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French-speaking electoral college

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French-speaking electoral college
European Parliament constituency
Map of the European Parliament constituencies with French-speaking electoral college highlighted in red
Location among the current constituencies
Shown within Belgium
Member stateBelgium
Created1979
MEPs8
Sources
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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.

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

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The 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

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2019–2024

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2014–2019

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2009–2014

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2004–2009

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Election results

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2019

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Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Socialist Party (PS) PES 651,157 26.69 Decrease 2.60 2 Decrease 1
  Ecolo EGP 485,655 19.91 Increase 8.22 2 Increase 1
  Reformist Movement (MR) ELDR 470,654 19.29 Decrease 7.81 2 Decrease 1
  Workers Party of Belgium (PTB) None 355,883 14.59 Increase 9.11 1 Increase 1
  Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) EPP 218,078 8.94 Decrease 2.42 1 Steady
  DéFI None 144,555 5.92 Increase 2.54 0 Steady
  People's Party (PP) None 113,793 4.66 Decrease 1.32 0 Steady
Total 2,439,775 100 8 Steady

2014

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Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Socialist Party (PS) PES 714,645 29.29 Increase 0.19 3 Steady
  Reformist Movement (MR) ELDR 661,332 27.10 Increase 1.05 3 Increase 1
  Ecolo EGP 285,196 11.69 Decrease 11.19 1 Decrease 1
  Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) EPP 277,246 11.36 Decrease 1.98 1 Steady
  People's Party (PP) ADDE 145,909 5.98 Increase 5.98 0 Steady
  Workers Party of Belgium (PTB) None 133,811 5.48 Increase 4.32 0 Steady
  Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF) None 82,540 3.38 Increase 3.38 0 Steady
  Debout Les Belges! (DLB!) None 72,671 2.98 Increase 2.98 0 Steady
  La Droite None 38,813 1.59 Increase 1.59 0 Steady
  Vega None 15,208 0.62 Increase 0.62 0 Steady
  Stand Up USE None 7,970 0.33 Increase 0.33 0 Steady
  MG None 4,705 0.19 Increase 0.19 0 Steady
Total 2,440,046 100 8 Steady

2009

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Party Affiliation Votes % Change Seats Change
  Socialist Party (PS) PES 714,947 29.10 Decrease 6.99 3 Decrease 1
  Reformist Movement (MR) ELDR 640,092 26.05 Decrease 1.53 2 Decrease 1
  Ecolo EGP 562,081 22.88 Increase 13.03 2 Increase 1
  Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) EPP 327,824 13.34 Decrease 1.80 1 0
  National Front (FN) None 87,706 3.57 Decrease 3.88 0 0
  Workers Party of Belgium+ (PTB) None 28,483 1.16 Increase 0.35 0 0
  Others 96,045 3.91 0
Total 2,457,178 100 8 Decrease 1

2004

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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

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  1. ^ Paul Magnette was originally elected but he opted not to take his seat.

References

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  1. ^ 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.