Dutch-speaking electoral college

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Dutch-speaking electoral college
European Parliament constituency
Location among the current constituencies
Shown within Belgium
Member state	Belgium
Created	1979
MEPs	12
Sources
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The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three

. Previously it elected 13 MEPS, until the 2013 accession of Croatia. Before that, it elected 14 MEPs, until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Boundaries

The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community of Belgium, and is sometimes called the Flemish-speaking electoral college.^[1][2] In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the French-speaking electoral college.

Prior to the 2011–2012 state reform, voters could choose between both lists not only in Brussels, but in an area encompassing unilingually Dutch territory, Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde; some towns in the officially Dutch-speaking Brussels Periphery still have this option.

Members of the European Parliament

2019 – 2024

• Gerolf Annemans, VB
• Geert Bourgeois, N-VA
• Filip De Man, VB
• Petra De Sutter / Sara Matthieu, Groen
• Cindy Franssen, CD&V
• Assita Kanko, N-VA
• Kris Peeters / Tom Vandenkendelaere, CD&V
• Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
• Tom Vandendriessche, VB^[a]
• Johan Van Overtveldt, N-VA
• Hilde Vautmans, Open Vld
• Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld

2014 – 2019

• Gerolf Annemans, VB
• Ivo Belet, CD&V
• Philippe De Backer / Lieve Wierinck, Open Vld
• Mark Demesmaeker, N-VA
• Louis Ide / Anneleen Van Bossuyt, N-VA
• Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck / Hilde Vautmans, Open Vld
• Bart Staes, Groen
• Helga Stevens, N-VA
• Marianne Thyssen / Tom Vandenkendelaere, CD&V
• Kathleen Van Brempt, Sp.a
• Johan Van Overtveldt / Sander Loones / Ralph Packet, N-VA
• Guy Verhofstadt, Open Vld

2009 – 2014

• CD&V
• N-VA
• Philip Claeys, VB
• Open Vld
• CD&V
• Sp.a
• Derk-Jan Eppink, LDD
• Open Vld
• Groen!
• CD&V
• Sp.a
• Frank Vanhecke, independent
• Open Vld

2004 – 2009

• N-VA
• N-VA
• Philip Claeys, Vlaams Blok
• N-VA
• VLD/Vivant
• Spirit
• Koenraad Dillen, Vlaams Blok
• Spirit
• VLD/Vivant
• Groen!
• VLD/Vivant
• N-VA
• Frank Vanhecke, Vlaams Blok
• Spirit

Election results

2019

Party		EU party	EP group	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	New-Flemish Alliance	EFA	ECR	954,048	22.44	−4.23	3	-1
	Flemish Interest	ID Party	ID	811,169	19.08	+12.32	3	+2
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	ALDE	Renew	678,051	15.95	−4.45	2	-1
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP	EPP	617,651	14.53	−5.43	2	0
	Green	EGP	Greens/EFA	525,908	12.37	+1.75	1	0
	Socialist Party Different	PES	S&D	434,002	10.21	−2.97	1	0
	Workers Party of Belgium	None	GUE/NGL	210,391	4.95	+2.55	0	0
	Volt Belgium	Volt Europa	None	20,385	0.48	+0.48	0	0
Total				4,251,605	100		12	0

2014

Party		EU party	EP group	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	New-Flemish Alliance	EFA	ECR	1,123,363	26.67	+16.79	4	+3
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	ALDE	ALDE	859,254	20.40	−0.2	3	0
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP	EPP	840,814	19.96	−3.34	2	−1
	Socialist Party Different	PES	S&D	555,354	13.18	−0.05	1	−1
	Flemish Interest	EAF	None	284,891	6.76	−9.14	1	−1
	Green	EGP	Greens/EFA	447,449	10.62	+2.72	1	0
	Workers Party of Belgium	None	None	101,246	2.40	+1.42	0	0
Total				4,212,371	100		12	−1

2009

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP	948,123	23.26	−4.89	3	0
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats	ELDR	837,884	20.56	−1.35	3	0
	Flemish Interest	None	647,170	15.88	−7.28	2	−1
	Socialist Party Different	PES	539,393	13.23	−4.60	2	−1
	New-Flemish Alliance	EPP-ED group (previous term)	402,545	9.88	+9.88	1	0
	Green!	EGP	322,149	7.90	−0.08	1	0
	List Dedecker	None, (joined ECR)	296,699	7.28	N/A	1	N/A
	Workers Party of Belgium +	None	40,057	0.98	+0.37	0	0
	Social Liberal Party	EFA	26,541	0.65	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		15,383	0.38		0
Total			4,075,944	100		13	−1

2004

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	New Flemish Alliance		1,131,119	28.15	+6.47	4	+1
	Vlaams Blok		930,731	23.16	+8.07	3	+1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats		880,279	21.91	−1.7	3	0
	Spirit		716,317	17.83	+3.62	3	+1
	Groen!		320,874	7.99	−3.99	1	−1
	Workers Party of Belgium		24,807	0.62	0.05	0	0
	Left Socialist Party		14,166	0.35	N/A	0	N/A
Total			4,018,293	100		14	0

1999

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats		847,099	21.88%	+3.52%	3	0
	Christian People's Party		839,720	21.68%	−5.75%	3	−1
	Vlaams Blok		584,392	15.09%	+2.53%	2	0
	Socialist Party		550,237	14.21%	−3.42%	2	−1
	People's Union-ID		471,238	12.17%	+5.08%	2	+1
	Agalev-Groen		464,042	11.98%	+1.25%	2	+1
	Vivant		67,107	1.73%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		48,589	1.25%		0	0
Total			3,872,424	100		14	0

1994

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party		1,013,266	27.43%	−6.65%	4	−1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats		678,421	18.36%	+1.26%	3	+1
	Socialist Party		651,371	17.63%	−2.41%	3	0
	Vlaams Blok		463,919	12.56%	+5.97%	2	+1
	Agalev		396,198	10.73%	−1.47%	1	0
	People's Union		262,043	7.09%	−1.61%	1	+1
	WOW		127,504	3.45%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		101,427	2.75%		0	0
Total				100		14	+1

1989

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party		1,247,075	34.08%	+1.55%	5	+1
	Socialist Party		733,242	20.04%	−8.09%	3	−1
	Party for Freedom and Progress		625,561	17.10%	+2.91%	2	0
	Agalev-Groen		446,539	12.20%	+5.12%	1	0
	People's Union-EVA		318,153	8.70%	−5.21%	1	−1
	Vlaams Blok		241,117	6.59%	+4.49%	1	+1
	Others		47,219	1.29%		0	0
Total				100		13	0

1984

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party		1,132,682	32.53%	−15.56%	4	−3
	Socialist Party		979,702	28.13%	+7.23%	4	+1
	Party for Freedom and Progress		494,277	14.19%	−1.13%	2	0
	People's Union		484,494	13.91%	+4.20%	2	+1
	Agalev		246,712	7.08%	+4.75%	1	+1
	Vlaams Blok		73,174	2.10%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		71,239	2.05%		0	0
Total				100		13	0

1979

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party		1,607,941	48.09%	N/A	7	N/A
	Belgian Socialist Party		698,889	20.90%	N/A	3	N/A
	Party for Freedom and Progress		512,363	15.32%	N/A	2	N/A
	People's Union		324,540	9.71%	N/A	1	N/A
	Agalev		77,986	2.33%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		121,783	3.64%	N/A	0	N/A
Total				100	N/A	13	N/A

Returned members

Below are all members since the creation of the Dutch-speaking electoral college. Only members who were sworn in at the beginning of each parliamentary turn are mentioned. Under Belgian law, MEPs can resign and be automatically replaced. This was the case, for example, for Johan Van Overtveldt, who resigned to become Minister of Finance on 14 October 2014 and was replaced by Sander Loones.

MEPs for Belgium's Dutch-speaking electoral college, 1979 onwards
Election	1st parliament )		2nd parliament )		3rd parliament )		4th parliament )		5th parliament )		6th parliament )		7th parliament )		8th parliament )			9th parliament )
MEP Party		SP			Seat not established			SP					Seat abolished
MEP Party		SP				SP		SP		SP		sp.a/Spirit			Seat abolished
MEP Party		SP		SP				SP		Agalev		sp.a/Spirit		sp.a
MEP Party		Willy De Clercq PVV		SP		Agalev		Agalev		Agalev		Bart Staes Groen						Petra De Sutter Groen
MEP Party		Herman Vanderpoorten PVV		Agalev		VLD						VLD/Vivant		Guy Verhofstadt Open Vld
MEP Party		Paul De Keersmaeker CVP		VLD				VLD		VLD		VLD/Vivant						Open Vld
MEP Party		Jaak Henckens CVP		VLD		An Hermans CVP		VLD		VLD/Vivant				Philippe De Backer Open Vld		Karel De Gucht Open Vld		Kris Peeters CD&V
MEP Party		Joris Verhaegen CVP		Raphaël Chanterie CVP						Miet Smet CVP		Ivo Belet CD&V/N-VA						Cindy Franssen CD&V
MEP Party		Lambert Croux CVP				Marianne Thyssen CVP												Geert Bourgeois N-VA
MEP Party		Marcel Vandewiele CVP		Rika De Backer CVP		Karel Pinxten CVP		Wilfried Martens CVP		Johan Van Hecke CVP		Jean-Luc Dehaene CD&V/N-VA				Johan Van Overtveldt N-VA
MEP Party		Leo Tindemans CVP		Pol Marck CVP		Leo Tindemans CVP				Nelly Maes VU		Frieda Brepoels CD&V/N-VA				Mark Demesmaeker N-VA		Assita Kanko N-VA
MEP Party		Joannes Verroken CVP		Jaak Vandemeulebroucke VU						Bart Staes VU		VB		Derk-Jan Eppink LDD		Louis Ide N-VA		VB
MEP Party		Maurits Coppieters VU		Willy Kuijpers VU		VB						VB				Helga Stevens N-VA		VB
MEP Party	Seat not established							VB								VB

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