Dutch-speaking electoral college | |
Locationmap2020: | BE-nl |
Coordinates: | 50.85°N 4°W |
Map: | Dutch-speaking electoral college.svg |
Mapcaption: | Shown within Belgium |
Created: | 1979 |
Meps: | 12 |
Memberstate: | Belgium |
Memberstatelink2: | Belgium |
Sources: | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/index.html |
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.
The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community of Belgium, and is sometimes called the Flemish-speaking electoral college.[1] [2] 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, voters 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.
See main article: European Parliament election, 2019 (Belgium).
Party | EU party | EP group | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New-Flemish Alliance | EFA | ECR | 954,048 | 22.44 | −4.23 | 3 | -1 | ||
Flemish Interest | ID Party | ID | 811,169 | 19.08 | +12.32 | 3 | +2 | ||
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | ALDE | Renew | 678,051 | 15.95 | −4.45 | 2 | -1 | ||
Christian Democratic and Flemish | EPP | EPP | 617,651 | 14.53 | −5.43 | 2 | 0 | ||
Green | EGP | Greens/EFA | 525,908 | 12.37 | +1.75 | 1 | 0 | ||
Socialist Party Different | PES | S&D | 434,002 | 10.21 | −2.97 | 1 | 0 | ||
Workers Party of Belgium | None | GUE/NGL | 210,391 | 4.95 | +2.55 | 0 | 0 | ||
Volt Belgium | Volt Europa | None | 20,385 | 0.48 | +0.48 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4,251,605 | 100 | 12 | 0 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 2014 (Belgium).
Party | EU party | EP group | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New-Flemish Alliance | EFA | ECR | 1,123,363 | 26.67 | +16.79 | 4 | +3 | ||
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | ALDE | ALDE | 859,254 | 20.40 | −0.2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Christian Democratic and Flemish | EPP | EPP | 840,814 | 19.96 | −3.34 | 2 | −1 | ||
Socialist Party Different | PES | S&D | 555,354 | 13.18 | −0.05 | 1 | −1 | ||
Flemish Interest | EAF | None | 284,891 | 6.76 | −9.14 | 1 | −1 | ||
Green | EGP | Greens/EFA | 447,449 | 10.62 | +2.72 | 1 | 0 | ||
Workers Party of Belgium | None | None | 101,246 | 2.40 | +1.42 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 4,212,371 | 100 | 12 | −1 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 2009 (Belgium).
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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 1999 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 1994 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 1984 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
See main article: European Parliament election, 1979 (Belgium).
Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | ||
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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 |
Below are all members since the creation of the Dutch-speaking electoral college. Only members who were sworn in at the beginning of each parliamentary turn are mentioned. Under Belgian law, MEPs can resign and be automatically replaced. This was the case, for example, for Johan Van Overtveldt, who resigned to become Minister of Finance on 14 October 2014 and was replaced by Sander Loones.
MEPs for Belgium's Dutch-speaking electoral college, 1979 onwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Willy Vernimmen SP | Seat not established | width=1px style="background-color: " | Anne Van Lancker SP | Seat abolished | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel Van Miert SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Marc Galle SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Philippe De Coene SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Peter Bossu SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Saïd El Khadraoui sp.a/Spirit | Seat abolished | |||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Marcel Colla SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Marijke Van Hemeldonck SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Freddy Willockx SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Luckas Vander Taelen Agalev | width=1px style="background-color: " | Mia De Vits sp.a/Spirit | width=1px style="background-color: " | Kathleen Van Brempt sp.a | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Willy De Clercq PVV | width=1px style="background-color: " | Jef Ulburghs SP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Paul Staes Agalev | width=1px style="background-color: " | Magda Aelvoet Agalev | width=1px style="background-color: " | Patsy Sörensen Agalev | width=1px style="background-color: " | Bart Staes Groen | width=1px style="background-color: " | Petra De Sutter Groen | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Herman Vanderpoorten PVV | width=1px style="background-color: " | Paul Staes Agalev | width=1px style="background-color: " | Willy De Clercq VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel De Gucht VLD/Vivant | width=1px style="background-color: " | Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Paul De Keersmaeker CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel De Gucht VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Annemie Neyts VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Ward Beysen VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Annemie Neyts VLD/Vivant | width=1px style="background-color: " | Hilde Vautmans Open Vld | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Jaak Henckens CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | August de Winter VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | An Hermans CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Mimi Kestelijn-Sierens VLD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Dirk Sterckx VLD/Vivant | width=1px style="background-color: " | Philippe De Backer Open Vld | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel De Gucht Open Vld | width=1px style="background-color: " | Kris Peeters CD&V | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Joris Verhaegen CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Raphaël Chanterie CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Miet Smet CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Ivo Belet CD&V/N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Cindy Franssen CD&V | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Lambert Croux CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Marianne Thyssen CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Geert Bourgeois N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Marcel Vandewiele CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Rika De Backer CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel Pinxten CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Wilfried Martens CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Johan Van Hecke CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Jean-Luc Dehaene CD&V/N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Johan Van Overtveldt N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Leo Tindemans CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Pol Marck CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Leo Tindemans CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Nelly Maes VU | width=1px style="background-color: " | Frieda Brepoels CD&V/N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Mark Demesmaeker N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Assita Kanko N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Joannes Verroken CVP | width=1px style="background-color: " | Jaak Vandemeulebroucke VU | width=1px style="background-color: " | Bart Staes VU | width=1px style="background-color: " | Koen Dillen VB | width=1px style="background-color: #6DCFF6" | Derk-Jan Eppink LDD | width=1px style="background-color: " | Louis Ide N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Filip De Man VB | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||
MEP Party | width=1px style="background-color: " | Maurits Coppieters VU | width=1px style="background-color: " | Willy Kuijpers VU | width=1px style="background-color: " | Karel Dillen VB | width=1px style="background-color: " | Philip Claeys VB | width=1px style="background-color: " | Helga Stevens N-VA | width=1px style="background-color: " | Patsy Vatlet VB | width=1px style="background-color: " | |||||||||||||||
MEP Party | Seat not established | width=1px style="background-color: " | Frank Vanhecke VB | width=1px style="background-color: " | Gerolf Annemans VB | width=1px style="background-color: " |