List of members of the European Parliament for Belgium, 2004–2009 explained

This is a list of the 24 members of the European Parliament for Belgium in the 2004 to 2009 session.

List

Name	National party	EP Group	Constituency	Votes
Ivo Belet	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP–ED		142,554
Frieda Brepoels^[1]	New Flemish Alliance	EPP–ED	Dutch-speaking	99,464
^[2]	Socialist Party	PES	French-speaking	114,503
	Flemish Interest	NI	Dutch-speaking	43,036
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP–ED		651,345
	Socialist Party	PES	French-speaking	46,832
Gérard Deprez	Reformist Movement	ALDE	French-speaking	34,024
Mia De Vits	Socialist Party–Differently	PES	Dutch-speaking	202,082
Koenraad Dillen^[3]	Flemish Interest	NI	Dutch-speaking	55,550
Antoine Duquesne^[4]	Reformist Movement	ALDE	French-speaking	58,785
Saïd El Khadraoui	Socialist Party–Differently	PES	Dutch-speaking	60,712
	Christian Social Party	EPP–ED	German-speaking	9,211
	Socialist Party	PES	French-speaking	28,672
Pierre Jonckheer	Ecology Party	G–EFA	French-speaking	23,236
Raymond Langendries^[5]	Humanist Democratic Centre	EPP–ED		50,871
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant	ALDE	Dutch-speaking	104,218
Frédérique Ries	Reformist Movement	ALDE	French-speaking	123,000
	Green!	G–EFA	Dutch-speaking	79,508
Dirk Sterckx^[6]	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant	ALDE	Dutch-speaking	180,774
Marc Tarabella^[7] ^[8]	Socialist Party	PES	French-speaking	31,818
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP–ED		116,418
Frank Vanhecke	Flemish Interest	NI	Dutch-speaking	260,430
Johan Van Hecke^[9]	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats–Vivant	ALDE	Dutch-speaking	34,190
	Socialist Party–Differently	PES	Dutch-speaking	60,483

Party representation

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party	EP Group	of seats	±
Christian Democratic and Flemish – New Flemish Alliance			1
Flemish Bloc	NI		1
Flemish Liberals and Democrats	ALDE
Socialist Party–Differently	PES		1
Green!	G–EFA

French-speaking electoral college

Party	EP Group	of seats	±
Socialist Party	PES		1
Reformist Movement	ALDE
Humanist Democratic Centre	EPP–ED
Ecology Party	G–EFA		2

Notes and References

1. Replaced Geert Bourgeois (133,430 votes), who became the Minister for Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy, Media and Tourism in the Flemish government of Leterme I.
2. Replaced Elio Di Rupo (483,644 votes).
3. Replaced Filip Dewinter (193,525 votes), who remained a member of the Flemish Parliament.
4. Replaced Louis Michel (327,374 votes), who became the European Commissioner for Research in the Prodi Commission.
5. Replaced Joëlle Milquet (191,900 votes), who remained a member of the Belgian Federal Parliament.
6. Replaced Guy Verhofstadt (388,011 votes), who remained the Prime Minister of Belgium.
7. Replaced Michel Daerden (63,565 votes), who became the Vice-President and Minister of Budget, Finance and Equipment in the Walloon government of Van Cauwenberghe II, and the Vice-President and Minister of Budget and Finance in the French Community government of Arena I.
8. Resigned in 2007, became the Minister of Training in the Walloon government and the Minister of Youth and Education of Social Promotion in the French Community government. Replaced by Giovanna Corda on 31 August 2007.
9. Replaced Karel De Gucht (159,332 votes), who became the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the federal government of Verhofstadt II.