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Constituency of the European Parliament

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.

Boundaries[edit]

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.

Members of the European Parliament[edit]

2009 – 2014[edit]

  • Ivo Belet, CD&V
  • Frieda Brepoels / Mark Demesmaeker, N-VA
  • Philip Claeys, VB
  • Philippe De Backer, Open Vld
  • Jean-Luc Dehaene, CD&V
  • Saïd El Khadraoui, Sp.a
  • Derk-Jan Eppink, LDD
  • Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Open Vld
  • Bart Staes, Groen!
  • Marianne Thyssen, CD&V
  • Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
  • Frank Vanhecke, independent
  • Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld

2004 – 2009[edit]

  • Ivo Belet, CD&V/N-VA
  • Frederika Brepoels, CD&V/N-VA
  • Philip Claeys, Vlaams Blok
  • Jean-Luc Dehaene, CD&V/N-VA
  • Karel De Gucht, VLD/Vivant
  • Mia De Vits, SPA/Spirit
  • Koenraad Dillen, Vlaams Blok
  • Saïd El Khadraoui, SPA/Spirit
  • Annemie Neyts, VLD/Vivant
  • Bart Staes, Groen!
  • Dirk Sterckx, VLD/Vivant
  • Marianne Thyssen, CD&V/N-VA
  • Frank Vanhecke, Vlaams Blok
  • Anne Van Lancker, SPA/Spirit

Election results[edit]

2014[edit]

Party EU party EP group Votes % Change Seats Change
  New-Flemish Alliance EFA ECR 1,123,363 26.67 +16.79 4 +4
  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

2009[edit]

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

2004[edit]

Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  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

1999[edit]

Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  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

1994[edit]

1989[edit]

1984[edit]

1979[edit]

Returned members[edit]

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.

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