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Official EE24 website:

Other elections/referenda held the same day: Federal elections, Regional elections

Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 21/22

Current government: Open Vld (Renew), MR (Renew), CD&V (EPP), Vooruit (S&D), PS (S&D), Ecolo (Greens/EFA) and Groen (Greens/EFA) alliance since October 2020

ELECTORAL RULES

Obligatory vote: Yes

Number of constituencies: 3

Preferential vote: Yes

Postal vote: Yes (for Belgians living abroad)

Threshold to get elected: None

Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June

Opening time of polling stations: 8.00 CEST

Closing time of polling stations: 14.00 CEST (voting on paper), 16.00 CEST (electronic voting)

VOTERS

Total: 8 529 998 ()

Minimum age: 16 (for European elections)

CANDIDATES

Lists (total): 22

Candidates (total): 177 + 148 substitutes

Minimum age to stand as candidate: 18

Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)

Dutch-speaking

N-VA (ECR) - Johan Van Overtveldt

Vlaams Belang (ID) - Tom Vandendriessche

Open VLD (Renew) - Hilde Vautmans

CD&V (EPP) - Wouter Beke

Groen (Greens/EFA) - Sara Matthieu

Vooruit (S&D) - Bruno Tobback

PVDA (N/A) - Rudi Kennes

Volt (N/A) - Sophie In't Veld

Voor U (N/A) - Marta Barandiy

French-speaking

PS (S&D) - Elio di Rupo

Ecolo (Greens/EFA) - Saskia Bricmont

MR (Renew) - Sophie Wilmès

PTB (The Left) - Marc Botenga

Les engagés (EPP) - Yvan Veroustraete

DéFI (N/A) - Fabrice Van Dorpe

Anticapitalistes (N/A) - Denis Verstraeten

German-speaking

CSP (EPP) - Pascal Arimont

Ecolo (Greens/EFA) - Shqiprim Thaqi

ProDG (N/A) - Liesa Scholzen

PFF (Renew) - Sacha Brandt

SP (S&D) - Charles Servaty

VIVANT (N/A) - Alain Mertes

MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)

Vlaams Belang (ID):

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

Gerolf ANNEMANS

Filip DE MAN

N-VA (ECR):

Johan VAN OVERTVELDT

Geert BOURGEOIS

Assita KANKO

CSP (EPP):

Pascal ARIMONT

PTB (The Left):

Marc BOTENGA

Ecolo (Greens/EFA)

Saskia BRICMONT

MR (Renew):

Olivier CHASTEL

Groen (Greens/EFA):

Sara MATTHIEU

Vooruit (S&D):

Kathleen VAN BREMPT

Open VLD (Renew):

Hilde VAUTMANS

RESULTS 2019

MEPs / % votes

Dutch-speaking college:

N-VA (ECR) / 3 / 22,44%

Vlaams Belang (ID) / 3 / 19,08%

Open VLD (Renew) / 2 / 15,95%

CD&V (EPP) / 2 / 14,53%

Groen (Greens/EFA) / 1 / 12,37%

SP.A (S&D) / 1 / 10,21%

French-speaking college:

PS (S&D) / 2 / 26,69%

Ecolo (Greens/EFA) / 2 / 19,91%

MR (Renew) / 2 / 19,29%

CDH (EPP) / 1 / 8,94%

PTB (The left) / 1 / 14,59%:

German-speaking college:

CSP (EPP) / 1 / 34,90%

TURNOUT 2019

88,47%