1979 European Parliament election in Belgium

1979 European Parliament election in Belgium

10 June 1979
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert Party CVP Vooruit Alliance EPP PES Seats won 7 3 Popular vote 1,607,941 698,889 Percentage 29.54% 12.84%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Anne-Marie Lizin Willy De Clercq Party PS PVV-PLP Alliance PES ALDE Seats won 4 2 Popular vote 575,824 512,363 Percentage 10.58% 9.41%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 10 June 1979. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	575,824	27.43	4
	Christian Social Party	445,912	21.24	3
	Democratic Front of Francophones–Walloon Rally	414,603	19.75	2
	Liberal Reformist Party	372,904	17.76	2
	Ecolo	107,833	5.14	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	106,023	5.05	0
	Unity List of the New Left	22,187	1.06	0
	Walloon Liberal Party–European Liberal Party	17,566	0.84	0
	Belgian Progressive Party	9,704	0.46	0
	All Power to the Workers	8,821	0.42	0
	United Feminist Party	7,273	0.35	0
	Revolutionary Workers' League	6,209	0.30	0
	European Workers' Party	4,617	0.22	0
Total		2,099,476	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,607,941	48.09	7
	Flemish Socialist Party	698,889	20.90	3
	Party for Freedom and Progress	512,363	15.32	2
	People's Union	324,540	9.71	1
	Agalev	77,986	2.33	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	39,773	1.19	0
	All Power to the Workers	36,602	1.09	–
	Flemish People's Party	34,706	1.04	–
	Revolutionary Workers' League	10,702	0.32	–
Total		3,343,502	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,442,978	87.61
Invalid/blank votes		769,753	12.39
Total votes		6,212,731	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,800,584	91.36
Source: Belgian Elections