European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)
Belgium, European Parliament election, 1989
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| 24 seats to the European Parliament |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Leo Tindemans |
Ernest Glinne |
| Party |
CVP |
PS |
| Alliance |
EPP |
PES |
| Last election |
4 seats, 19.80% |
5 seats, 13.32% |
| Seats won |
5 |
5 |
| Seat change |
 1 |
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| Popular vote |
1,247,075 |
854,207 |
| Percentage |
21.14% |
14.48% |
| Swing |
1.34% |
1.16% |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Marc Galle |
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% |
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 18, 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 |
% |
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E.c. % |
Seats |
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Christian People's Party (CVP) |
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Leo Tindemans |
Dutch-speaking |
1,247,075 | 21.14 | | 34.08 | 5 | 1 |
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Socialist Party (PS) |
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Ernest Glinne |
French-speaking |
854,207 | 14.48 | | 38.13 | 5 | 0 |
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Socialist Party (SP) |
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Marc Galle |
Dutch-speaking |
733,242 | 12.43 | | 20.04 | 3 | 1 |
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Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
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Willy De Clercq |
Dutch-speaking |
625,561 | 10.60 | | 17.10 | 2 | 0 |
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Christian Social Party (PSC) |
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Gérard Deprez |
French-speaking |
476,795 | 8.08 | | 21.28 | 2 | 0 |
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Living Differently (AGALEV) |
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Paul Staes |
Dutch-speaking |
446,539 | 7.57 | | 12.20 | 1 | 0 |
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Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) |
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François-Xavier de Donnéa |
French-speaking |
423,479 | 7.18 | | 18.90 | 2 | 1 |
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Confederated Ecologists (ECOLO) |
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Paul Lannoye |
French-speaking |
371,053 | 6.29 | | 16.56 | 2 | 1 |
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People's Union (VU) |
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Jaak Vandemeulebroucke |
Dutch-speaking |
318,153 | 5.39 | | 8.70 | 1 | 1 |
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Flemish Block (VB) |
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Karel Dillen |
Dutch-speaking |
241,117 | 4.09 | | 6.59 | 1 | 1 |
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Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) |
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French-speaking |
85,867 | 1.46 | | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
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Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats) |
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| Valid votes |
5,899,300 |
91.62 |
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| Blank and invalid votes |
539,438 |
8.38 |
| Totals |
6,438,738 |
100.00 |
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24 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout |
7,096,273 |
90.73 |
1.36 |
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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.
