# French-speaking electoral college

The French-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 8 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. It elected 9 MEPs until the 2007 accession of Bulgaria and Romania.
Prior to the 1999 elections, electors in the German-speaking community were voting in the French-speaking electoral college, along with the rest of the Walloon region where they are located; they vote now in their own German-speaking electoral college.

## Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the French Community of Belgium. In officially bilingual Brussels, electors can choose between lists of this electoral college or those of the Dutch-speaking electoral college. In the rest of the country, voters vote according to the region in which they reside.
Prior to the 2011–2012 state reform, electors 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 however.

## Members of the European Parliament

Representatives of the French-Speaking community (1979–present) :
| Election | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) | MEP (Party) |
| 1979 | | André Damseaux (PRL) | | Jean Rey (PRL) | | Fernand Delmotte (PS) | | Ernest Glinne (PS) | | Anne-Marie Lizin (PS) | | Lucien Radoux (PS) | | Paul-Henry Gendebien (DéFI) | | Antoinette Spaak (DéFI) | | Fernand Herman (CSP) | | Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb (CSP) | | Stephen Harcourt (CSP) | 11 seats |
| 1984 | Luc Beyer de Ryke (PRL) | Daniel Ducarme (PRL) | Raymonde Dury (PS) | José Happart (PS) | | Marcel Remacle (PS) | | Ernest Glinne (PS) | François Roelants du Vivier (Ecolo) | Anne-Marie Lizin (PS) | Anne-Marie Lizin (CSP) | | Michel Toussaint (PRL) | | | | | Fernand Herman (CSP) | | | | | 11 seats |
| 1989 | François-Xavier de Donnea (PRL) | Jean Defraigne (PRL) | Raymonde Dury (PS) | José Happart (PS) | Claude Delcroix (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Gérard Deprez (CSP) | Ernest Glinne (PS) | | Anne-Marie Lizin (PS) | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | | | | | Fernand Herman (CSP) |
| 1991 | Anne André-Léonard (PRL) | Jean Defraigne (PRL) | Raymonde Dury (PS) | José Happart (PS) | Claude Delcroix (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Gérard Deprez (CSP) | Ernest Glinne (PS) | | Anne-Marie Lizin (PS) | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | | | | | Fernand Herman (CSP) |
| 1994 | Anne André-Léonard (PRL) | Philippe Monfils (PRL) | Raymonde Dury (PS) | José Happart (PS) | Claude Desama (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Gérard Deprez (CSP) | | Antoinette Spaak (DéFI) | | Daniel Féret (FN) | 10 seats | 10 seats | 10 seats | 10 seats | | | | | | Fernand Herman (CSP) |
| 1998 | Anne André-Léonard (PRL) | Philippe Monfils (PRL) | Claude Delcroix (PS) | José Happart (PS) | Claude Desama (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Gérard Deprez (CSP) | | Antoinette Spaak (DéFI) | | Daniel Féret (FN) | | | | | | | Fernand Herman (CSP) |
| 1999 | Daniel Ducarme (PRL) | Frédérique Ries (PRL) | Jean-Maurice Dehousse (PS) | | Claude Desama (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | Freddy Thielemans (PS) | | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Gérard Deprez (MCC) | Michel Hansenne (CSP) |
| 2001 | Daniel Ducarme (PRL) | Frédérique Ries (PRL) | Jean-Maurice Dehousse (PS) | Olga Zrihen (PS) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | | | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Gérard Deprez (MCC) | Michel Hansenne (CSP) |
| 2003 | Anne André-Léonard (PRL) | Frédérique Ries (PRL) | Jean-Maurice Dehousse (PS) | Olga Zrihen (PS) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | | | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Gérard Deprez (MCC) | Michel Hansenne (CSP) |
| 2004 | Anne André-Léonard (PRL) | Jacqueline Rousseaux (PRL) | Jean-Maurice Dehousse (PS) | Olga Zrihen (PS) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | Paul Lannoye (Ecolo) | Brigitte Ernst de la Graete (Ecolo) | | | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Gérard Deprez (MCC) | Michel Hansenne (CSP) |
| 2004 | | Frédérique Ries (MR) | | Gérard Deprez (MR) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | Philippe Busquin (PS) | Marc Tarabella (PS) | | Alain Hutchinson (PS) | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Raymond Langendries (CDH) | | Antoine Duquesne (MR) | 9 seats | 9 seats | 9 seats | 9 seats | 9 seats | 9 seats |
| 2007 | Giovanna Corda (PS) | Frédérique Ries (MR) | | Gérard Deprez (MR) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | Philippe Busquin (PS) | | | Alain Hutchinson (PS) | Pierre Jonckheer (Ecolo) | | Raymond Langendries (CDH) | | Antoine Duquesne (MR) |
| 2009 | Louis Michel (MR) | Frédérique Ries (MR) | Frédéric Daerden (PS) | Marc Tarabella (PS) | Véronique De Keyser (PS) | | Philippe Lamberts (Ecolo) | Isabelle Durant (Ecolo) | Anne Delvaux (CDH) | 8 seats |
| 2014 | Louis Michel (MR) | Frédérique Ries (MR) | Marie Arena (PS) | Marc Tarabella (PS) | Hugues Bayet (PS) | | Philippe Lamberts (Ecolo) | Gérard Deprez (MR) | Claude Rolin (CDH) | 8 seats |
| 2019 | Olivier Chastel (MR) | Frédérique Ries (MR) | Marie Arena (PS) | Marc Tarabella (PS) | | Saskia Bricmont (Ecolo) | Philippe Lamberts (Ecolo) | | Marc Botenga (PTB) | 8 seats | Benoît Lutgen (CDH) |
| 2024 | Olivier Chastel (MR) | Sophie Wilmès (MR) | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | Estelle Ceulemans (PS) | | Saskia Bricmont (Ecolo) | Benoît Cassartt (MR) | | Marc Botenga (PTB) | 8 seats | Yvan Verougstraete (LE) |

## Election results
### 2024

| Party | EU party | EP group | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| Reformist Movement | ALDE | RE | 900,413 | 34.88 | +15.59 | 3 | +1 |
| Socialist Party | PES | S&D | 529,697 | 20.52 | -6.17 | 2 | - |
| Workers' Party of Belgium | ELA | Left | 397,055 | 15.38 | +1.21 | 1 | - |
| Les Engagés | ALDE | RE | 368,338 | 14.28 | new | 1 | - |
| Ecolo | EGP | G-EFA | 259,745 | 10.06 | -9.85 | 1 | -1 |
| DéFl | NI | NI | 75,243 | 2.91 | -2.99 | 0 | - |
| Anticapitalist Left | NI | NI | 50,758 | 1.97 | new | 0 | - |

### 2019

| Party | Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| | Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 651,157 | 26.69 | 2.60 | 2 | 1 |
| | Ecolo | EGP | 485,655 | 19.91 | 8.22 | 2 | 1 |
| | Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 470,654 | 19.29 | 7.81 | 2 | 1 |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) | None | 355,883 | 14.59 | 9.11 | 1 | 1 |
| | Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 218,078 | 8.94 | 2.42 | 1 | |
| | DéFI | None | 144,555 | 5.92 | 2.54 | 0 | |
| | People's Party (PP) | None | 113,793 | 4.66 | 1.32 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,439,775 | 100 | – | 8 | |

### 2014

| Party | Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| | Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 714,645 | 29.29 | 0.19 | 3 | |
| | Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 661,332 | 27.10 | 1.05 | 3 | 1 |
| | Ecolo | EGP | 285,196 | 11.69 | 11.19 | 1 | 1 |
| | Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 277,246 | 11.36 | 1.98 | 1 | |
| | People's Party (PP) | ADDE | 145,909 | 5.98 | 5.98 | 0 | |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB) | None | 133,811 | 5.48 | 4.32 | 0 | |
| | Francophone Democratic Federalists (FDF) | None | 82,540 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 0 | |
| | Debout Les Belges! (DLB!) | None | 72,671 | 2.98 | 2.98 | 0 | |
| | La Droite | None | 38,813 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 0 | |
| | Vega | None | 15,208 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0 | |
| | Stand Up USE | None | 7,970 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0 | |
| | MG | None | 4,705 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,440,046 | 100 | – | 8 | |

### 2009

| Party | Party | Affiliation | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change |
| | Socialist Party (PS) | PES | 714,947 | 29.10 | 6.99 | 3 | 1 |
| | Reformist Movement (MR) | ELDR | 640,092 | 26.05 | 1.53 | 2 | 1 |
| | Ecolo | EGP | 562,081 | 22.88 | 13.03 | 2 | 1 |
| | Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH) | EPP | 327,824 | 13.34 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 |
| | National Front (FN) | None | 87,706 | 3.57 | 3.88 | 0 | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium+ (PTB) | None | 28,483 | 1.16 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 |
| | Others | Others | 96,045 | 3.91 | – | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 2,457,178 | 100 | – | 8 | 1 |

### 2004

| Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Seats |
| Socialist Party (PS) | 878,577 | 36.09 | +10.31 | 4 | +1 |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | 671,422 | 27.58 | +0.59 | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Humanist Centre (CDH) | 368,753 | 15.15 | +1.84 | 1 | +1 |
| Ecologists (Ecolo) | 239,687 | 9.84 | −12.86 | 1 | −2 |
| National Front (FN) | 181,351 | 7.45 | +3.35 | 0 | 0 |
| New Belgian Front (FNB) | 26,775 | 1.1 | +0.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Rassemblement Wallonie-France (RWF) | 23,090 | 0.95 | N/A | 0 | |
| CDF | 19,718 | 0.81 | N/A | 0 | |
| Workers' Party of Belgium (PTB+) | 19,645 | 0.81 | N/A | 0 | |
| Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MAS) | 5,675 | 0.23 | N/A | 0 | |
| Total | 2,434,693 | | | 9 | |