French-speaking electoral college

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French-speaking electoral college
European Parliament constituency
French-speaking electoral college (European Parliament constituencies 2007 )
French-speaking electoral college
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within Belgium
Created 1979
MEP(s) 9
Member State Belgium
Source(s) [1]

The French-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency generally corresponds to the French Community of Belgium, but electors in Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde have a choice between the lists of both electoral colleges (Dutch-speaking or French-speaking).

[edit] Members of the European Parliament

[edit] 2004 - present

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004

Party Votes  % Change Seats
Socialist Party (PS) 878,577 36.09 +10.31 4 +1
Reformist Movement (MR) 671,422 27.58 +0.59 3 0
Democratic Humanist Centre (CDH) 368,753 15.15 +1.84 1 +1
Ecologists (Ecolo) 239,687 9.84 −12.86 1 -2
National Front (FN) 181,351 7.45 +3.35 0 0
New Belgian Front (FNB) 26,775 1.1 +0.03 0 0
Rassemblement Wallonie-France (RWF) 23,090 0.95 N/A 0
CDF 19,718 0.81 N/A 0
Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB+) 19,645 0.81 N/A 0
Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MAS) 5,675 0.23 N/A 0
Total 2,434,693     9