The German-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It elects just one MEP, 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.
German-speaking electoral college | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | Belgium |
Created | 1994 |
MEPs | 1 |
Sources | |
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This is the European Parliament's smallest constituency, with an electorate at the 2004 election of just 46,914.
Boundaries edit
The constituency corresponds to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Member of the European Parliament edit
Term | Member | Party | |
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1994–2014 | Mathieu Grosch | Christian Social Party (EPP) | |
2014–present | Pascal Arimont | Christian Social Party (EPP) |
Election results edit
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2019 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
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Christian Social Party (CSP) | EPP | 14,247 | 34.90 | 4.54 | |
Ecolo | G-EFA | 6,675 | 16.40 | 0.26 | |
ProDG | None | 5,360 | 13.10 | 0.12 | |
Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt (PFF) | ALDE | 4,684 | 11.50 | 4.55 | |
Socialist Party (SP) | S&D | 4,655 | 11.40 | 3.71 | |
Vivant | None | 4,550 | 11.16 | 2.55 | |
DierAnimal | GUE/NGL | 606 | 1.49 | 1.49 | |
Total | 40,777 | – |
2014 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
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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 | |
Total | 38,665 | – |
2009 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
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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 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
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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 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | Change | |
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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 edit
Party | EP Group | Votes | % | |
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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 |