2014 European Parliament election in Belgium
The 2014 European Parliament election in Belgium is an election 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. This election was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.
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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
| Date | Polling Firm | CD&V | VLD | PS | VB | MR | Ecolo | sp.a | N-VA | cdH | Groen | PVDA/PTB | CSP | PP | FDF | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2014 | PollWatch2014 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 20.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | – | 1.4 | 6.4 |
| 16 April 2014 | PollWatch2014 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 16.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 11.1 |
| 7 June 2009 | Election results | 14.4 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | — | — | 11.9 |
Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college
| Date | Polling Firm | CD&V | VLD | VB | sp.a | N-VA | Groen | PVDA | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) | Marianne Thyssen | |
| Green (Groen) | Bart Staes | |
| New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) | Johan Van Overtveldt | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) | Guy Verhofstadt | |
| Socialist Party–Differently (sp.a) | Kathleen Van Brempt | |
| Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | Gerolf Annemans | |
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) | Claude Rolin | |
| Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo) | Philippe Lamberts | |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | Louis Michel | |
| Socialist Party (PS) | Marie Arena | |
| Party | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | Pascal Arimont | |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French-speaking electoral college | ||||
| Socialist Party | 714,645 | 29.29 | 3 | |
| Reformist Movement | 661,332 | 27.10 | 3 | |
| Ecolo | 285,196 | 11.69 | 1 | |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 277,246 | 11.36 | 1 | |
| People's Party | 145,909 | 5.98 | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 133,811 | 5.48 | 0 | |
| Francophone Democratic Federalists | 82,540 | 3.38 | 0 | |
| Debout Les Belges! | 72,671 | 2.98 | 0 | |
| La Droite | 38,813 | 1.59 | 0 | |
| Vega | 15,208 | 0.62 | 0 | |
| Stand Up USE | 7,970 | 0.33 | 0 | |
| MG | 4,705 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,440,046 | 100.00 | 8 | |
| Dutch-speaking electoral college | ||||
| New Flemish Alliance | 1,123,355 | 26.67 | 4 | |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 859,099 | 20.40 | 3 | |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish | 840,783 | 19.96 | 2 | |
| Socialist Party Differently | 555,348 | 13.18 | 1 | |
| Green | 447,391 | 10.62 | 1 | |
| Vlaams Belang | 284,856 | 6.76 | 1 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 101,237 | 2.40 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,212,069 | 100.00 | 12 | |
| German-speaking electoral college | ||||
| Christian Social Party | 11,710 | 30.34 | 1 | |
| Ecolo | 6,429 | 16.66 | 0 | |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt | 6,197 | 16.06 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party | 5,835 | 15.12 | 0 | |
| ProDG | 5,106 | 13.23 | 0 | |
| Vivant | 3,319 | 8.60 | 0 | |
| Total | 38,596 | 100.00 | 1 | |
| Valid votes | 6,690,711 | 93.90 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 434,450 | 6.10 | ||
| Total votes | 7,125,161 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,948,854 | 89.64 | ||
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||
References
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