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The Dutch-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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in Belgium

Belgium

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. It currently elects 14 MEPs using the d'Hondt method

D'Hondt method

The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...

of party-list proportional representation

Party-list proportional representation

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Boundaries

The constituency generally corresponds to the Flemish Community

Flemish Community

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of Belgium

Belgium

, but electors in Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde

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have a choice between the lists of both electoral colleges (Dutch-speaking or French-speaking

French-speaking electoral college

The French-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :...

2004 – present

Ivo Belet
Ivo Belet
Ivo Maria Robert Belet is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the CD&V/N-VA,part of the European People's Party and sits on...

, CDV/NVA
Frederika Brepoels
Frederika Brepoels
Frederika Marie Joseph Brepoels is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the N-VA,part of the European Free Alliance and sits on...

, CDV/NVA
Philip Claeys
Philip Claeys
Philip Claeys is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang, a far-right political party condemning immigration, social integration, and fighting against the federal unity of Belgium.He sits on its Committee on Foreign Affairs, and is a...

, Vlaams Blok
Vlaams Blok
The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...
Jean-Luc Dehaene
Jean-Luc Dehaene
-Early life and political career:He was born in Montpellier, France, when his parents were fleeing German troops. He got into politics through the Algemeen Christelijk Werknemersverbond , a trade union which was closely linked to the Christelijke Volkspartij .In 1981, he became Minister of Social...

, CDV/NVA
Koenraad Dillen
Koenraad Dillen
Koenraad Francine Gaston "Koen" Dillen is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang, sitting in the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty group in the European Parliament...

, Vlaams Blok
Vlaams Blok
The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...
Saïd El Khadraoui
Saïd El Khadraoui
Saïd El Khadraoui is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialist Party – Different, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.He is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a...

, SPA/Spirit
Karel de Gucht
Karel De Gucht
Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who has been the European Commissioner for Trade since 2010...

, VLD
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...

/Vivant
Vivant
Vivant is a small Belgian social liberal party founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal...
Annemie Neyts, VLD
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...

/Vivant
Vivant
Vivant is a small Belgian social liberal party founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal...
Bart Staes, Groen!
Dirk Sterckx
Dirk Sterckx
Dirk Jozef Maria Sterckx , born on 25 September 1946 in Herent,is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten,...

, VLD
Flemish Liberals and Democrats
' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...

/Vivant
Vivant
Vivant is a small Belgian social liberal party founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal...
Marianne Thyssen
Marianne Thyssen
Marianne Leonie Petrus Thyssen is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the CD&V/N-VA, a Vice-Chairwoman of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.On 15 May 2008 she was...

, CDV/NVA
Frank Vanhecke
Frank Vanhecke
Frank Arthur Hyppolite Vanhecke started his career in Belgian politics as a student by joining the Jong Studentenverbond and later the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging. He gave up his membership of the Volksunie in 1977 after it acceded to a much-debated package of federal reforms...

, Vlaams Blok
Vlaams Blok
The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...
Anne Van Lancker
Anne Van Lancker
Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders , part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights...

, SPA/Spirit
Mia de Vits
Mia De Vits
Marie Louise "Mia" De Vits is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Socialistische Partij-Anders, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is a substitute for the Committee on...

, SPA/Spirit

2009

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish	EPP European People's Party The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...	948,123	23.26	−4.89	3	0
	Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats Flemish Liberals and Democrats ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...	ELDR European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party is a European political party mainly active in the European Union, composed of 56 national-level liberal and liberal-democratic parties from across Europe...	837,884	20.56	−1.35	3	0
	Flemish Interest	None	647,170	15.88	−7.28	2	−1
	Socialist Party Different	PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...	539,393	13.23	−4.60	2	−1
	New-Flemish Alliance New-Flemish Alliance ' is a Flemish right-wing political party, founded in the autumn of 2001. It is a conservative and liberal movement that promotes civic nationalism...	EPP-ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... group (previous term)	402,545	9.88	+9.88	1	0
	Green! Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	EGP European Green Party The European Green Party is the Green political party at European level. As such it is a federation of green parties in Europe.-History:...	322,149	7.90	−0.08	1	0
	List Dedecker	None, (joined ECR European Conservatives and Reformists The European Conservatives and Reformists, abbreviated to ECR, is a conservative anti-federalist political group in the European Parliament. The group currently comprises 57 MEPs, making it the fourth-largest group in the European Parliament....	296,699	7.28	N/A	1	N/A
	Workers Party of Belgium+ Workers Party of Belgium The Workers' Party of Belgium is a Marxist political party in Belgium. It is one of the few parties that operates as a single Belgian party...	None	40,057	0.98	+0.37	0	0
	Social Liberal Party	EFA European Free Alliance The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...	26,541	0.65	N/A	0	N/A
	Others		15,383	0.38		0
Total			4,075,944	100		13	−1

2004

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Democratic and Flemish/New Flemish Alliance	1,131,119	28.15	+6.47	4	+1
	Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...	930,731	23.16	+8.07	3	+1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats Flemish Liberals and Democrats ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...	880,279	21.91	−1.7	3	0
	Social Progressive Alternative-Spirit	716,317	17.83	+3.62	3	+1
	Groen!	320,874	7.99	−3.99	1	−1
	Workers Party of Belgium Workers Party of Belgium The Workers' Party of Belgium is a Marxist political party in Belgium. It is one of the few parties that operates as a single Belgian party...	24,807	0.62	0.05	0	−1
	Left Socialist Party Left Socialist Party (Belgium) The Left Socialist Party is a political party in Belgium without parliamentary representation. It is the Belgian section of the Committee for a Workers' International, a Trotskyist International.It was formed in 1992 as 'Militant Links' and fights for the right of the workers and the people in...	14,166	0.35	N/A	0	N/A
Total		4,018,293	100		14	0

1999

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats Flemish Liberals and Democrats ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...	847,099	21.88%	+3.52%	3	0
	Christian People's Party	839,720	21.68%	−5.75%	3	−1
	Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...	584,392	15.09%	+2.53%	2	0
	Socialist Party	550,237	14.21%	−3.42%	2	−1
	People's Union-ID People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists....	471,238	12.17%	+5.08%	2	+1
	Agalev-Groen Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	464,042	11.98%	+1.25%	2	+1
	Vivant Vivant Vivant is a small Belgian social liberal party founded by millionaire Roland Duchâtelet. In the regional elections in June 2004, the party formed a strategic alliance with the Flemish Liberals and Democrats . Both parties are founded on the principle of individualism and can be called liberal...	67,107	1.73%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	48,589	1.25%		0	0
Total		3,872,424	100		14	0

1994

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,013,266	27.43%	−6.65%	4	−1
	Flemish Liberals and Democrats Flemish Liberals and Democrats ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...	678,421	18.36%	+1.26%	3	+1
	Socialist Party	651,371	17.63%	−2.41%	3	0
	Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...	463,919	12.56%	+5.97%	2	+1
	Agalev Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	396,198	10.73%	−1.47%	1	0
	People's Union People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists....	262,043	7.09%	−1.61%	1	+1
	WOW	127,504	3.45%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	101,427	2.75%		0	0
Total			100		14	+1

1989

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,247,075	34.08%	+1.55%	5	+1
	Socialist Party	733,242	20.04%	−8.09%	3	−1
	Party for Freedom and Progress Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress was a liberal party in Belgium which existed from 1961 until 1992 and was the successor of the Liberal Party, which had roots dating back to 1846. It was succeeded in Flanders by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats and in Wallonia by the Parti Réformateur...	625,561	17.10%	+2.91%	2	0
	Agalev-Groen Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	446,539	12.20%	+5.12%	1	0
	People's Union People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists.... -EVA European Free Alliance The European Free Alliance is a European political party. It consists of various national-level political parties in Europe which advocate either full political independence , or some form of devolution or self-governance for their country or region...	318,153	8.70%	−5.21%	1	−1
	Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...	241,117	6.59%	+4.49%	1	+1
	Others	47,219	1.29%		0	0
Total			100		13	0

1984

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,132,682	32.53%	−15.56%	4	−3
	Socialist Party	979,702	28.13%	+7.23%	4	+1
	Party for Freedom and Progress Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress was a liberal party in Belgium which existed from 1961 until 1992 and was the successor of the Liberal Party, which had roots dating back to 1846. It was succeeded in Flanders by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats and in Wallonia by the Parti Réformateur...	494,277	14.19%	−1.13%	2	0
	People's Union People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists....	484,494	13.91%	+4.20%	2	+1
	Agalev Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	246,712	7.08%	+4.75%	1	+1
	Vlaams Blok Vlaams Blok The Vlaams Blok was a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform. Its ideologies embraced Flemish nationalism, calling for the independence of Flanders. From its creation in 1978, it was the most notable militant right wing of the Flemish movement. Vlaams...	73,174	2.10%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	71,239	2.05%		0	0
Total			100		13	0

1979

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian People's Party	1,607,941	48.09%	N/A	7	N/A
	Belgian Socialist Party	698,889	20.90%	N/A	3	N/A
	Party for Freedom and Progress Party for Freedom and Progress The Party for Freedom and Progress was a liberal party in Belgium which existed from 1961 until 1992 and was the successor of the Liberal Party, which had roots dating back to 1846. It was succeeded in Flanders by the Flemish Liberals and Democrats and in Wallonia by the Parti Réformateur...	512,363	15.32%	N/A	2	N/A
	People's Union People's Union (Belgium) People's Union was a Belgian political party, formed in 1954 as a successor to the "Christian Flemish People's Union", an electoral alliance of Flemish nationalists....	324,540	9.71%	N/A	1	N/A
	Agalev Green! Groen! is a Belgian green political party. Green! is the smallest Flemish party with a representation in the federal, regional or European parliament.-Before 1979:...	77,986	2.33%	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	121,783	3.64%	N/A	0	N/A
Total			100	N/A	13	N/A

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