# List of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament election in Belgium

This is a list of all the candidates in the Belgian European Parliament election, held in 2009.

## European Parliament
### Electoral colleges
#### Dutch-speaking (13 seats)

    Major parties:
| | CD&V | 948,123 (23.26%) |
| | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Jean-Luc Dehaene [1] | 450,149 |
| 2. | Marianne Thyssen [2] | 187,303 |
| 3. | Ivo Belet [3] | 157,775 |
| 4. | Nik Boons-Van Gool | 32,266 |
| 5. | Francis Stijnen | 25,281 |
| 6. | Anniek Nagels | 32,943 |
| 7. | Mustafa Uzun | 24,817 |
| 8. | Anja Pilet | 30,135 |
| 9. | Luc Millecamps | 29,803 |
| 10. | Franceska Verhenne | 30,477 |
| 11. | Christopher Oliha | 18,125 |
| 12. | Elke Tindemans | 55,674 |
| 13. | Etienne Schouppe | 87,109 |
| (1) | Bart Dochy | 39,589 |
| (2) | Anne Martens | 38,490 |
| (3) | Jan Wouters | 16,675 |
| (4) | Marilyn Neven | 18,231 |
| (5) | Josseline Pansaerts | 16,235 |
| (6) | Willem Rombaut | 17,977 |
| (7) | Nahima Lanjri | 25,087 |
| (8) | Yves Leterme | 265,061 |
| | GROEN! | 322,149 (7.90%) |
| | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Bart Staes [1] | 97,036 |
| 2. | Joke Van de Putte | 28,556 |
| 3. | Meyrem Almaci | 28,806 |
| 4. | Hugo van Dienderen | 10,049 |
| 5. | Maarten Tavernier | 11,331 |
| 6. | Rik Jellema | 7,442 |
| 7. | Sara Matthieu | 18,248 |
| 8. | Francine De Prins | 12,230 |
| 9. | Inan Asliyüce | 11,763 |
| 10. | Philippe Avijn | 6,870 |
| 11. | Tom Kestens | 9,866 |
| 12. | Tinne Van der Straeten | 19,116 |
| 13. | Vera Dua | 39,725 |
| (1) | Wouter Van Besien | 9,810 |
| (2) | Eva Lauwers | 13,221 |
| (3) | Tom Declercq | 5,807 |
| (4) | Karin Van Hoffelen | 8,135 |
| (5) | Dirk Vansintjan | 5,781 |
| (6) | Inge Jooris | 10,106 |
| (7) | Wouter De Vriendt | 8,652 |
| (8) | Magda Aelvoet | 18,378 |
| | N-VA | 402,545 (9.88%) |
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| 1. | Frieda Brepoels | 67,717 |
| 2. | Flor Van Noppen | 27,788 |
| 3. | Elke Sleurs | 19,575 |
| 4. | Louis Ide | 16,382 |
| 5. | Hil D'Haese | 11,585 |
| 6. | Bart De Nijn | 11,537 |
| 7. | An Capoen | 16,086 |
| 8. | Fons Hamblok | 9,964 |
| 9. | Izolda Ferho-Baguirova | 10,799 |
| 10. | Bart Bauwens | 10,340 |
| 11. | Annemie Charlier | 13,154 |
| 12. | Geert Bourgeois | 39,973 |
| 13. | Bart De Wever [1] | 218,605 |
| (1) | Frieda Brepoels | 23,904 |
| (2) | Danny Pieters | 9,503 |
| (3) | Tijl Waelput | 7,146 |
| (4) | Reinilde Van Moer | 8,646 |
| (5) | Els Demol | 9,450 |
| (6) | Steven Vandeput | 7,030 |
| (7) | Helga Stevens | 13,934 |
| (8) | Mark Demesmaeker | 30,864 |
| | OPEN VLD | 837,884 (20.56%) |
| | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Guy Verhofstadt [1] | 565,359 |
| 2. | Annemie Neyts [2] | 58,369 |
| 3. | Dirk Sterckx [3] | 100,226 |
| 4. | Hilde Vautmans | 32,390 |
| 5. | Annick De Ridder | 30,531 |
| 6. | Davy Brocatus | 20,645 |
| 7. | Rik Remmery-Van Nieuwenhuyse | 15,841 |
| 8. | Martine Lesaffre | 17,665 |
| 9. | Caroline De Padt | 33,228 |
| 10. | Alexander De Croo | 47,779 |
| 11. | Margriet Hermans | 31,621 |
| 12. | Herman Schueremans | 22,797 |
| 13. | Roland Duchatelet | 36,694 |
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| | SP.A | 539,393 (13.23%) |
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| 1. | Kathleen Van Brempt [1] | 146,992 |
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| | VLAAMS BELANG | 647,170 (15.88%) |
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| 12. | Filip Dewinter [2] | 150,584 |
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| | CAP | 6,398 (0.16%) |
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| | LDD | 296,699 (7.28%) |
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| 1. | Jean-Marie Dedecker [1] | 149,768 |
| 2. | Moniek Denhaen | 10,629 |
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| | LSP | 8,985 (0.22%) |
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| | PVDA+ | 40,057 (0.98%) |
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| | SLP | 26,541 (0.65%) |
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#### French-speaking (8 seats)

    Major parties:
| | CDH | 327,824 (13.34%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Anne Delvaux [1] | 124,718 |
| 2. | Carlo Di Antonio | 22,252 |
| 3. | Vanessa Matz | 20,745 |
| 4. | Pierre Migisha | 25,912 |
| 5. | Isabelle Moinnet-Joiret | 20,628 |
| 6. | Amal Meqor | 13,697 |
| 7. | Michel Leclercq | 13,700 |
| 8. | Jean-Jacques Viseur | 36,230 |
| (1) | Georges Dallemagne | 27,674 |
| (2) | Marie-Eve Hannard | 21,424 |
| (3) | Rodolphe Sagehomme | 14,724 |
| (4) | Nese Acikgöz | 10,710 |
| (5) | Simone Felix-De Gendt | 10,674 |
| (6) | Francis Delpérée | 50,361 |
| | ECOLO | 562,081 (22.88%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Isabelle Durant [1] | 150,173 |
| 2. | Philippe Lamberts [2] | 26,430 |
| 3. | Zaïna Ihirrou | 26,718 |
| 4. | Bartosz Lech | 13,955 |
| 5. | Nermin Kumanova | 17,319 |
| 6. | André Peters | 15,950 |
| 7. | Cécile Thibaut | 29,124 |
| 8. | Jacky Morael | 48,849 |
| (1) | Inès Trepant | 21,100 |
| (2) | Olivier Bierin | 13,047 |
| (3) | Marie-Christine Lefebvre | 18,697 |
| (4) | Jean-Claude Defosse | 51,665 |
| (5) | Sandra Jen | 16,226 |
| (6) | Jean-Michel Javaux | 114,130 |
| | MR | 640,092 (26.05%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Louis Michel [1] | 305,363 |
| 2. | Frédérique Ries [2] | 116,398 |
| 3. | Olivier Chastel | 74,616 |
| 4. | Rachida Attar | 17,991 |
| 5. | Damien Thiery | 32,874 |
| 6. | Sophie Mathieu | 26,012 |
| 7. | Carine Gol-Lescot | 19,759 |
| 8. | Philippe Monfils | 38,267 |
| (1) | Gérard Deprez | 60,336 |
| (2) | Laetitia Brogniez | 23,916 |
| (3) | Olivier Destrebecq | 16,737 |
| (4) | Sophie Delettre | 20,457 |
| (5) | Delphine Bourgeois | 22,381 |
| (6) | Bernard Clerfayt | 36,516 |
| | PS | 714,947 (29.10%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Jean-Claude Marcourt [1] | 155,409 |
| 2. | Véronique De Keyser [2] | 61,024 |
| 3. | Christiane Vienne | 38,228 |
| 4. | Patrick Moriau | 52,493 |
| 5. | Frédéric Daerden [3] | 90,294 |
| 6. | Valérie Deom | 33,194 |
| 7. | Fadila Laanan | 52,782 |
| 8. | Philippe Courard | 70,246 |
| (1) | Marc Tarabella | 50,993 |
| (2) | Simone Susskind | 22,081 |
| (3) | Giovanna Corda | 28,366 |
| (4) | Fabienne Winckel | 24,753 |
| (5) | Nicolas Martin | 28,104 |
| (6) | Philippe Busquin | 59,362 |
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| | CAP D'ORAZIO | 7,626 (0.31%) | 0 (—) | Ezio D'Orazio |
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| | FN | 87,706 (3.57%) | 0 (=0) | Jean-Pierre Borbouse |
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| | LRC + PSL | 7,954 (0.32%) | 0 (—) | Céline Caudron |
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| | MS | 4,939 (0.20%) | 0 (—) | Francis Biesmans |
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| | PC + GE | 7,533 (0.31%) | 0 (—) | Pierre Eyben |
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| | PTB+ | 28,483 (1.16%) | 0 (=0) | Raoul Hedebouw |
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| | RWF | 30,488 (1.24%) | 0 (=0) | Paul-Henry Gendebien |
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| | WDA | 37,505 (1.53%) | 0 (—) | Christian Haudegand |
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#### German-speaking (1 seat)

    Major parties:
| | CSP | 12,475 (32.25%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Mathieu Grosch [1] | 4,762 |
| (1) | Pascal Arimont | 2,482 |
| (2) | Olivia Nistor | 567 |
| (3) | Fabienne Xhonneux | 658 |
| (4) | Anne-Marie Küches | 761 |
| (5) | Elmar Keutgen | 1,187 |
| (6) | Christian Krings | 1,550 |
    Minor parties:
| | ECOLO | 6,025 (15.58%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Claudia Niessen | 2,218 |
| (1) | Gregor Stangherlin | 491 |
| (2) | Nathalie Espeel | 320 |
| (3) | Benoît Lechat | 245 |
| (4) | Christina Dewart | 238 |
| (5) | Eddy Boutmans | 187 |
| (6) | Elvira Hostert-Heyen | 438 |
| | EDW | 330 (0.85%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Myrianne Coen | 71 |
| (1) | Antoon Van Loon | 36 |
| (2) | Marie-Claire Gabriel | 39 |
| (3) | Bertrand Hayez | 23 |
| (4) | Myrianne Coen | 31 |
| (5) | Philippe Goeseels | 30 |
| (6) | Danielle Piana | 57 |
| | PFF | 7,878 (20.37%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Bernd Gentges | 2,910 |
| (1) | Heinz Keul | 1,118 |
| (2) | Annabelle Mockel | 717 |
| (3) | Erik Janssen | 470 |
| (4) | Caroline Margrève | 390 |
| (5) | Hans-Dieter Laschet | 828 |
| (6) | Isabelle Weykmans | 1,219 |
| | PRO DG | 3,897 (10.07%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Harald Mollers | 1,494 |
| (1) | Dorothea Schwall-Peters | 767 |
| (2) | Edgar Blum | 249 |
| (3) | Sigrid Roobroeck | 149 |
| (4) | Andrea Velz | 390 |
| (5) | Philipp Gonay | 230 |
| (6) | Arnold François | 219 |
| | SP | 5,658 (14.63%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Resi Stoffels | 1,946 |
| (1) | Alfred Ossemann | 607 |
| (2) | Irene Kalbusch-Mertes | 439 |
| (3) | Dany Huppermans | 436 |
| (4) | Juliette Plottes | 368 |
| (5) | Kirsten Neycken-Bartholemy | 384 |
| (6) | Werner Baumgarten | 817 |
| | VIVANT | 2,417 (6.25%) |
| No. | Name of candidate | # of votes received |
| 1. | Josef Meyer | 662 |
| (1) | Alain Mertes | 289 |
| (2) | Gabriele Kringels | 198 |
| (3) | René Davids | 132 |
| (4) | Julie Bender | 146 |
| (5) | Eliane Nix | 241 |
| (6) | Michael Balter | 544 |