1999 European Parliament election in Belgium
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 13 June 1999. The Dutch electoral college elected 14 MEPs, the French electoral college elected 10 MEPs and the German-speaking electoral college elected 1 MEP. The European elections were held on the same day as the federal election and the regional elections.
Results
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Electoral college | Votes | % | +/– | E.c. % | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Flemish Liberals and Democrats (VLD) | Annemie Neyts | Dutch-speaking | 847,099 | 13.61 | 21.88 | 3 | 0 
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| Christian's People Party (CVP) | Miet Smet | Dutch-speaking | 839,720 | 13.49 | 21.68 | 3 | 1 
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| Liberal Reformist Party (PRL) + Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF) | Daniel Ducarme | French-speaking | 624,445 | 10.03 | 26.99 | 3 | 0
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| Socialist Party (PS) | Philippe Busquin | French-speaking | 596,567 | 9.59 | 25.78 | 3 | 0
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| Flemish Bloc (VB) | Frank Vanhecke | Dutch-speaking | 584,392 | 9.39 | 15.09 | 2 | 0
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| Socialist Party (SP) | Frank Vandenbroucke | Dutch-speaking | 550,237 | 8.84 | 14.21 | 2 | 1
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| Ecology Party (ECOLO) | Paul Lannoye | French-speaking | 525,316 | 8.44 | 22.70 | 3 | 2 
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| People's Union-ID (VU-ID) | Bert Anciaux | Dutch-speaking | 471,238 | 7.57 | 12.17 | 2 | 1
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| Agalev (AGALEV) | Patsy Sörensen | Dutch-speaking | 464,042 | 7.46 | 11.98 | 2 | 1
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| Christian Social Party (PSC) | Michel Hansenne | French-speaking | 307,912 | 4.95 | 13.31 | 1 | 1
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| Christian Social Party (CSP) | Mathieu Grosch | German-speaking | 13,456 | 0.22 | 36.47 | 1 | 0
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| National Front (FN) | Daniel Féret | French-speaking | 94,848 | 1.52 | 4.10 | 0 | 1
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| Vivant (VIVANT) | Dutch-speaking | 67,107 | 1.08 | new | 1.73 | 0 | 0
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| Vivant (VIVANT) | French-speaking | 55,133 | 0.89 | new | 2.38 | 0 | 0
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| (DEBOUT) | French-speaking | 46,088 | 0.74 | 0 | 0
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| Communist Party (PC) | French-speaking | 25,539 | 0.41 | 0 | 0
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| Workers' Party (PVDA) | None | Dutch-speaking | 21,966 | 0.35 | 0 | 0
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| Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb) | Dutch-speaking | 17,095 | 0.27 | 0 | 0
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| Party for a New Politics in Belgium (PNPb) | French-speaking | 10,458 | 0.17 | 0 | 0
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| Social-Liberal Democrats (SoLiDe) | Dutch-speaking | 9,528 | 0.15 | 0 | 0
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| Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) | German-speaking | 7,234 | 19.60 | 0 | 0
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| Ecology Party (ECOLO) | German-speaking | 6,276 | 17.01 | 0 | 0
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| Socialist Party (SP) | German-speaking | 4,215 | 11.42 | 0 | 0
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| Party of the German-speaking Belgians (PDB) | German-speaking | 3,661 | 9.92 | 0 | 0
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| (PCN) | French-speaking | 2,720 | 0.04 | 0 | 0
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| Valid votes | 6,223,142 | 93.07 | |||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 463,078 | 6.93 | |||||||||
| Totals | 6,686,220 | 100.00 | — | — | 25 | 0
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 7,343,464 | 91.05 | |||||||||
| Source: Belgian Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||||
