1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

18 June 1989

24 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leo Tindemans Ernest Glinne
Party CVP PS
Alliance EPP PES
Last election 4 seats, 19.80% 5 seats, 13.32%
Seats won 5 5
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,247,075 854,207
Percentage 21.14% 14.48%
Swing Increase 1.34% Increase 1.16%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Marc Galle Willy De Clercq
Party Flemish Socialist Party PVV-PLP
Alliance PES ALDE
Last election 4 seats, 17.12% 2 seats, 10.60%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 733,242 678,421
Percentage 12.43% 11.37%
Swing Decrease 4.69% Increase 0.77%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 18 June 1989. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

The first election to the newly established Brussels Regional Council was held on the same day.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party854,20738.135
Christian Social Party476,79521.282
Liberal Reformist Party423,47918.902
Ecolo371,05316.562
Democratic Front of Francophones85,8673.830
Socialist Workers' Party10,1170.450
Workers' Party of Belgium9,0310.400
List for Europe, Workers and Democracy5,5030.250
Humanist Party4,3420.190
Total2,240,394100.0011
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian People's Party1,247,07534.085
Flemish Socialist Party733,24220.043
Party for Freedom and Progress625,56117.102
Agalev446,53912.201
People's Union-European Free Alliance318,1538.701
Vlaams Blok241,1176.591
Rainbow26,4720.720
Workers' Party of Belgium20,7470.570
Total3,658,906100.0013
Valid votes5,899,30091.62
Invalid/blank votes539,4388.38
Total votes6,438,738100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,096,27390.73
Source: Belgian Elections
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