1979 European Parliament election in Belgium
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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[]
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Electoral college (E.c.) | Votes | % | +/– | E.c. % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian People's Party (CVP) | EPP | Leo Tindemans | Dutch-speaking | 1,607,941 | 29.54 | — | 48.09 | 7 | — | |
| Socialist Party (SP) | SOC | Karel Van Miert | Dutch-speaking | 698,889 | 12.84 | — | 20.90 | 3 | — | |
| Socialist Party (PS) | SOC | Anne-Marie Lizin | French-speaking | 575,824 | 10.58 | — | 27.43 | 4 | — | |
| Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV) | LDR | Willy De Clercq | Dutch-speaking | 512,363 | 9.41 | — | 15.32 | 2 | — | |
| Christian Social Party (PSC) | EPP | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb | French-speaking | 445,912 | 8.19 | — | 21.24 | 3 | — | |
| Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) | none | Antoinette Spaak | French-speaking | 414,603 | 7.62 | — | 19.75 | 2 | — | |
| Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) | LDR | Jean Rey | French-speaking | 372,904 | 6.85 | — | 17.76 | 2 | — | |
| People's Union (VU) | TGI | Maurits Coppieters | Dutch-speaking | 324,540 | 5.96 | — | 9.71 | 1 | — | |
| Communist Party (KPB/PCB) |
Total Dutch-speaking French-speaking |
145,796 39,773 106,023 |
2.68 0.73 1.95 |
— | — 1.19 5.05 |
0 | — | |||
| Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) | French-speaking | 107,833 | 1.98 | — | 5.14 | 0 | — | |||
| Living Differently (AGALEV) | Dutch-speaking | 77,986 | 1.43 | — | 2.33 | 0 | — | |||
| Flemish Block (VB) | Dutch-speaking | 73,174 | 1.28 | — | 2.10 | 0 | — | |||
| (VVP) | Dutch-speaking | 34,706 | 0.64 | 1.04 | 0 | — | ||||
| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the regional vote and no seats) | — | — | 0 | — | ||||||
| Valid votes | 5,442,978 | 87.61 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 769,753 | 12.39 | ||||||||
| Totals | 6,212,731 | 100.00 | — | — | 24 | — | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 6,800,584 | 91.36 | — | |||||||
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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