2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

An election was 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) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. This election, part of the 2014 European Parliament election, was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.

2014 European Parliament election in Belgium
25 May 2014
All 21 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout89.64%
  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%

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.

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