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

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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

Date	Polling Firm	CD&V	VLD	PS	VB	MR	Ecolo	sp.a	N-VA	cdH	Groen	PVDA/PTB	CSP	PP	FDF	Others
23 Apr 2014	PollWatch2014	10.7	11.5	10.2	6.4	8.4	3.9	8.6	20.7	3.7	4.9	3.0	0.2	-	1.4	6.4
16 Apr 2014	PollWatch2014	9.7	7.4	10.0	7.9	8.4	5.1	7.4	16.6	5.2	5.4	4.9	0.2	3.3	2.3	11.1
7 Jun 2009	Election results	14.4	12.7	10.9	9.8	9.7	8.6	8.2	6.1	5.0	4.9	1.0	0.2	N/A	N/A	11.9

Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college

Date	Polling Firm	CD&V	VLD	VB	sp.a	N-VA	Groen	PVDA	Others	Lead
16 May	De Standaard	24.3	19.3	7.7	15.8	20.0	11.4	1.4	0.1	4.3
25 Apr	De Standaard	19.0	16.7	7.9	13.9	27.3	10.9	1.7	2.6	8.3
7 Jun 2009	European Elections 2009	23.3	20.6	15.9	13.2	9.9	7.9	1.0	8.3	2.7

Candidates

• Full list of candidates

Main candidates

Dutch electoral college

Party		Name
	Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)	Marianne Thyssen
	Green (Groen)	Bart Staes
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	Johan Van Overtveldt
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld)	Guy Verhofstadt
	Socialist Party–Differently (sp.a)	Kathleen Van Brempt
	Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang)	Gerolf Annemans

French electoral college

Party		Name
	Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH)	Claude Rolin
	Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo)	Philippe Lamberts
	Reformist Movement (MR)	Louis Michel
	Socialist Party (PS)	Marie Arena

German electoral college

Party		Name
	Christian Social Party (CSP)	Pascal Arimont

References

1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-be-2014.html