1989 European Parliament election in Belgium
1989 European Parliament election in Belgium
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%
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
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