German-speaking_electoral_college

German-speaking electoral college

German-speaking electoral college

Constituency of the European Parliament


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.

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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

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Election results

Results over time

2019

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2014

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2009

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2004

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1999

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1994

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