2024 European Parliament election in Belgium

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2024 European Parliament election in Belgium
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All 22 Belgian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout93.9%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tom Vandendriessche Johan Van Overtveldt Sophie Wilmès
Party Vlaams Belang N-VA MR
Alliance Patriots ECR RE
Last election 3 seats, 12.05% 3 seats, 14.17% 2 seats, 7.06%
Seats won 3 3 3
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,034,112 995,868 906,304
Percentage 14.50% 13.96% 12.70%
Swing Increase 2.45% Decrease 0.21% Increase 5.64%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Marc Botenga Wouter Beke Bruno Tobback
Party PVDA-PTB CD&V Vooruit
Alliance The Left EPP S&D
Last election 1 seats, 8.42% 2 seats, 9.17% 1 seat, 6.45%
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 763,340 594,968 570,067
Percentage 10.70% 8.34% 7.99%
Swing Increase 2.28% Decrease 0.83% Increase 1.54%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Elio Di Rupo Sara Matthieu Hilde Vautmans
Party PS Groen Open Vld
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA RE
Last election 2 seats, 9.74% 1 seat, 7.81% 2 seats, 10.07%
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Decrease 1
Popular vote 534,828 450,781 410,743
Percentage 7.50% 6.32% 5.76%
Swing Decrease 2.24% Decrease 1.49% Decrease 4.31%

The 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium was held on 9 June 2024 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. It is part of the 2024 European Parliament election and the 2024 Belgian elections. It was the tenth European Parliament election held in Belgium, and the first to take place after Brexit.[1]

Compared to last election, Belgium is entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures.[2] Each constituency elects its members through semi-open list proportional representation with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and no electoral threshold.[3] The 22 Belgian seats are divided among the three constituencies as follows:

Both Belgian and other non-Belgian EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Belgium. No registration is needed for Belgian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Belgium need to register in the municipality of their residence no later than 31 March 2024. Belgian citizens residing abroad are required to register by 29 February 2024 to be able to vote from the country where they reside. This will be the first election in Belgium where people from the age of 16 have the right to vote. People aged 16 and above are obligated to vote.[5][6][7] The electoral roll will be closed on 1 April 2024.[8]

In order to participate in the election, proposed candidate lists must either be signed by at least five members of the Federal Parliament (House or Senate) or collect supporting signatures. For the latter option, 5000 signatures each are required for the Dutch and French-speaking electoral college and 200 for the German electoral college.[9]

Outgoing delegation

Belgian parties in the European Parliament in the ninth legislature (2019–2024)
Group21 Dutch-speaking electoral college12 French-speaking electoral college8 German-speaking electoral college1
EPP4 Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V)2 Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH)1 Christian Social Party (CSP)1
RE4 Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open VLD)2 Reformist Movement (MR)2
ECR3 New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)3
Greens-EFA3 Groen1 Ecolo2
ID3 Vlaams Belang (VB)3
S&D3 Socialist Party Differently (sp.a)1 Socialist Party (PS)2
GUE/NGL1 Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB)1

Retiring incumbents

Name Party EP Group First elected Terms Date announced Source
Geert Bourgeois N-VA ECR 2019 1 8 October 2021 [10]
Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld RE 2009 3 8 May 2023 [11]
Gerolf Annemans Vlaams Belang ID 2014 2 6 October 2023 [12]

Lead candidates

Lead candidates for the European Parliament election in Belgium in 2024
EP group Dutch-speaking electoral college French-speaking electoral college German-speaking electoral college
Party Lead candidate Party Lead candidate Party Lead candidate
ECR N-VA Johan Van Overtveldt[13]
EPP CD&V Wouter Beke[14] Les Engagés Yvan Verougstraete[15] CSP Pascal Arimont[16]
Greens-EFA Groen Sara Matthieu[17] Ecolo Saskia Bricmont[18] Ecolo Shqiprim Thaqi[19]
GUE/NGL PVDA Rudi Kennes[20] PTB Marc Botenga[21]
ID VB Tom Vandendriessche[22]
RE Open VLD Hilde Vautmans[23] MR Sophie Wilmès[24] PFF-MR Sacha Brandt[25]
Vivant Alain Mertes[26]
S&D Vooruit Bruno Tobback[27] PS Elio Di Rupo[28] SP Charles Servaty[29]
none Volt Sophie in 't Veld[30]
VoorU Marta Barandii[31]
DéFI Fabrice Van Dorpe[32]
Anticapitalist Left Denis Verstraeten
ProDG Liesa Scholzen[33]

Opinion polls

Dutch-speaking

Date(s) conducted Polling firm Publisher Sample size N‑VA
ECR		 VB
ID		 Open Vld
Renew		 cd&v
EPP		 Groen
G/EFA		 Vooruit
S&D		 PVDA
Left		 Others Lead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews[34] 1,500 18.7%
3		 23.5%
3		 12.7%
2		 11.5%
1		 9.7%
1		 13.8%
2		 9.3%
1		 0.8%
0		 4.8%
26 May 2019 European election 22.4%
3		 19.1%
3		 15.9%
2		 14.5%
2		 12.4%
1		 10.2%
1		 4.9%
0		 0.5%
0		 3.3%

French-speaking

Date(s) conducted Polling firm Publisher Sample size PS
S&D		 Ecolo
G/EFA		 MR
Renew		 PTB
Left		 LE
EPP		 DéFI
NI		 Others Lead
23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 Ipsos Euronews[34] 1,500 26.7%
2		 12.8%
1		 22.8%
2		 19.2%
2		 11.0%
1		 2.8%
0		 4.7%
0		 3.9%
26 May 2019 European election 26.7%
2		 19.9%
2		 19.3%
2		 14.6%
1		 8.9%
1		 5.9%
0		 4.7%
0		 6.8%

Results

Notes

References

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