1989 European Parliament election in Belgium
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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 | |
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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 |