Belgium 2014 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : New Flemish Alliance won 4 of 21 seats with 16.8% of the vote; 89.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.7 points on 2009.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Flemish Alliance | 4 | +3 | 16.8 | +10.7 | 1,123,355 |
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 3 | 0 | 12.8 | +0.1 | 859,099 |
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 2 | −1 | 12.6 | −1.9 | 840,783 |
| Socialist Party | 3 | 0 | 10.7 | −0.2 | 714,645 |
| Reformist Movement | 3 | +1 | 9.9 | +0.1 | 661,332 |
| Socialist Party | 1 | −1 | 8.3 | +0.1 | 555,348 |
| Groen | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | +1.8 | 447,391 |
| Ecolo | 1 | −1 | 4.3 | −4.3 | 285,196 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 1 | −1 | 4.3 | −5.6 | 284,856 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | −0.8 | 277,246 |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | 0 | 3.5 | 235,048 | ||
| People's Party | 0 | 2.2 | 145,909 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francophone Democratic Front | 0 | 1.2 | 82,540 | ||
| Belgians, Rise Up! | 0 | 1.1 | 72,671 | ||
| Christian Social Party | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11,710 |
± is the change against the Belgium 2009 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- New Flemish Alliance 1,123,355
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 859,099
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 840,783
- Socialist Party 714,645
- Reformist Movement 661,332
- Socialist Party 555,348
- Groen 447,391
- Ecolo 285,196
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 284,856
- Humanist Democratic Centre 277,246
- Workers' Party of Belgium 235,048
- People's Party 145,909
- Francophone Democratic Front 82,540
- Belgians, Rise Up! 72,671
- Christian Social Party 11,710
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
89.6% of the 7,948,854 registered voters cast a ballot (7,125,161 ballots), down 0.7 points on 2009. 6,690,711 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- New Flemish Alliance16.8% of votes19.0% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats12.8% of votes14.3% of seats
- Socialist Party10.7% of votes14.3% of seats
- Reformist Movement9.9% of votes14.3% of seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish12.6% of votes9.5% of seats
- Socialist Party8.3% of votes4.8% of seats
- Groen6.7% of votes4.8% of seats
- Ecolo4.3% of votes4.8% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest4.3% of votes4.8% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre4.1% of votes4.8% of seats
- Christian Social Party0.2% of votes4.8% of seats
- Workers' Party of Belgium3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 10.0 by votes and 8.3 by seats; New Flemish Alliance led Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats by 4.0 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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