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1979 European Parliament election in Belgium

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European Parliament election in Belgium, 1979
10 June 1979 1984 →
24 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert
Party CVP sp.a
Alliance EPP PES
Seats won 7 3
Popular vote 1,607,941 698,889
Percentage 29.54% 12.84%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Anne-Marie Lizin Willy De Clercq
Party PS Open Vld
Alliance PES ALDE
Seats won 4 2
Popular vote 575,824 512,363
Percentage 10.58% 9.41%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 10 June 1979. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

Results

National

Template:European Parliament election, 1979 (Belgium)

Dutch-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  CVP 1,607,941 48.09% — 7 —
  BSP 698,889 20.90% — 3 —
  PVV 512,363 15.32% — 2 —
  VU 324,540 9.71% — 1 —
  Agalev 77,986 2.33% — 0 —
  All Others 121,783 3.64% — 0 —

French-speaking electoral college

Party/Alliance Votes % +/− Seats +/−
  PS 575,824 27.43% — 4 —
  PSC 445,912 21.24% — 3 —
  FDF-RW 414,603 19.75% — 2 —
  PRL 372,904 17.76% — 2 —
  Ecolo 107,833 5.14% — 0 —
  PCB 106,023 5.05% — 0 —
  All Others 76,377 3.64% — 0 —
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