# 2014 European Parliament election in Belgium

An election was held on 25 May 2014 in the three Belgian constituencies (the Dutch-speaking electoral college, the French-speaking electoral college and the German-speaking electoral college) to elect the Belgian delegation to the European Parliament. This election, part of the 2014 European Parliament election, was held on the same day alongside the Belgian federal election and the Belgian regional elections.
21 Belgium MEPs were elected: 12 of them are Dutch-speaking, 8 of them are French-speaking and 1 of them is German-speaking. In the arrondissement of Brussels-Capital and six municipalities with language facilities, voters can choose whether to vote for the Dutch-speaking or for the French-speaking electoral college.

## Opinion polling

| Date | Polling Firm | CD&V | VLD | PS | VB | MR | Ecolo | sp.a | N-VA | cdH | Groen | PVDA/PTB | CSP | PP | FDF | Others |
| 23 April 2014 | PollWatch2014 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 20.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | – | 1.4 | 6.4 |
| 16 April 2014 | PollWatch2014 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 16.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 11.1 |
| 7 June 2009 | Election results | 14.4 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | — | — | 11.9 |

### Opinion polling for the Dutch electoral college

| Date | Polling Firm | CD&V | VLD | VB | sp.a | N-VA | Groen | PVDA | Others | Lead |
| 16 May | De Standaard | 24.3 | 19.3 | 7.7 | 15.8 | 20.0 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| 25 Apr | De Standaard | 19.0 | 16.7 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 27.3 | 10.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 8.3 |
| 7 June 2009 | European Elections 2009 | 23.3 | 20.6 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 2.7 |

## Candidates

* Full list of candidates

### Main candidates

Dutch electoral college :
| Party | Name |
| Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) | Marianne Thyssen |
| Green (Groen) | Bart Staes |
| New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) | Johan Van Overtveldt |
| Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) | Guy Verhofstadt |
| Socialist Party–Differently (sp.a) | Kathleen Van Brempt |
| Flemish Interest (Vlaams Belang) | Gerolf Annemans |
French electoral college :
| Party | Name |
| Humanist Democratic Centre (cdH) | Claude Rolin |
| Confederated Ecologists (Ecolo) | Philippe Lamberts |
| Reformist Movement (MR) | Louis Michel |
| Socialist Party (PS) | Marie Arena |
German electoral college :
| Party | Party | Name |
| | Christian Social Party (CSP) | Pascal Arimont |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| French-speaking electoral college |||||
| | Socialist Party | 714,645 | 29.29 | 3 |
| | Reformist Movement | 661,332 | 27.10 | 3 |
| | Ecolo | 285,196 | 11.69 | 1 |
| | Humanist Democratic Centre | 277,246 | 11.36 | 1 |
| | People's Party | 145,909 | 5.98 | 0 |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium | 133,811 | 5.48 | 0 |
| | Francophone Democratic Federalists | 82,540 | 3.38 | 0 |
| | Debout Les Belges! | 72,671 | 2.98 | 0 |
| | La Droite | 38,813 | 1.59 | 0 |
| | Vega | 15,208 | 0.62 | 0 |
| | Stand Up USE | 7,970 | 0.33 | 0 |
| | MG | 4,705 | 0.19 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2,440,046 | 100.00 | 8 |
| Dutch-speaking electoral college |||||
| | New Flemish Alliance | 1,123,355 | 26.67 | 4 |
| | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 859,099 | 20.40 | 3 |
| | Christian Democratic and Flemish | 840,783 | 19.96 | 2 |
| | Socialist Party Differently | 555,348 | 13.18 | 1 |
| | Green | 447,391 | 10.62 | 1 |
| | Vlaams Belang | 284,856 | 6.76 | 1 |
| | Workers' Party of Belgium | 101,237 | 2.40 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4,212,069 | 100.00 | 12 |
| German-speaking electoral college |||||
| | Christian Social Party | 11,710 | 30.34 | 1 |
| | Ecolo | 6,429 | 16.66 | 0 |
| | Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt | 6,197 | 16.06 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party | 5,835 | 15.12 | 0 |
| | ProDG | 5,106 | 13.23 | 0 |
| | Vivant | 3,319 | 8.60 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 38,596 | 100.00 | 1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,690,711 | 93.90 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 434,450 | 6.10 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,125,161 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,948,854 | 89.64 | |
| Source: Belgian Elections |||||