1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

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 Vooruit PVV-PLP 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 18 June 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	854,207	38.13	5
	Christian Social Party	476,795	21.28	2
	Liberal Reformist Party	423,479	18.90	2
	Ecolo	371,053	16.56	2
	Democratic Front of Francophones	85,867	3.83	0
	Socialist Workers' Party	10,117	0.45	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	9,031	0.40	0
	List for Europe, Workers and Democracy	5,503	0.25	0
	Humanist Party	4,342	0.19	0
Total		2,240,394	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,247,075	34.08	5
	Flemish Socialist Party	733,242	20.04	3
	Party for Freedom and Progress	625,561	17.10	2
	Agalev	446,539	12.20	1
	People's Union-European Free Alliance	318,153	8.70	1
	Vlaams Blok	241,117	6.59	1
	Rainbow	26,472	0.72	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	20,747	0.57	0
Total		3,658,906	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,899,300	91.62
Invalid/blank votes		539,438	8.38
Total votes		6,438,738	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,096,273	90.73
Source: Belgian Elections