European Parliament election, 1989 (Belgium)
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Elections to the European Parliament
were held in Belgium on June 18, 1989. The Dutch electoral college elected 13 MEPs
and the French electoral college elected 11 MEPs.
European Parliament election, 1989
The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members...
were held in Belgium on June 18, 1989. The Dutch electoral college elected 13 MEPs
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
and the French electoral college elected 11 MEPs.
Dutch-speaking electoral college
| Party/Alliance | Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVP Christian Democratic and Flemish The Christian Democratic and Flemish is a political party of Belgium, formerly called Christian People's Party... |
1,247,075 | 34.08% | +1.55% | 5 | +1 | |
| SP | 733,242 | 20.04% | −8.09% | 3 | −1 | |
| PVV Flemish Liberals and Democrats ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999... |
625,561 | 17.10% | +2.91% | 2 | 0 | |
| Agalev-Groen Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:... |
446,539 | 12.20% | +5.12% | 1 | 0 | |
| VU People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists.... -EVA European Free Alliance The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region... |
318,153 | 8.70% | −5.21% | 1 | −1 | |
| Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams... |
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 | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS Socialist Party (francophone Belgium) The Socialist Party is a Francophone social-democratic political party in Belgium. As of the 2010 elections, it is the second largest party in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and the largest Francophone party... |
854,207 | 38.13% | +4.09% | 5 | 0 | |
| PSC Humanist Democratic Centre The Humanist Democratic Centre is a Francophone Christian democratic political party in Belgium. The cdH currently participates in the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, the Government of the French Community and the Walloon Government.- History :... |
476,795 | 21.28% | +1.81% | 2 | 0 | |
| PRL Liberal Reformist Party The Parti Réformateur Libéral was a Belgian liberal party active in Wallonia and Brussels. It grew out of the unitiarian PVV-PLP and has since become part of the Mouvement Réformateur.-PVV-PLP:* Omer Vanaudenhove 1961 - 1968... |
423,479 | 18.90% | −5.24% | 2 | −1 | |
| Ecolo Ecolo Ecolo is a French-speaking Belgian green political party in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium... |
371,053 | 16.56% | +6.71% | 2 | +1 | |
| FDF Democratic Front of Francophones The Francophone Democratic Federalists , is a Francophone political party based in Brussels, Belgium founded on 11 May 1964. Until 1982, the FDF dominated Brussels' municipal politics. It is led by Deputy Olivier Maingain.... |
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.