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Dutch-speaking electoral college

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Dutch-speaking electoral college
European Parliament constituency
Map of the European Parliament constituencies with Dutch-speaking electoral college highlighted in red
Location among the current constituencies
Shown within Belgium
Member stateBelgium
Created1979
MEPs12
Sources
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The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 13 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. Before it elected 14 MEPs, until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Boundaries

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The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community of Belgium, and is sometimes called the Flemish-speaking electoral college.[1][2] In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the French-speaking electoral college.

Prior to the 2011–2012 state reform, voters could choose between both lists not only in Brussels, but in an area encompassing unilingually Dutch territory, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde; some towns in the officially Dutch-speaking Brussels Periphery still have this option.

Members of the European Parliament

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Representatives of the Dutch-Speaking community
(1979–present)
Election MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party) 		MEP
(Party)
1979 Lambert Croux
(CVP) 		Paul De Keersmaeker
(CVP) 		Jaak Henckens
(CVP) 		Léo Tindemans
(CVP) 		Marcel Vandewiele
(CVP) 		Joris Verhaegen
(CVP) 		Joannes Verroken
(CVP) 		Willy De Clercq
(PVV) 		Herman Vanderpoorten
(PVV) 		Maurits Coppieters
(VU) 		Marcel Colla
(SP) 		Karel Van Miert
(SP) 		12 seats
1984 Raphaël Chanterie
(CVP) 		Rika De Backer
(CVP) 		Pol Marck
(CVP) 		Paul Staes
(Agalev) 		Willy Kuijpers
(VU) 		Jef Ulburghs
(SP) 		Karel De Gucht
(PVV) 		August de Winter
(PVV) 		Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
(VU) 		Marijke Van Hemeldonck
(SP) 		Willy Vernimmen
(SP) 		13 seats
1989 Marianne Thyssen
(CVP/
CD&V) 		Leo Tindemans
(CVP) 		An Hermans
(CVP) 		Karel Pinxten
(CVP) 		Karel Dillen
(VB) 		Willy De Clercq
(PVV/
VLD) 		Marc Galle
(SP) 		12 seats
1994 Wilfried Martens
(CVP) 		Raphaël Chanterie
(CVP) 		Magda Aelvoet
(Agalev) 		Marie-Paule Kestelijn-Sierens
(PVV) 		Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck
(PVV) 		Anne Van Lancker
(SP/
SP.A) 		Philippe De Coene
(SP) 		Frederik Willockx
(SP) 		13 seats
1998 Nelly Maes
(VU)
1999 Miet Smet
(CVP) 		Johan Van Hecke
(CVP
/VLD) 		Frank Vanhecke
(VB) 		Patsy Sörensen
(Agalev) 		Ward Beysen
(VLD) 		Dirk Sterckx
(VLD/
Open VLD) 		Bart Staes
(VU/
Groen) 		Peter Bossu
(SP) 		Luckas Vander Taelen
(Agalev)
2000 Kathleen Van Brempt
(SP)
2002 Jan Dhaene
(Agalev)
2003 Koenraad Dillen
(VB) 		Frank Vanhecke
(VB) 		Saïd El Khadraoui
(SP)
2004 Jean-Luc Dehaene
(CD&V) 		Ivo Belet
(CD&V) 		Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck
(VLD/
Open VLD) 		Philip Claeys
(VB) 		Frieda Brepoels
(NVA) 		Mia De Vits
(SP.A)
2009 Guy Verhofstadt
(Open VLD) 		Derk Jan Eppink
(LDD) 		Kathleen Van Brempt
(SP.A/
Vooruit) 		13 seats
2011 Philippe De Backer
(Open VLD)
2013 Mark Demesmaeker
(NVA)
2014
2014 Helga Stevens
(NVA) 		Louis Ide
(NVA) 		Johan Van Overtveldt
(NVA) 		Gerolf Annemans
(VB) 		12 seats
2014 Tom Vandenkendelaere
(CD&V) 		Sander Loones
(NVA)
2015 Anneleen Van Bossuyt
(NVA)
2016 Lieve Wierinck
(Open VLD) 		Hilde Vautmans
(Open VLD)
2018 Ralph Packet
(NVA)
2019 Kris Peeters
(CD&V) 		Geert Bourgeois
(NVA) 		Assita Kanko
(NVA) 		Cindy Franssen
(CD&V) 		Filip De Man
(VB) 		Johan Van Overtveldt
(NVA) 		Tom Vandendriessche
(VB) 		Petra De Sutter
(Groen)
2024 Wouter Beke
(CD&V) 		Kris Van Dijck
(NVA) 		Rudi Kennes
(PTB) 		Liesbet Sommen
(CD&V) 		Barbara Bonte
(VB) 		Sara Matthieu
(Groen) 		Bruno Tobback
(Vooruit) 		13 seats

Election results

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2024

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Main article: European Parliament election, 2024 (Belgium)
Party EU party EP group Votes % Change Seats Change
  Flemish Interest ID PfE 1,034,112 22.94 −3.86 3 -
  New-Flemish Alliance EFA ECR 995,868 22.09 −0.35 3 -
  Christian Democratic and Flemish EPP EPP 594,968 13.20 −2.33 2 -
  Vooruit PES S&D 570,067 12.64 +2.43 2 +1
  Groen EGP G-EFA 450,781 10.00 −2.37 1 -
  Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats ALDE RE 410,743 9.11 −6.84 1 -1
  Workers' Party of Belgium ELA Left 366,285 8.12 +3.17 1 +1
  For You NI NI 47,243 1.05 new 0 new
  Volt Belgium NI NI 38,713 0.86 +0.83 0 -

2019

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Main article: European Parliament election, 2019 (Belgium)
Party EU party EP group Votes % Change Seats Change
  New-Flemish Alliance EFA ECR 954,048 22.44 −4.23 3 -1
  Flemish Interest ID Party ID 811,169 19.08 +12.32 3 +2
  Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats ALDE Renew 678,051 15.95 −4.45 2 -1
  Christian Democratic and Flemish EPP EPP 617,651 14.53 −5.43 2 0
  Green EGP Greens/EFA 525,908 12.37 +1.75 1 0
  Socialist Party Different PES S&D 434,002 10.21 −2.97 1 0
  Workers' Party of Belgium None GUE/NGL 210,391 4.95 +2.55 0 0
  Volt Belgium Volt Europa None 20,385 0.48 +0.48 0 0
Total 4,251,605 100 12 0

2014

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Main article: European Parliament election, 2014 (Belgium)
Party EU party EP group Votes % Change Seats Change
  New-Flemish Alliance EFA ECR 1,123,363 26.67 +16.79 4 +3
  Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats ALDE ALDE 859,254 20.40 −0.2 3 0
  Christian Democratic and Flemish EPP EPP 840,814 19.96 −3.34 2 −1
  Socialist Party Different PES S&D 555,354 13.18 −0.05 1 −1
  Flemish Interest EAF None 284,891 6.76 −9.14 1 −1
  Green EGP Greens/EFA 447,449 10.62 +2.72 1 0
  Workers' Party of Belgium None None 101,246 2.40 +1.42 0 0
Total 4,212,371 100 12 −1

2009

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Main article: European Parliament election, 2009 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian Democratic and Flemish EPP 948,123 23.26 −4.89 3 0
  Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats ELDR 837,884 20.56 −1.35 3 0
  Flemish Interest None 647,170 15.88 −7.28 2 −1
  Socialist Party Different PES 539,393 13.23 −4.60 2 −1
  New-Flemish Alliance EFA/EPP-ED group (previous term) 402,545 9.88 +9.88 1 0
  Green! EGP 322,149 7.90 −0.08 1 0
  List Dedecker None, (joined ECR) 296,699 7.28 N/A 1 N/A
  Workers' Party of Belgium+ None 40,057 0.98 +0.37 0 0
  Social Liberal Party EFA 26,541 0.65 N/A 0 N/A
  Others 15,383 0.38 0
Total 4,075,944 100 13 −1

2004

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Main article: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian Democratic and Flemish/New Flemish Alliance 1,131,119 28.15 +6.47 4 +1
  Vlaams Blok 930,731 23.16 +8.07 3 +1
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats 880,279 21.91 −1.7 3 0
  Social Progressive Alternative-Spirit 716,317 17.83 +3.62 3 +1
  Groen! 320,874 7.99 −3.99 1 −1
  Workers' Party of Belgium 24,807 0.62 0.05 0 0
  Left Socialist Party 14,166 0.35 N/A 0 N/A
Total 4,018,293 100 14 0

1999

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Main article: European Parliament election, 1999 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats 847,099 21.88% +3.52% 3 0
  Christian People's Party 839,720 21.68% −5.75% 3 −1
  Vlaams Blok 584,392 15.09% +2.53% 2 0
  Socialist Party 550,237 14.21% −3.42% 2 −1
  People's Union-ID 471,238 12.17% +5.08% 2 +1
  Agalev-Groen 464,042 11.98% +1.25% 2 +1
  Vivant 67,107 1.73% N/A 0 N/A
  Others 48,589 1.25% 0 0
Total 3,872,424 100 14 0

1994

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Main article: European Parliament election, 1994 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian People's Party 1,013,266 27.43% −6.65% 4 −1
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats 678,421 18.36% +1.26% 3 +1
  Socialist Party 651,371 17.63% −2.41% 3 0
  Vlaams Blok 463,919 12.56% +5.97% 2 +1
  Agalev 396,198 10.73% −1.47% 1 0
  People's Union 262,043 7.09% −1.61% 1 +1
  WOW 127,504 3.45% N/A 0 N/A
  Others 101,427 2.75% 0 0
Total 100 14 +1

1989

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Main article: European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian People's Party 1,247,075 34.08% +1.55% 5 +1
  Socialist Party 733,242 20.04% −8.09% 3 −1
  Party for Freedom and Progress 625,561 17.10% +2.91% 2 0
  Agalev-Groen 446,539 12.20% +5.12% 1 0
  People's Union-EVA 318,153 8.70% −5.21% 1 −1
  Vlaams Blok 241,117 6.59% +4.49% 1 +1
  Others 47,219 1.29% 0 0
Total 100 13 0

1984

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Main article: European Parliament election, 1984 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian People's Party 1,132,682 32.53% −15.56% 4 −3
  Socialist Party 979,702 28.13% +7.23% 4 +1
  Party for Freedom and Progress 494,277 14.19% −1.13% 2 0
  People's Union 484,494 13.91% +4.20% 2 +1
  Agalev 246,712 7.08% +4.75% 1 +1
  Vlaams Blok 73,174 2.10% N/A 0 N/A
  Others 71,239 2.05% 0 0
Total 100 13 0

1979

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Main article: European Parliament election, 1979 (Belgium)
Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Christian People's Party 1,607,941 48.09% N/A 7 N/A
  Belgian Socialist Party 698,889 20.90% N/A 3 N/A
  Party for Freedom and Progress 512,363 15.32% N/A 2 N/A
  People's Union 324,540 9.71% N/A 1 N/A
  Agalev 77,986 2.33% N/A 0 N/A
  Others 121,783 3.64% N/A 0 N/A
Total 100 N/A 13 N/A

Returned members

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Below are all members since the creation of the Dutch-speaking electoral college. Only members who were sworn in at the beginning of each parliamentary turn are mentioned. Under Belgian law, MEPs can resign and be automatically replaced. This was the case, for example, for Johan Van Overtveldt, who resigned to become Minister of Finance on 14 October 2014 and was replaced by Sander Loones.

MEPs for Belgium's Dutch-speaking electoral college, 1979 onwards
Election 1979 (1st parliament) 1984 (2nd parliament) 1989 (3rd parliament) 1994 (4th parliament) 1999 (5th parliament) 2004 (6th parliament) 2009 (7th parliament) 2014 (8th parliament) 2019 (9th parliament)
MEP
Party 		Willy Vernimmen
SP 		Seat not established Anne Van Lancker
SP 		Seat abolished
MEP
Party 		Karel Van Miert
SP 		Marc Galle
SP 		Philippe De Coene
SP 		Peter Bossu
SP 		Saïd El Khadraoui
sp.a/Spirit 		Seat abolished
MEP
Party 		Marcel Colla
SP 		Marijke Van Hemeldonck
SP 		Freddy Willockx
SP 		Luckas Vander Taelen
Agalev 		Mia De Vits
sp.a/Spirit 		Kathleen Van Brempt
sp.a
MEP
Party 		Willy De Clercq
PVV 		Jef Ulburghs
SP 		Paul Staes
Agalev 		Magda Aelvoet
Agalev 		Patsy Sörensen
Agalev 		Bart Staes
Groen 		Petra De Sutter
Groen
MEP
Party 		Herman Vanderpoorten
PVV 		Paul Staes
Agalev 		Willy De Clercq
VLD 		Karel De Gucht
VLD/Vivant 		Guy Verhofstadt
Open Vld
MEP
Party 		Paul De Keersmaeker
CVP 		Karel De Gucht
VLD 		Annemie Neyts
VLD 		Ward Beysen
VLD 		Annemie Neyts
VLD/Vivant 		Hilde Vautmans
Open Vld
MEP
Party 		Jaak Henckens
CVP 		August de Winter
VLD 		An Hermans
CVP 		Mimi Kestelijn-Sierens
VLD 		Dirk Sterckx
VLD/Vivant 		Philippe De Backer
Open Vld 		Karel De Gucht
Open Vld 		Kris Peeters
CD&V
MEP
Party 		Joris Verhaegen
CVP 		Raphaël Chanterie
CVP 		Miet Smet
CVP 		Ivo Belet
CD&V/N-VA 		Cindy Franssen
CD&V
MEP
Party 		Lambert Croux
CVP 		Marianne Thyssen
CVP 		Geert Bourgeois
N-VA
MEP
Party 		Marcel Vandewiele
CVP 		Rika De Backer
CVP 		Karel Pinxten
CVP 		Wilfried Martens
CVP 		Johan Van Hecke
CVP 		Jean-Luc Dehaene
CD&V/N-VA 		Johan Van Overtveldt
N-VA
MEP
Party 		Leo Tindemans
CVP 		Pol Marck
CVP 		Leo Tindemans
CVP 		Nelly Maes
VU 		Frieda Brepoels
CD&V/N-VA 		Mark Demesmaeker
N-VA 		Assita Kanko
N-VA
MEP
Party 		Joannes Verroken
CVP 		Jaak Vandemeulebroucke
VU 		Bart Staes
VU 		Koen Dillen
VB 		Derk-Jan Eppink
LDD 		Louis Ide
N-VA 		Filip De Man
VB
MEP
Party 		Maurits Coppieters
VU 		Willy Kuijpers
VU 		Karel Dillen
VB 		Philip Claeys
VB 		Helga Stevens
N-VA 		Patsy Vatlet
VB
MEP
Party 		Seat not established Frank Vanhecke
VB 		Gerolf Annemans
VB

References

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  1. ^ "A new "Black Sunday"". internationalviewpoint.org. 1 October 2004. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Perrineau, P.; Grunberg, G.; Ysmal, C. (30 April 2016). Europe at the Polls: The European Elections of 1999. Springer. ISBN 9781137044419 – via Google Books.
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