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2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

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European Parliament election in Belgium, 2014
← 2009 25 May 2014 2019 →
All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout89.64%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Johan Van Overtveldt Guy Verhofstadt Marie Arena
Party N-VA Open Vld PS
Alliance EFA ALDE PES
Last election 1 seat, 6.13% 3 seats, 12.25% 3 seats, 10.88%
Seats won 4 3 3
Seat change Increase 3 Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,123,363 859,254 714,784
Percentage 16.79% 12.84% 10.68%
Swing Increase 10.66% Increase 0.09% Decrease 0.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Louis Michel Marianne Thyssen
Party MR CD&V
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election 2 seats, 9.74% 3 seats, 14.43%
Seats won 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 661,408 840,814
Percentage 9.88% 12.56%
Swing Increase 0.14% Decrease 1.86%

The European Parliament election of 2014 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.

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.

Results

Template:European Parliament election, 2014 (Belgium)

Opinion polling

Date Polling Firm CD&V VLD PS VB MR Ecolo sp.a N-VA cdH Groen PVDA/PTB CSP PP FDF Others
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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
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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

Dutch electoral college
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
French electoral college
Party Name
  Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) Claude Rolin
  Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo) Philippe Lamberts
  Reformist Movement (MR) Louis Michel
  Socialist Party (PS) Marie Arena
German electoral college
Party Name
  Christian Social Party (CSP) Pascal Arimont

References

  1. ^ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-be-2014.html
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