2009 European Parliament election in Belgium

2009 European Parliament election in Belgium

7 June 2009

22 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jean-Luc Dehaene Guy Verhofstadt Jean-Claude Marcourt
Party CD&V Open Vld PS
Alliance EPP ALDE PES
Last election 4 seats, 17.43% 3 seats, 13.56% 4 seats, 13.54%
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 948,123 837,884 714,947
Percentage 14.43% 12.75% 10.88%
Swing 3.00% 0.81% 2.66%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Frank Vanhecke Louis Michel
Party Flemish Interest MR
Alliance ALDE
Last election 3 seats, 14.43% 3 seats, 10.35%
Seats won 2 2
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 647,170 640,092
Percentage 9.85% 9.74%
Swing 4.49% 0.61%

An election of the delegation from Belgium to the European Parliament was held on Sunday, 7 June 2009. The elections were on the same day as regional elections to the Flemish Parliament, Walloon Parliament, Brussels Parliament and the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.

As a result of the Treaty of Nice – that became active in November 2004 – the number of Belgian delegates in the European Parliament decreased from 24 (in 2004) to 22 delegates: 13 delegates were elected by the Dutch-speaking Electoral College, 8 delegates by the Francophone Electoral College and 1 by the German-speaking Electoral College.