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1989 European Parliament election in Belgium
First party
Second party
Leader
Leo Tindemans
Party
CVP
PS
Alliance
EPP
PES
Last election
4 seats, 19.80%
5 seats, 13.32%
Seats won
5
5
Seat change
1
Popular vote
1,247,075
854,207
Percentage
21.14%
14.48%
Swing
1.34%
1.16%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Willy De Clercq
Party
sp.a
Open Vld
Alliance
PES
ALDE
Last election
4 seats, 17.12%
2 seats, 10.60%
Seats won
3
3
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
733,242
678,421
Percentage
12.43%
11.37%
Swing
4.69%
0.77%
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 18 June 1989. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.
The first election to the newly established Brussels Regional Council was held on the same day .
Results [ ]
National [ ]
Summary of the results of Belgium's 18 June 1989 election to the European Parliament
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National party
European party
Main candidate
Electoral college (E.c.)
Votes
%
+/–
E.c. %
Seats
+/–
Christian People's Party (CVP)
Leo Tindemans
Dutch-speaking
1,247,075
21.14
34.08
5
1
Socialist Party (PS)
French-speaking
854,207
14.48
38.13
5
0
Socialist Party (SP)
Dutch-speaking
733,242
12.43
20.04
3
1
Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV)
Willy De Clercq
Dutch-speaking
625,561
10.60
17.10
2
0
Christian Social Party (PSC)
Gérard Deprez
French-speaking
476,795
8.08
21.28
2
0
Living Differently (AGALEV)
Dutch-speaking
446,539
7.57
12.20
1
0
Liberal Reformist Party (PRL)
François-Xavier de Donnéa
French-speaking
423,479
7.18
18.90
2
1
Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO)
Paul Lannoye
French-speaking
371,053
6.29
16.56
2
1
People's Union (VU)
Dutch-speaking
318,153
5.39
8.70
1
1
Flemish Block (VB)
Karel Dillen
Dutch-speaking
241,117
4.09
6.59
1
1
Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF)
French-speaking
85,867
1.46
3.83
0
0
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats)
—
—
0
—
Valid votes
5,899,300
91.62
Blank and invalid votes
539,438
8.38
Totals
6,438,738
100.00
—
—
24
0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
7,096,273
90.73
1.36
Dutch-speaking electoral college [ ]
Party/Alliance
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Christian Democratic and Flemish (CVP)
1,247,075
34.08%
+1.55%
5
+1
Socialist Party (SP)
733,242
20.04%
−8.09%
3
−1
Flemish Liberals and Democrats (PVV)
625,561
17.10%
+2.91%
2
0
Agalev-Groen
446,539
12.20%
+5.12%
1
0
People's Union (VU) - EVA
318,153
8.70%
−5.21%
1
−1
Vlaams Blok
241,117
6.59%
+4.49%
1
+1
All Others
47,219
1.29%
—
0
0
All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.
French-speaking electoral college [ ]
Party/Alliance
Votes
%
+/−
Seats
+/−
Socialist Party (PS)
854,207
38.13%
+4.09%
5
0
Christian Social Party (PSC)
476,795
21.28%
+1.81%
2
0
Liberal Reformist Party (PRL)
423,479
18.90%
−5.24%
2
−1
Ecolo
371,053
16.56%
+6.71%
2
+1
Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF)
85,867
3.83%
−2.55%
0
0
All Others
28,993
1.29%
—
0
0
All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.
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