2019 European Parliament election in Belgium|
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Turnout | 88.47% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Geert Bourgeois
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Gerolf Annemans
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Guy Verhofstadt
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Party
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N-VA
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VB
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Open Vld
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Alliance
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ECR
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EAPN
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ALDE
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Last election
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4 seats, 16.79%
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1 seat, 4.26%
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3 seats, 12.84%
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Seats won
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3
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3
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2
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Seat change
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1
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2
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1
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Popular vote
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954,048
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811,169
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678,051
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Percentage
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14.17%
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12.05%
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10.07%
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Swing
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2.62%
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7.79%
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2.77%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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Leader
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Paul Magnette
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Kris Peeters
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Marc Botenga
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Party
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PS
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CD&V
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PVDA-PTB
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Alliance
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PES
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EPP
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GUE/NGL
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Last election
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3 seats, 10.68%
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2 seats, 12.57%
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0 seats, 3.51%
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Seats won
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2
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2
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1
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Seat change
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1
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0
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1
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Popular vote
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655,812
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617,651
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566,274
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Percentage
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9.74%
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9.17%
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8.42%
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Swing
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1.03%
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3.39%
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4.91%
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Seventh party
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Eighth party
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Ninth party
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Leader
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Petra De Sutter
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Philippe Lamberts
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Olivier Chastel
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Party
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Groen
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Ecolo
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MR
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Alliance
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Green
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Green
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ALDE
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Last election
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1 seat, 6.69%
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1 seat, 4.26%
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3 seats, 9.88%
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Seats won
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1
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2
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2
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Seat change
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0
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1
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1
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Popular vote
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525,908
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492,330
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475,338
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Percentage
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7.81%
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7.31%
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7.06%
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Swing
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1.13%
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2.95%
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2.92%
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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]