1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

1999 European Parliament election in Belgium

← 1994 13 June 1999 2004 →
25 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Miet Smet Party Open Vld CVP Alliance ALDE EPP Last election 3 seats, 11.37% 4 seats, 16.98% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 847,099 839,720 Percentage 13.61% 13.49% Swing 2.24% 3.49%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Daniel Ducarme Philippe Busquin Party PRL PS Alliance ALDE PES Last election 3 seats, 9.21% 3 seats, 10.92% Seats won 3 3 Seat change Popular vote 624,445 596,567 Percentage 10.03% 9.59% Swing 0.95% 1.81%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections.

Results[]

Summary of the complete results of Belgium's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament

← 1994 1999 2004 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Electoral college	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD)		Annemie Neyts	Dutch-speaking	847,099	13.61		21.88	3	0
	Christian's People Party (CVP)		Miet Smet	Dutch-speaking	839,720	13.49		21.68	3	1
	Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF)		Daniel Ducarme	French-speaking	624,445	10.03		26.99	3	0
	Socialist Party (PS)		Philippe Busquin	French-speaking	596,567	9.59		25.78	3	0
	Flemish Bloc (VB)		Frank Vanhecke	Dutch-speaking	584,392	9.39		15.09	2	0
	Socialist Party (SP)		Frank Vandenbroucke	Dutch-speaking	550,237	8.84		14.21	2	1
	Ecology Party (ECOLO)		Paul Lannoye	French-speaking	525,316	8.44		22.70	3	2
	People's Union-ID (VU-ID)		Bert Anciaux	Dutch-speaking	471,238	7.57		12.17	2	1
	Agalev (AGALEV)		Patsy Sörensen	Dutch-speaking	464,042	7.46		11.98	2	1
	Christian Social Party (PSC)		Michel Hansenne	French-speaking	307,912	4.95		13.31	1	1
	Christian Social Party (CSP)		Mathieu Grosch	German-speaking	13,456	0.22		36.47	1	0
	National Front (FN)		Daniel Féret	French-speaking	94,848	1.52		4.10	0	1
	Vivant (VIVANT)			Dutch-speaking	67,107	1.08	new	1.73	0	0
	Vivant (VIVANT)			French-speaking	55,133	0.89	new	2.38	0	0
	(DEBOUT)			French-speaking	46,088	0.74			0	0
	Communist Party (PC)			French-speaking	25,539	0.41			0	0
	Workers' Party (PVDA)	None		Dutch-speaking	21,966	0.35			0	0
	(PNPb)			Dutch-speaking	17,095	0.27			0	0
	(PNPb)			French-speaking	10,458	0.17			0	0
	(SoLiDe)			Dutch-speaking	9,528	0.15			0	0
	Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF)			German-speaking	7,234			19.60	0	0
	Ecology Party (ECOLO)			German-speaking	6,276			17.01	0	0
	Socialist Party (SP)			German-speaking	4,215			11.42	0	0
	Party of the German-speaking Belgians (PDB)			German-speaking	3,661			9.92	0	0
	(PCN)			French-speaking	2,720	0.04			0	0
Valid votes					6,223,142	93.07
Blank and invalid votes					463,078	6.93
Totals					6,686,220	100.00	—	—	25	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					7,343,464	91.05
Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior