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)		Annemie Neyts	Dutch-speaking	847,099	13.61	2.24	21.88	3	0
	Christian's People Party (CVP)		Miet Smet	Dutch-speaking	839,720	13.49	3.49	21.68	3	1
	Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF)		Daniel Ducarme	French-speaking	624,445	10.03	0.95	26.99	3	0
	Socialist Party (PS)		Philippe Busquin	French-speaking	596,567	9.59	1.81	25.78	3	0
	Flemish Block (VB)		Frank Vanhecke	Dutch-speaking	584,392	9.39	1.61	15.09	2	0
	Socialist Party (SP)		Frank Vandenbroucke	Dutch-speaking	550,237	8.84	2.08	14.21	2	1
	Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO)		Paul Lannoye	French-speaking	525,316	8.44	3.57	22.70	3	2
	People's Union–ID21 (VU-ID)		Bert Anciaux	Dutch-speaking	471,238	7.57	* 7.57	12.17	2	1
	Living Differently (AGALEV)		Patsy Sörensen	Dutch-speaking	464,042	7.46	0.82	11.98	2	1
	Christian Social Party (PSC)		Michel Hansenne	French-speaking	307,912	4.95	2.09	13.31	1	1
	Christian Social Party (CSP)		Mathieu Grosch	German-speaking	13,456	0.22	0.02	36.47	1	0
	Vivant (VIVANT)			Dutch-speaking French-speaking	122,240 67,107 55,133	1.97 1.08 0.89	new	— 1.73 2.38	0 0 0	new
	National Front (FN)		Daniel Féret	French-speaking	94,848	1.52	1.43	4.10	0	1
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 4% of the regional vote and no seats)						—	—	0	—
Valid votes					6,223,142	93.07
Blank and invalid votes					463,078	6.93
Totals					6,686,220	100.00	—	—	25	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					7,343,464	91.05	0.39
Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior (*) : electoral college

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)	847,099	21.88	+3.52	3	0
	Christian's People Party (CVP)	839,720	21.68	−5.75	3	1
	Flemish Bloc (VB)	584,392	15.09	+2.53	2	0
	Socialist Party (SP)	550,237	14.21	−3.42	2	1
	People's Union-ID (VU-ID)	471,238	12.17	+5.08	2	1
	Agalev	464,042	11.98	+1.25	2	1
	Vivant	67,107	1.73	+1.73	0	0
	All others	48,589	1.25	—	0	0

• All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

French-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	PRL-FDF	624,445	26.99%	+2.74%	3	0
	PS	596,567	25.78%	−4.66%	3	0
	Ecolo	525,316	22.70%	+9.68%	3	+2
	PSC	307,912	13.31%	−5.50%	1	−1
	FN	94,848	4.10%	−3.77%	0	−1
	Vivant	55,133	2.38%	+2.38%	0	0
	All Others	109,597	4.74%	—	0	0

• All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

German-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance		Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	CSP-EVP	13,456	36.47%	+5.18 %	1	0
	PFF	7,234	19.60%	−0.46%	0	0
	Ecolo	6,276	17.01%	+2.11%	0	0
	SP	4,215	11.42%	+1.15%	0	0
	PDB	3,661	9.92%	−5.59%	0	0
	Vivant	1,198	3.25%	+3.25%	0	0
	All Others	860	2.16%	—	0	0

• All parties with more than 1,000 votes are listed.