1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 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.

European Parliament election in Belgium, 1999

13 June 1999

25 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
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%

Results

 Summary of the complete results of Belgium's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament
1999
National party European party Main candidate Electoral college Votes % +/– E.c. % Seats +/–
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) Annemie Neyts Dutch-speaking 847,099 13.61 21.88 3 0
  Christian's People Party (CVP) Miet Smet Dutch-speaking 839,720 13.49 21.68 3 1
  Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) Daniel Ducarme French-speaking 624,445 10.03 26.99 3 0
  Socialist Party (PS) Philippe Busquin French-speaking 596,567 9.59 25.78 3 0
  Flemish Bloc (VB) Frank Vanhecke Dutch-speaking 584,392 9.39 15.09 2 0
  Socialist Party (SP) Frank Vandenbroucke Dutch-speaking 550,237 8.84 14.21 2 1
  Ecology Party (ECOLO) Paul Lannoye French-speaking 525,316 8.44 22.70 3 2
  People's Union-ID (VU-ID) Bert Anciaux Dutch-speaking 471,238 7.57 12.17 2 1
  Agalev (AGALEV) Patsy Sörensen Dutch-speaking 464,042 7.46 11.98 2 1
  Christian Social Party (PSC) Michel Hansenne French-speaking 307,912 4.95 13.31 1 1
  Christian Social Party (CSP) Mathieu Grosch German-speaking 13,456 0.22 36.47 1 0
  National Front (FN) Daniel Féret French-speaking 94,848 1.52 4.10 0 1
  Vivant (VIVANT) Dutch-speaking 67,107 1.08 new 1.73 0 0
  Vivant (VIVANT) French-speaking 55,133 0.89 new 2.38 0 0
(DEBOUT) French-speaking 46,088 0.74 0 0
Communist Party (PC) French-speaking 25,539 0.41 0 0
Workers' Party (PVDA) None Dutch-speaking 21,966 0.35 0 0
Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb) Dutch-speaking 17,095 0.27 0 0
Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb) French-speaking 10,458 0.17 0 0
Social-Liberal Democrats (SoLiDe) Dutch-speaking 9,528 0.15 0 0
  Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) German-speaking 7,234 19.60 0 0
  Ecology Party (ECOLO) German-speaking 6,276 17.01 0 0
  Socialist Party (SP) German-speaking 4,215 11.42 0 0
Party of the German-speaking Belgians (PDB) German-speaking 3,661 9.92 0 0
(PCN) French-speaking 2,720 0.04 0 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
Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior
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