2019 European Parliament election in Belgium

2019 European Parliament election in Belgium
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All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout88.47%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Geert Bourgeois Gerolf Annemans Guy Verhofstadt
Party N-VA VB Open Vld
Alliance ECR EAPN ALDE
Last election 4 seats, 16.79% 1 seat, 4.26% 3 seats, 12.84%
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 954,048 811,169 678,051
Percentage 14.17% 12.05% 10.07%
Swing Decrease 2.62% Increase 7.79% Decrease 2.77%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Paul Magnette Kris Peeters Marc Botenga
Party PS CD&V PVDA-PTB
Alliance PES EPP GUE/NGL
Last election 3 seats, 10.68% 2 seats, 12.57% 0 seats, 3.51%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 655,812 617,651 566,274
Percentage 9.74% 9.17% 8.42%
Swing Decrease 1.03% Decrease 3.39% Increase 4.91%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Petra De Sutter Philippe Lamberts Olivier Chastel
Party Groen Ecolo MR
Alliance European Greens European Greens ALDE
Last election 1 seat, 6.69% 1 seat, 4.26% 3 seats, 9.88%
Seats won 1 2 2
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 525,908 492,330 475,338
Percentage 7.81% 7.31% 7.06%
Swing Increase 1.13% Increase 2.95% Decrease 2.92%

An election was held on 26 May 2019 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. It was part of the 2019 European Parliament election.

A royal order of 15 June 2018 fixed the date of the European Parliament election in Belgium, following an agreement at European level.[1] Per the Belgian Constitution, the Belgian regional elections, and additionally the Belgian federal election because no snap election occurred, were automatically held on the same day.

Marianne Thyssen, who was re-elected Member of the European Parliament in 2014 as lijsttrekker for CD&V and who subsequently became European Commissioner, announced in July 2018 that she would quit politics in 2019.[2]

  1. ^ 15 juni 2018. - Koninklijk besluit tot vastlegging van de datum van de verkiezing van het Europese Parlement
  2. ^ "Marianne Thyssen stapt volgend jaar uit de politiek: "Er is ook een leven ernaast"". 12 July 2018.