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 Name Christian Social Party (CSP) Pascal Arimont
Results
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