The German-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It elects just one MEP for East Belgium, making it the only such constituency, effectively making it first past the post between parties (the party with the most votes gets the seat).
However, the electoral system in Belgium uses semi-open lists, therefore the winning candidate is theoretically not necessarily the first candidate on the winning party list. The semi-open list uses a 50% threshold for preference votes (due to having only one MEP), making it the highest in European Parliament elections.
This is the European Parliament's smallest constituency, with an electorate at the 2004 election of just 46,914.
Boundaries The constituency corresponds to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Member of the European Parliament Term MemberParty 1994–2014 Mathieu Grosch Christian Social Party (EPP) 2014–present Pascal Arimont
Election results
2019 Party EP Group Votes % Change Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP14,247 34.90 4.54 Ecolo G-EFA6,675 16.40 0.26 ProDGNone5,360 13.10 0.12 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ALDE4,684 11.50 4.55 Socialist Party (SP)S&D4,655 11.40 3.71 VivantNone4,550 11.16 2.55 DierAnimal GUE/NGL6061.49 1.49Total40,777 –
2014 Party EP Group Votes % Change Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP 11,739 30.36 1.89 Ecolo G-EFA 6,440 16.66 1.08 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ALDE 6,204 16.05 4.32 Socialist Party (SP)S&D 5,841 15.11 0.48 ProDG None 5,113 13.22 3.15 Vivant None 3,328 8.61 2.36 Total38,665 –
2009 Party EP Group Votes % Change Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP 12,475 32.25 10.23 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ALDE 7,878 20.37 2.42 Ecolo G-EFA 6,025 15.58 5.09 Socialist Party (SP)PES 5,658 14.63 0.31 ProDG None 3,895 10.07 0.77 Vivant None 2,417 6.25 New Europa de Weirte None 328 0.85 New Total 38,680 –
2004 Party EP Group Votes % Change Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP 15,722 42.49 6.02 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ELDR 8,434 22.79 3.19 Socialist Party (SP)PES 5,527 14.94 3.52 Ecolo G-EFA 3,880 10.49 6.52 Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) None 3,442 9.3 0.62 Total 37,005 –
1999 Party EP Group Votes % Change Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP 13,456 36.47 5.18 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ELDR 7,234 19.60 0.46 Ecolo G-EFA 6,276 17.01 +2.11 Socialist Party (SP)PES 4,215 11.42 1.15 Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) None 3,661 9.92 5.59 Vivant None 1,198 3.25 New All Others — 860 2.16 — Total –
1994 Party EP Group Votes % Christian Social Party (CSP) EPP 11,999 31.29 Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) ELDR 7,690 20.06 Party of German-speaking Belgians (PDB) None 5,945 15.51 Ecolo G 5,714 14.90 Socialist Party (SP)PES 4,820 12.57 Juropa None 1,969 5.14 Workers' Party of Belgium (PAB) None 205 0.53 Total
References
External links 2019 European election results