2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

← 2009 25 May 2014 2019 →
All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	89.64%[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 3 Popular vote 1,123,363 859,254 714,784 Percentage 16.79% 12.84% 10.68% Swing 10.66% 0.09% 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 1 1 Popular vote 661,408 840,814 Percentage 9.88% 12.56% Swing 0.14% 1.86%

The 2014 European Parliament election 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[]

Summary of the results of Belgium's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament

← 2009 2014 2019 →
Party		European party	Main candidate	Electoral college	Votes	%	+/–	E.c. %	Seats	+/–
	New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)	EFA	Johan Van Overtveldt	Dutch-speaking	1,123,355	16.79	10.66	26.67	4 / 21	3
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (OPEN VLD)	ELDR	Guy Verhofstadt	Dutch-speaking	859,099	12.84	0.09	20.40	3 / 21	0
	Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)	EPP	Marianne Thyssen	Dutch-speaking	840,783	12.57	1.86	19.96	2 / 21	1
	Socialist Party (PS)	PES	Marie Arena	French-speaking	714,645	10.68	0.20	29.29	3 / 21	0
	Reformist Movement (MR)	ELDR	Louis Michel	French-speaking	661,332	9.88	0.14	27.10	3 / 21	1
	Socialist Party Different (SP.A)	PES	Kathleen Van Brempt	Dutch-speaking	555,348	8.30	0.09	13.18	1 / 21	1
	Groen (GROEN)	EGP	Bart Staes	Dutch-speaking	447,391	6.69	1.78	10.62	1 / 21	0
	Ecolo (ECOLO)	EGP	Philippe Lamberts	French-speaking	285,196	4.26	4.29	11.69	1 / 21	1
	Vlaams Belang (VB)	None	Gerolf Annemans	Dutch-speaking	284,856	4.26	5.59	6.76	1 / 21	1
	Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH)	EPP	Claude Rolin	French-speaking	277,246	4.14	0.84	11.36	1 / 21	0
	Christian Social Party (CSP)	EPP	Pascal Arimont	German-speaking	11,710	0.18	0.01	30.34	1 / 21	0
	Workers' Party (PTB–GO!/PVDA+)	None		Dutch-speaking French-speaking	101,237 133,811	3.51 1.51 2.00	2.46 0.90 1.57	N/A 2.40 5.48	0 / 21	0 0 0
	People's Party (PP)	None		French-speaking	145,909	2.18	new	5.98	0 / 21	0
	Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF)	None		French-speaking	82,540	1.23	new	3.38	0 / 21	0
	Belgians, Rise up! (DLB)	None		French-speaking	72,671	1.09	new	2.98	0 / 21	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)						—	—	0 / 21	0
Valid votes					6,690,711	93.90
Blank and invalid votes					434,450	6.10
Totals					7,125,161	100.00	—	—	21	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout					7,948,854	90.00
Source: Federal Public Services Home Affairs

Opinion polling[]

Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college[]

Candidates[]

• Full list of candidates

Main candidates[]

References[]