Christian Social Party | |
Native Name: | Christlich Soziale Partei |
Abbreviation: | CSP |
Leader: | Jérôme Franssen |
Foundation: | [1] |
Predecessor: | None |
Headquarters: | national secretariat Kaperberg 6, Eupen |
Ideology: | Christian democracy[2] |
Position: | Centre[3] [4] to centre-right[5] |
Regional: | Christian Group[6] |
Europarl: | European People's Party |
Colours: | Orange |
Affiliation1: | Les Engagés |
Affiliation2 Title: | Flemish counterpart |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Representatives |
Seats2 Title: | Senate |
Seats3 Title: | Parliament of the German-speaking Community |
Seats4 Title: | (German-speaking seat) |
Seats5 Title: | Benelux Parliament (German-speaking seat) |
Country: | Belgium |
The Christian Social Party (German: Christlich-Soziale Partei, CSP) is a Christian-democratic[3] political party operating in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Its president is Luc Frank.
In the 2004 European Parliament election, standing as Christlich-Soziale Partei - Europäische Volkspartei, the party gained the single seat allocated by Belgian law to the German-speaking community. The party has maintained this seat since then. The CSP works with its Francophone counterpart Les Engagés in other elections.
Election year |
| % of votes |
| +/- | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | 13,178 | 33.6 (#1) | ||||
1995 | 13,307 | 35.9 (#1) | 2 | |||
1999 | 12,822 | 34.8 (#1) | 1 | |||
2004 | 11,905 | 32.8 (#1) | 1 | |||
2009 | 10,122 | 27.0 (#1) | 1 | |||
2014 | 9,351 | 24.9 (#1) | 0 | |||
2019 | 9,069 | 23.1 (#2) | 1 | |||
2024 | 7,920 | 19.78 | 1 |
Election year |
| % of overall vote | % of electoral college vote |
|
| +/- | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | 11,999 | 31.3 (#1) | ||||||
1999 | 13,456 | 36.5 (#1) | 0 | |||||
2004 | 15,722 | 42.5 (#1) | 0 | |||||
2009 | 12,475 | 32.3 (#1) | 0 | |||||
2014 | 11,710 | 30.34 (#1) | 0 | |||||
2019 | 14,247 | 34.94 (#1) | 0 |