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The French-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. It elected 9 MEPs until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
| French-speaking electoral college | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
 Shown within Belgium | |
| Member state | Belgium |
| Created | 1979 |
| MEPs | 8 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
Prior to the 1999 elections, electors in the German-speaking community were voting in the French-speaking electoral college, along with the rest of the Walloon region where they are located; they vote now in their own German-speaking electoral college.
Boundaries
editThe constituency corresponds to the French Community of Belgium. In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the Dutch-speaking electoral college.[1] In the rest of the country, voters vote according to the region in which they reside.[1]
Prior to the 2011–2012 state reform, electors could choose between both lists not only in Brussels, but in an area encompassing unilingually Dutch territory, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. Some towns in the officially Dutch-speaking Brussels Periphery still have this option however.
Members of the European Parliament
edit2019–2024
edit- Marie Arena, PS
- Marc Botenga, PTB
- Saskia Bricmont, Ecolo
- Olivier Chastel, MR
- Philippe Lamberts, Ecolo
- Benoît Lutgen, CDH
- Frédérique Ries, MR
- Marc Tarabella, PS[a]
2014–2019
edit- Marie Arena, PS
- Hugues Bayet, PS
- Gérard Deprez, MR
- Philippe Lamberts, Ecolo
- Louis Michel, MR
- Frédérique Ries, MR
- Claude Rolin, CDH
- Marc Tarabella, PS
2009–2014
edit- Frédéric Daerden, PS
- Véronique de Keyser, PS
- Anne Delvaux, CDH
- Isabelle Durant, Ecolo
- Philippe Lamberts, Ecolo
- Louis Michel, MR
- Frédérique Ries, MR
- Marc Tarabella, PS
2004–2009
editElection results
edit2019
edit| Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 651,157 | 26.69 |  2.60
|
2 | 1
| |
| Ecolo | EGP | 485,655 | 19.91 |  8.22
|
2 | 1
| |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 470,654 | 19.29 | 7.81
|
2 | 1
| |
| Workers Party of Belgium (PTB) | None | 355,883 | 14.59 | 9.11
|
1 | 1
| |
| Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 218,078 | 8.94 | 2.42
|
1 | 
| |
| DéFI | None | 144,555 | 5.92 | 2.54
|
0 |
| |
| People's Party (PP) | None | 113,793 | 4.66 | 1.32
|
0 |
| |
| Total | 2,439,775 | 100 | – | 8 |
| ||
2014
edit| Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 714,645 | 29.29 | 0.19
|
3 |
| |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 661,332 | 27.10 | 1.05
|
3 | 1
| |
| Ecolo | EGP | 285,196 | 11.69 | 11.19
|
1 | 1
| |
| Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 277,246 | 11.36 | 1.98
|
1 |
| |
| People's Party (PP) | ADDE | 145,909 | 5.98 | 5.98
|
0 |
| |
| Workers Party of Belgium (PTB) | None | 133,811 | 5.48 | 4.32
|
0 |
| |
| Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF) | None | 82,540 | 3.38 | 3.38
|
0 |
| |
| Debout Les Belges! (DLB!) | None | 72,671 | 2.98 | 2.98
|
0 |
| |
| La Droite | None | 38,813 | 1.59 | 1.59
|
0 |
| |
| Vega | None | 15,208 | 0.62 | 0.62
|
0 |
| |
| Stand Up USE | None | 7,970 | 0.33 | 0.33
|
0 |
| |
| MG | None | 4,705 | 0.19 | 0.19
|
0 |
| |
| Total | 2,440,046 | 100 | – | 8 |
| ||
2009
edit| Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 714,947 | 29.10 | 6.99
|
3 | 1
| |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 640,092 | 26.05 | 1.53
|
2 | 1
| |
| Ecolo | EGP | 562,081 | 22.88 | 13.03
|
2 | 1
| |
| Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 327,824 | 13.34 | 1.80
|
1 | 0 | |
| National Front (FN) | None | 87,706 | 3.57 | 3.88
|
0 | 0 | |
| Workers Party of Belgium+ (PTB) | None | 28,483 | 1.16 | 0.35
|
0 | 0 | |
| Others | 96,045 | 3.91 | – | 0 | – | ||
| Total | 2,457,178 | 100 | – | 8 | 1
| ||
2004
edit| Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (PS) | 878,577 | 36.09 | +10.31 | 4 | +1 |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | 671,422 | 27.58 | +0.59 | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Humanist Centre (CDH) | 368,753 | 15.15 | +1.84 | 1 | +1 |
| Ecologists (Ecolo) | 239,687 | 9.84 | −12.86 | 1 | −2 |
| National Front (FN) | 181,351 | 7.45 | +3.35 | 0 | 0 |
| New Belgian Front (FNB) | 26,775 | 1.1 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Rassemblement Wallonie-France (RWF) | 23,090 | 0.95 | N/A | 0 | |
| CDF | 19,718 | 0.81 | N/A | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB+) | 19,645 | 0.81 | N/A | 0 | |
| Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MAS) | 5,675 | 0.23 | N/A | 0 | |
| Total | 2,434,693 | 9 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Paul Magnette was originally elected but he opted not to take his seat.
References
edit- ^ a b Realfonzo, Ugo; Chini, Maïthé (6 June 2024). "European elections guide: Which Belgian MEPs can you vote for?". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 30 June 2024.