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Belgium European Parliament election, 1999
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25 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Miet Smet
Party Open Vld CVP
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election 3 seats, 11.37% 4 seats, 16.98%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 847,099 839,720
Percentage 13.61% 13.49%
Swing Increase 2.24% Decrease 3.49%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Daniel Ducarme Philippe Busquin
Party PRL PS
Alliance ALDE PES
Last election 3 seats, 9.21% 3 seats, 10.92%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 624,445 596,567
Percentage 10.03% 9.59%
Swing Decrease 0.95% Decrease 1.81%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections.

Results

National

Template:European Parliament election, 1999 (Belgium)

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) 847,099 21.88 +3.52 3 Steady 0
  Christian's People Party (CVP) 839,720 21.68 −5.75 3 Decrease 1
  Flemish Bloc (VB) 584,392 15.09 +2.53 2 Steady 0
  Socialist Party (SP) 550,237 14.21 −3.42 2 Decrease 1
  People's Union-ID (VU-ID) 471,238 12.17 +5.08 2 Increase 1
  Agalev 464,042 11.98 +1.25 2 Increase 1
  Vivant 67,107 1.73 +1.73 0 Steady 0
  All others 48,589 1.25 — 0 Steady 0
  • All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

French-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  PRL-FDF 624,445 26.99% +2.74% 3 0
  PS 596,567 25.78% −4.66% 3 0
  Ecolo 525,316 22.70% +9.68% 3 +2
  PSC 307,912 13.31% −5.50% 1 −1
  FN 94,848 4.10% −3.77% 0 −1
  Vivant 55,133 2.38% +2.38% 0 0
  All Others 109,597 4.74% — 0 0
  • All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

German-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  CSP-EVP 13,456 36.47% +5.18% 1 0
  PFF 7,234 19.60% −0.46% 0 0
  Ecolo 6,276 17.01% +2.11% 0 0
  SP 4,215 11.42% +1.15% 0 0
  PDB 3,661 9.92% −5.59% 0 0
  Vivant 1,198 3.25% +3.25% 0 0
  All Others 860 2.16% — 0 0
  • All parties with more than 1,000 votes are listed.
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