European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)

Belgium, European Parliament election, 1989

18 June 1989
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   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 Popular vote 1,247,075 854,207 Percentage 21.14% 14.48% Swing 1.34% 1.16%   Third party Fourth party   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%

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

← 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)		Ernest Glinne	French-speaking	854,207	14.48		38.13	5	0
	Socialist Party (SP)		Marc Galle	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)		Paul Staes	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)		Jaak Vandemeulebroucke	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.