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1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

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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 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 847,099 839,720
Percentage 13.61% 13.49%
Swing Increase 2.24% Decrease 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 Steady Steady
Popular vote 624,445 596,567
Percentage 10.03% 9.59%
Swing Decrease 0.95% Decrease 1.81%

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.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Liberal Reformist Party-Democratic Front of Francophones624,44526.993
Socialist Party596,56725.783
Ecolo525,31622.703
Christian Social Party307,91213.311
National Front94,8484.100
Vivant55,1332.380
Debout46,0881.990
Communist Party of Belgium25,5391.100
New Belgian Front24,7921.070
Party for a New Politics in Belgium10,4580.450
Parti Communautaire National-Européen2,7200.120
Total2,313,818100.0010
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Flemish Liberals and Democrats847,09921.883
Christian People's Party839,72021.683
Vlaams Blok584,39215.092
Flemish Socialist Party550,23714.212
People's Union471,23812.172
Agalev464,04211.982
Vivant67,1071.730
Workers' Party of Belgium21,9660.570
Party for a New Politics in Belgium17,0950.440
Social-Liberal Democrats9,5280.250
Total3,872,424100.0014
German-speaking electoral college
Christian Social Party13,45636.471
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt7,23419.600
Ecolo6,27617.010
Socialist Party4,21511.420
Party of German-speaking Belgians3,6619.920
Vivant1,1983.250
Juropa7882.140
Workers' Party of Belgium720.200
Total36,900100.001
Valid votes6,186,24293.18
Invalid/blank votes452,7656.82
Total votes6,639,007100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,297,81590.97
Source: Belgian Elections