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1999 European Parliament election in Belgium
First party
Second party
Leader
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck
Miet Smet
Party
Open Vld
CVP
Alliance
ALDE
EPP
Last election
3 seats, 11.37%
4 seats, 16.98%
Seats won
3
3
Seat change
Popular vote
847,099
839,720
Percentage
13.61%
13.49%
Swing
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Daniel Ducarme
Philippe Busquin
Party
PRL
PS
Alliance
ALDE
PES
Last election
3 seats, 9.21%
3 seats, 10.92%
Seats won
3
3
Seat change
Popular vote
624,445
596,567
Percentage
10.03%
9.59%
Swing
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs , the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections .
Party Votes % Seats French-speaking electoral college Liberal Reformist Party -Democratic Front of Francophones 624,445 26.99 3 Socialist Party 596,567 25.78 3 Ecolo 525,316 22.70 3 Christian Social Party 307,912 13.31 1 National Front 94,848 4.10 0 Vivant 55,133 2.38 0 Debout 46,088 1.99 0 Communist Party of Belgium 25,539 1.10 0 New Belgian Front 24,792 1.07 0 Party for a New Politics in Belgium 10,458 0.45 0 Parti Communautaire National-Européen 2,720 0.12 0 Total 2,313,818 100.00 10 Dutch-speaking electoral college Flemish Liberals and Democrats 847,099 21.88 3 Christian People's Party 839,720 21.68 3 Vlaams Blok 584,392 15.09 2 Flemish Socialist Party 550,237 14.21 2 People's Union 471,238 12.17 2 Agalev 464,042 11.98 2 Vivant 67,107 1.73 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 21,966 0.57 0 Party for a New Politics in Belgium 17,095 0.44 0 Social-Liberal Democrats 9,528 0.25 0 Total 3,872,424 100.00 14 German-speaking electoral college Christian Social Party 13,456 36.47 1 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt 7,234 19.60 0 Ecolo 6,276 17.01 0 Socialist Party 4,215 11.42 0 Party of German-speaking Belgians 3,661 9.92 0 Vivant 1,198 3.25 0 Juropa 788 2.14 0 Workers' Party of Belgium 72 0.20 0 Total 36,900 100.00 1 Valid votes 6,186,242 93.18 Invalid/blank votes 452,765 6.82 Total votes 6,639,007 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,297,815 90.97 Source: Belgian Elections
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