Belgium European Parliament election 2019 — Results
Election day: May 26, 2019
- New Flemish Alliance (N-VA): 14.17%
- Vlaams Belang (VB): 12.05%
- Open Flemish Liberals (Open Vld): 10.07%
- Socialist Party (PS): 9.74%
- Christian Democratic & Flemish (CD&V): 9.17%
- Workers' Party (PVDA-PTB): 8.42%
- Groen: 7.81%
- Ecolo: 7.31%
Turnout: 88.47%
About this election
Electoral system
Belgium is unique in the European Union in electing its MEPs through three separate language-based electoral colleges rather than a single national constituency. In 2019 the Dutch-speaking college returned 12 members, the French-speaking college 8, and the German-speaking college 1, each by proportional representation (D'Hondt). Voters in Brussels could choose to vote in either the Dutch or the French college. Because the colleges are separate electorates of very different sizes, a party's national vote share does not translate directly into seats — which is why this page shows seats rather than a single ranked map.
Compiled and reviewed from official results by ElectioMap. See our data methodology.
In numbers
- 2.12 points separated New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) from Vlaams Belang (VB).
- The top two shared 26.22% of the vote between them, and 10 lists cleared 5%.
- Turnout of 88.47% is the lowest of the 2 European Parliament elections covered here since 2019.
Calculated from the official figures on this page and from the other elections of this type in our archive.
Understanding this election
- How a Constituency Map Gets Built — what happens when no boundary file matches the districts
- How We Check an Election Figure — the checks every number passes before publication
- How Live Election Data Is Collected and Verified — from ballot box to published figure