2014 European Parliament election in Belgium explained
Election Name: | 2014 European Parliament election in Belgium |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2009 European Parliament election in Belgium |
Previous Year: | 2009 |
Next Election: | 2019 European Parliament election in Belgium |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats For Election: | All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament |
Election Date: | 25 May 2014 |
Turnout: | 89.64%[1] |
Leader1: | Johan Van Overtveldt |
Party1: | New Flemish Alliance |
Alliance1: | European Free Alliance |
Last Election1: | 1 seat, 6.13% |
Seats1: | 4 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,123,363 |
Percentage1: | 16.79% |
Swing1: | 10.66% |
Leader2: | Guy Verhofstadt |
Party2: | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats |
Alliance2: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Last Election2: | 3 seats, 12.25% |
Seats2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 859,254 |
Percentage2: | 12.84% |
Swing2: | 0.09% |
Leader3: | Marie Arena |
Party3: | Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) |
Alliance3: | Party of European Socialists |
Last Election3: | 3 seats, 10.88% |
Seats3: | 3 |
Popular Vote3: | 714,784 |
Percentage3: | 10.68% |
Swing3: | 0.2% |
Leader4: | Louis Michel |
Party4: | Reformist Movement |
Alliance4: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Last Election4: | 2 seats, 9.74% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 661,408 |
Percentage4: | 9.88% |
Swing4: | 0.14% |
Leader5: | Marianne Thyssen |
Party5: | Christian Democratic and Flemish |
Alliance5: | European People's Party |
Last Election5: | 3 seats, 14.43% |
Seats5: | 2 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 840,814 |
Percentage5: | 12.56% |
Swing5: | 1.86% |
An election was held on 25 May 2014 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. This election, part of the 2014 European Parliament election, was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.
21 Belgium MEPs were elected: 12 of them are Dutch-speaking, 8 of them are French-speaking and 1 of them is German-speaking. In the arrondissement of Brussels-Capital and six municipalities with language facilities, voters can choose whether to vote for the Dutch-speaking or for the French-speaking electoral college.
Opinion polling
Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college
Date | Polling Firm | CD&V< | VLD | VB | sp.a | N-VA | Groen | PVDA | Others | Lead |
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16 May | De Standaard | 24.3 | 19.3 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
25 Apr | De Standaard | 19.0 | 16.7 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 27.3 | 10.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 8.3 |
7 June 2009 | European Elections 2009 | 23.3 | 20.6 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 2.7 | |
Candidates
Main candidates
Notes and References
- Web site: Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Belgium - European Parliament.