1979 European Parliament election in Belgium

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 10 June 1979. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

1979 European Parliament election in Belgium

10 June 1979 1984 →
elected members →
24 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party   Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert Party CVP Vooruit Alliance EPP PES Seats won 7 3 Popular vote 1,607,941 698,889 Percentage 29.54% 12.84%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Anne-Marie Lizin Willy De Clercq Party PS PVV-PLP Alliance PES ALDE Seats won 4 2 Popular vote 575,824 512,363 Percentage 10.58% 9.41%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	575,824	27.43	4
	Christian Social Party	445,912	21.24	3
	Democratic Front of Francophones–Walloon Rally	414,603	19.75	2
	Liberal Reformist Party	372,904	17.76	2
	Ecolo	107,833	5.14	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	106,023	5.05	0
	Unity List of the New Left	22,187	1.06	0
	Walloon Liberal Party–European Liberal Party	17,566	0.84	0
	Belgian Progressive Party	9,704	0.46	0
	All Power to the Workers	8,821	0.42	0
	United Feminist Party	7,273	0.35	0
	Revolutionary Workers' League	6,209	0.30	0
	European Workers' Party	4,617	0.22	0
Total		2,099,476	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,607,941	48.09	7
	Flemish Socialist Party	698,889	20.90	3
	Party for Freedom and Progress	512,363	15.32	2
	People's Union	324,540	9.71	1
	Agalev	77,986	2.33	0
	Communist Party of Belgium	39,773	1.19	0
	All Power to the Workers	36,602	1.09	–
	Flemish People's Party	34,706	1.04	–
	Revolutionary Workers' League	10,702	0.32	–
Total		3,343,502	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,442,978	87.61
Invalid/blank votes		769,753	12.39
Total votes		6,212,731	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,800,584	91.36
Source: Belgian Elections