German-speaking electoral college
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| German-speaking electoral college | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
 Shown within Belgium | |
| Member state | Belgium |
| Created | 1994 |
| MEPs | 1 |
| Sources | |
| [1] | |
The German-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It elects just one MEP for East Belgium,[1] making it the only such constituency, effectively making it first past the post between parties (the party with the most votes gets the seat).
However, the electoral system in Belgium uses semi-open lists, therefore the winning candidate is theoretically not necessarily the first candidate on the winning party list. The semi-open list uses a 50% threshold for preference votes (due to having only one MEP), making it the highest in European Parliament elections.
This is the European Parliament's smallest constituency, with an electorate at the 2004 election of just 46,914.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency corresponds to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Member of the European Parliament
[edit]| Term | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–2014 | Mathieu Grosch | Christian Social Party (EPP) | |
| 2014–present | Pascal Arimont | Christian Social Party (EPP) | |
Election results
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
2019
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 14,247 | 34.90 |  4.54
| |
| Ecolo | G-EFA | 6,675 | 16.40 |  0.26
| |
| ProDG | None | 5,360 | 13.10 | 0.12
| |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ALDE | 4,684 | 11.50 | 4.55
| |
| Socialist Party (SP) | S&D | 4,655 | 11.40 | 3.71
| |
| Vivant | None | 4,550 | 11.16 | 2.55
| |
| DierAnimal | GUE/NGL | 606 | 1.49 | 1.49
| |
| Total | 40,777 | – | |||
2014
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 11,739 | 30.36 | 1.89
| |
| Ecolo | G-EFA | 6,440 | 16.66 | 1.08
| |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ALDE | 6,204 | 16.05 | 4.32
| |
| Socialist Party (SP) | S&D | 5,841 | 15.11 | 0.48
| |
| ProDG | None | 5,113 | 13.22 | 3.15
| |
| Vivant | None | 3,328 | 8.61 | 2.36
| |
| Total | 38,665 | – | |||
2009
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 12,475 | 32.25 | 10.23
| |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ALDE | 7,878 | 20.37 | 2.42
| |
| Ecolo | G-EFA | 6,025 | 15.58 | 5.09
| |
| Socialist Party (SP) | PES | 5,658 | 14.63 | 0.31
| |
| ProDG | None | 3,895 | 10.07 | 0.77
| |
| Vivant | None | 2,417 | 6.25 | New | |
| Europa de Weirte | None | 328 | 0.85 | New | |
| Total | 38,680 | – | |||
2004
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 15,722 | 42.49 | 6.02
| |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ELDR | 8,434 | 22.79 | 3.19
| |
| Socialist Party (SP) | PES | 5,527 | 14.94 | 3.52
| |
| Ecolo | G-EFA | 3,880 | 10.49 | 6.52
| |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) | None | 3,442 | 9.3 | 0.62
| |
| Total | 37,005 | – | |||
1999
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 13,456 | 36.47 | 5.18
| |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ELDR | 7,234 | 19.60 | 0.46
| |
| Ecolo | G-EFA | 6,276 | 17.01 | +2.11
| |
| Socialist Party (SP) | PES | 4,215 | 11.42 | 1.15
| |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) | None | 3,661 | 9.92 | 5.59
| |
| Vivant | None | 1,198 | 3.25 | New | |
| All Others | — | 860 | 2.16 | — | |
| Total | – | ||||
1994
[edit]| Party | EP Group | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 11,999 | 31.29 | |
| Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ELDR | 7,690 | 20.06 | |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) | None | 5,945 | 15.51 | |
| Ecolo | G | 5,714 | 14.90 | |
| Socialist Party (SP) | PES | 4,820 | 12.57 | |
| Juropa | None | 1,969 | 5.14 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium (PAB) | None | 205 | 0.53 | |
| Total | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Realfonzo, Ugo; Chini, Maïthé (6 June 2024). "European elections guide: Which Belgian MEPs can you vote for?". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 30 June 2024.