1979 European Parliament election in Belgium
10 June 1979 1984 →
24 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party
 
Leader Leo Tindemans Karel Van Miert
Party CVP Flemish Socialist Party
Alliance EPP PES
Seats won 7 3
Popular vote 1,607,941 698,889
Percentage 29.54% 12.84%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Anne-Marie Lizin Willy De Clercq
Party PS PVV-PLP
Alliance PES ALDE
Seats won 4 2
Popular vote 575,824 512,363
Percentage 10.58% 9.41%

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 10 June 1979. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
French-speaking electoral college
Socialist Party575,82427.434
Christian Social Party445,91221.243
Democratic Front of Francophones–Walloon Rally414,60319.752
Liberal Reformist Party372,90417.762
Ecolo107,8335.140
Communist Party of Belgium106,0235.050
Unity List of the New Left22,1871.060
Walloon Liberal Party–European Liberal Party17,5660.840
Belgian Progressive Party9,7040.460
All Power to the Workers8,8210.420
United Feminist Party7,2730.350
Revolutionary Workers' League6,2090.300
European Workers' Party4,6170.220
Total2,099,476100.0011
Dutch-speaking electoral college
Christian People's Party1,607,94148.097
Flemish Socialist Party698,88920.903
Party for Freedom and Progress512,36315.322
People's Union324,5409.711
Agalev77,9862.330
Communist Party of Belgium39,7731.190
All Power to the Workers36,6021.09–
Flemish People's Party34,7061.04–
Revolutionary Workers' League10,7020.32–
Total3,343,502100.0013
Valid votes5,442,97887.61
Invalid/blank votes769,75312.39
Total votes6,212,731100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,800,58491.36
Source: Belgian Elections
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