1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

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.

1989 European Parliament election in Belgium

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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 1 Popular vote 1,247,075 854,207 Percentage 21.14% 14.48% Swing 1.34% 1.16%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Marc Galle Willy De Clercq Party Vooruit PVV-PLP Alliance PES ALDE Last election 4 seats, 17.12% 2 seats, 10.60% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 733,242 678,421 Percentage 12.43% 11.37% Swing 4.69% 0.77%

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
French-speaking electoral college
	Socialist Party	854,207	38.13	5
	Christian Social Party	476,795	21.28	2
	Liberal Reformist Party	423,479	18.90	2
	Ecolo	371,053	16.56	2
	Democratic Front of Francophones	85,867	3.83	0
	Socialist Workers' Party	10,117	0.45	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	9,031	0.40	0
	List for Europe, Workers and Democracy	5,503	0.25	0
	Humanist Party	4,342	0.19	0
Total		2,240,394	100.00	11
Dutch-speaking electoral college
	Christian People's Party	1,247,075	34.08	5
	Flemish Socialist Party	733,242	20.04	3
	Party for Freedom and Progress	625,561	17.10	2
	Agalev	446,539	12.20	1
	People's Union-European Free Alliance	318,153	8.70	1
	Vlaams Blok	241,117	6.59	1
	Rainbow	26,472	0.72	0
	Workers' Party of Belgium	20,747	0.57	0
Total		3,658,906	100.00	13
Valid votes		5,899,300	91.62
Invalid/blank votes		539,438	8.38
Total votes		6,438,738	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,096,273	90.73
Source: Belgian Elections