1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

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1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

← 1984 18 June 1989 1994 →
24 seats to the European Parliament
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

← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
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[]

• All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.

French-speaking electoral college[]

• All parties with more than 50,000 votes are listed.