Belgium 1999 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats won 3 of 25 seats with 13.6% of the vote; 91.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1994.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 3 | 0 | 13.6 | +2.2 | 847,099 |
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 3 | −1 | 13.5 | −3.5 | 839,720 |
| Liberal Reformist Partywith Francophone Democratic Front and Citizens' Movement for Change | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | +0.9 | 624,445 |
| Socialist Party | 3 | 0 | 9.6 | −1.8 | 596,567 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 2 | 0 | 9.4 | +1.6 | 584,392 |
| Socialist Party | 2 | −1 | 8.8 | −2.1 | 550,237 |
| Ecolo | 3 | +2 | 8.4 | +3.6 | 525,316 |
| People's Union | 2 | +1 | 7.6 | +3.2 | 471,238 |
| Groen | 2 | +1 | 7.5 | +0.8 | 464,042 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 1 | −1 | 5.0 | −2.1 | 307,912 |
| Vivant | 0 | 2.0 | 123,438 | ||
| National Front | 0 | −1 | 1.5 | −1.4 | 94,848 |
| Christian Social Party | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13,456 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1994 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 847,099
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 839,720
- Liberal Reformist Party 624,445
- Socialist Party 596,567
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 584,392
- Socialist Party 550,237
- Ecolo 525,316
- People's Union 471,238
- Groen 464,042
- Humanist Democratic Centre 307,912
- Vivant 123,438
- National Front 94,848
- Christian Social Party 13,456
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
91.0% of the 7,343,464 registered voters cast a ballot (6,686,220 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1994. 6,223,142 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1984 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats13.6% of votes12.0% of seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish13.5% of votes12.0% of seats
- Liberal Reformist Party10.0% of votes12.0% of seats
- Socialist Party9.6% of votes12.0% of seats
- Ecolo8.4% of votes12.0% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest9.4% of votes8.0% of seats
- Socialist Party8.8% of votes8.0% of seats
- People's Union7.6% of votes8.0% of seats
- Groen7.5% of votes8.0% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre5.0% of votes4.0% of seats
- Christian Social Party0.2% of votes4.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 10.6 by votes and 9.9 by seats; Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats led Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish by 0.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.
On the same day
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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