European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)
Belgium, European Parliament election, 1989
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 18, 1989. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.
Results
National
Summary of the results of Belgium's 18 June 1989 election to the European Parliament
← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 → |
National party |
European party |
Main candidate |
Electoral college (E.c.) |
Votes |
% |
+/– |
E.c. % |
Seats |
+/– |
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Christian People's Party (CVP) |
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Leo Tindemans |
Dutch-speaking |
1,247,075 | 21.14 | | 34.08 | 5 | 1 ![Increase](../I/m/Increase2.svg.png) |
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Socialist Party (PS) |
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Ernest Glinne |
French-speaking |
854,207 | 14.48 | | 38.13 | 5 | 0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
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Socialist Party (SP) |
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Marc Galle |
Dutch-speaking |
733,242 | 12.43 | | 20.04 | 3 | 1 ![Decrease](../I/m/Decrease2.svg.png) |
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Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
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Willy De Clercq |
Dutch-speaking |
625,561 | 10.60 | | 17.10 | 2 | 0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
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Christian Social Party (PSC) |
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Gérard Deprez |
French-speaking |
476,795 | 8.08 | | 21.28 | 2 | 0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
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Living Differently (AGALEV) |
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Paul Staes |
Dutch-speaking |
446,539 | 7.57 | | 12.20 | 1 | 0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
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Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) |
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François-Xavier de Donnéa |
French-speaking |
423,479 | 7.18 | | 18.90 | 2 | 1 ![Decrease](../I/m/Decrease2.svg.png) |
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Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) |
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Paul Lannoye |
French-speaking |
371,053 | 6.29 | | 16.56 | 2 | 1 ![Increase](../I/m/Increase2.svg.png) |
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People's Union (VU) |
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Jaak Vandemeulebroucke |
Dutch-speaking |
318,153 | 5.39 | | 8.70 | 1 | 1 ![Decrease](../I/m/Decrease2.svg.png) |
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Flemish Block (VB) |
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Karel Dillen |
Dutch-speaking |
241,117 | 4.09 | | 6.59 | 1 | 1 ![Increase](../I/m/Increase2.svg.png) |
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Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) |
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French-speaking |
85,867 | 1.46 | | 3.83 | 0 | 0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
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Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats) |
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Valid votes |
5,899,300 |
91.62 |
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Blank and invalid votes |
539,438 |
8.38 |
Totals |
6,438,738 |
100.00 |
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24 |
0 ![Steady](../I/m/Steady2.svg.png) |
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout |
7,096,273 |
90.73 |
1.36 ![Decrease](../I/m/Decrease2.svg.png) |
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Dutch-speaking electoral college
- All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.
French-speaking electoral college
- All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.