List of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament election in Belgium

This is a list of all the candidates in the Belgian European Parliament election, held in 2009.

European Parliament

Electoral colleges

Dutch-speaking (13 seats)

Major parties:

	CD&V	948,123 (23.26%)	3 (—)	Jean-Luc Dehaene
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Jean-Luc Dehaene [1]	450,149
2.	Marianne Thyssen [2]	187,303
3.	Ivo Belet [3]	157,775
4.	Nik Boons-Van Gool	32,266
5.	Francis Stijnen	25,281
6.	Anniek Nagels	32,943
7.	Mustafa Uzun	24,817
8.	Anja Pilet	30,135
9.	Luc Millecamps	29,803
10.	Franceska Verhenne	30,477
11.	Christopher Oliha	18,125
12.	Elke Tindemans	55,674
13.	Etienne Schouppe	87,109
(1)	Bart Dochy	39,589
(2)	Anne Martens	38,490
(3)	Jan Wouters	16,675
(4)	Marilyn Neven	18,231
(5)	Josseline Pansaerts	16,235
(6)	Willem Rombaut	17,977
(7)	Nahima Lanjri	25,087
(8)	Yves Leterme	265,061

	GROEN!	322,149 (7.90%)	1 (=0)	Bart Staes
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Bart Staes [1]	97,036
2.	Joke Van de Putte	28,556
3.	Meyrem Almaci	28,806
4.	Hugo van Dienderen	10,049
5.	Maarten Tavernier	11,331
6.	Rik Jellema	7,442
7.	Sara Matthieu	18,248
8.	Francine De Prins	12,230
9.	Inan Asliyüce	11,763
10.	Philippe Avijn	6,870
11.	Tom Kestens	9,866
12.	Tinne Van der Straeten	19,116
13.	Vera Dua	39,725
(1)	Wouter Van Besien	9,810
(2)	Eva Lauwers	13,221
(3)	Tom Declercq	5,807
(4)	Karin Van Hoffelen	8,135
(5)	Dirk Vansintjan	5,781
(6)	Inge Jooris	10,106
(7)	Wouter De Vriendt	8,652
(8)	Magda Aelvoet	18,378

	N-VA	402,545 (9.88%)	1 (—)	Frieda Brepoels
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Frieda Brepoels	67,717
2.	Flor Van Noppen	27,788
3.	Elke Sleurs	19,575
4.	Louis Ide	16,382
5.	Hil D'Haese	11,585
6.	Bart De Nijn	11,537
7.	An Capoen	16,086
8.	Fons Hamblok	9,964
9.	Izolda Ferho-Baguirova	10,799
10.	Bart Bauwens	10,340
11.	Annemie Charlier	13,154
12.	Geert Bourgeois	39,973
13.	Bart De Wever [1]	218,605
(1)	Frieda Brepoels	23,904
(2)	Danny Pieters	9,503
(3)	Tijl Waelput	7,146
(4)	Reinilde Van Moer	8,646
(5)	Els Demol	9,450
(6)	Steven Vandeput	7,030
(7)	Helga Stevens	13,934
(8)	Mark Demesmaeker	30,864

	OPEN VLD	837,884 (20.56%)	3 (=0)	Guy Verhofstadt
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Guy Verhofstadt [1]	565,359
2.	Annemie Neyts [2]	58,369
3.	Dirk Sterckx [3]	100,226
4.	Hilde Vautmans	32,390
5.	Annick De Ridder	30,531
6.	Davy Brocatus	20,645
7.	Rik Remmery-Van Nieuwenhuyse	15,841
8.	Martine Lesaffre	17,665
9.	Caroline De Padt	33,228
10.	Alexander De Croo	47,779
11.	Margriet Hermans	31,621
12.	Herman Schueremans	22,797
13.	Roland Duchatelet	36,694
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	SP.A	539,393 (13.23%)	2 (—)	Kathleen Van Brempt
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Kathleen Van Brempt [1]	146,992
2.	Saïd El Khadraoui [2]	50,408
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	VLAAMS BELANG	647,170 (15.88%)	2 (–1)	Frank Vanhecke
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1.	Frank Vanhecke [1]	161,371
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	CAP	6,398 (0.16%)	0 (—)	Raf Verbeke
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	LDD	296,699 (7.28%)	1 (+1)	Jean-Marie Dedecker
	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Jean-Marie Dedecker [1]	149,768
2.	Moniek Denhaen	10,629
3.	Derk Jan Eppink	13,898
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13.	Rob Van de Velde	7,576
(1)	Derk Jan Eppink	11,686
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	LSP	8,985 (0.22%)	0 (=0)	Bart Vandersteene
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	PVDA+	40,057 (0.98%)	0 (=0)	Peter Mertens
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	SLP	26,541 (0.65%)	0 (—)	Nelly Maes
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French-speaking (8 seats)

Major parties:

	CDH	327,824 (13.34%)	1 (=0)	Anne Delvaux
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Anne Delvaux [1]	124,718
2.	Carlo Di Antonio	22,252
3.	Vanessa Matz	20,745
4.	Pierre Migisha	25,912
5.	Isabelle Moinnet-Joiret	20,628
6.	Amal Meqor	13,697
7.	Michel Leclercq	13,700
8.	Jean-Jacques Viseur	36,230
(1)	Georges Dallemagne	27,674
(2)	Marie-Eve Hannard	21,424
(3)	Rodolphe Sagehomme	14,724
(4)	Nese Acikgöz	10,710
(5)	Simone Felix-De Gendt	10,674
(6)	Francis Delpérée	50,361

	ECOLO	562,081 (22.88%)	2 (+1)	Isabelle Durant
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Isabelle Durant [1]	150,173
2.	Philippe Lamberts [2]	26,430
3.	Zaïna Ihirrou	26,718
4.	Bartosz Lech	13,955
5.	Nermin Kumanova	17,319
6.	André Peters	15,950
7.	Cécile Thibaut	29,124
8.	Jacky Morael	48,849
(1)	Inès Trepant	21,100
(2)	Olivier Bierin	13,047
(3)	Marie-Christine Lefebvre	18,697
(4)	Jean-Claude Defosse	51,665
(5)	Sandra Jen	16,226
(6)	Jean-Michel Javaux	114,130

	MR	640,092 (26.05%)	2 (–1)	Louis Michel
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Louis Michel [1]	305,363
2.	Frédérique Ries [2]	116,398
3.	Olivier Chastel	74,616
4.	Rachida Attar	17,991
5.	Damien Thiery	32,874
6.	Sophie Mathieu	26,012
7.	Carine Gol-Lescot	19,759
8.	Philippe Monfils	38,267
(1)	Gérard Deprez	60,336
(2)	Laetitia Brogniez	23,916
(3)	Olivier Destrebecq	16,737
(4)	Sophie Delettre	20,457
(5)	Delphine Bourgeois	22,381
(6)	Bernard Clerfayt	36,516

	PS	714,947 (29.10%)	3 (–1)	Jean-Claude Marcourt
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Jean-Claude Marcourt [1]	155,409
2.	Véronique De Keyser [2]	61,024
3.	Christiane Vienne	38,228
4.	Patrick Moriau	52,493
5.	Frédéric Daerden [3]	90,294
6.	Valérie Deom	33,194
7.	Fadila Laanan	52,782
8.	Philippe Courard	70,246
(1)	Marc Tarabella	50,993
(2)	Simone Susskind	22,081
(3)	Giovanna Corda	28,366
(4)	Fabienne Winckel	24,753
(5)	Nicolas Martin	28,104
(6)	Philippe Busquin	59,362

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	CAP D'ORAZIO	7,626 (0.31%)	0 (—)	Ezio D'Orazio
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	FN	87,706 (3.57%)	0 (=0)	Jean-Pierre Borbouse
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	LRC + PSL	7,954 (0.32%)	0 (—)	Céline Caudron
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	MS	4,939 (0.20%)	0 (—)	Francis Biesmans
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	PC + GE	7,533 (0.31%)	0 (—)	Pierre Eyben
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	PTB+	28,483 (1.16%)	0 (=0)	Raoul Hedebouw
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	RWF	30,488 (1.24%)	0 (=0)	Paul-Henry Gendebien
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	WDA	37,505 (1.53%)	0 (—)	Christian Haudegand
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German-speaking (1 seat)

Major parties:

	CSP	12,475 (32.25%)	1 (=0)	Mathieu Grosch
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Mathieu Grosch [1]	4,762
(1)	Pascal Arimont	2,482
(2)	Olivia Nistor	567
(3)	Fabienne Xhonneux	658
(4)	Anne-Marie Küches	761
(5)	Elmar Keutgen	1,187
(6)	Christian Krings	1,550

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	ECOLO	6,025 (15.58%)	0 (=0)	Claudia Niessen
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Claudia Niessen	2,218
(1)	Gregor Stangherlin	491
(2)	Nathalie Espeel	320
(3)	Benoît Lechat	245
(4)	Christina Dewart	238
(5)	Eddy Boutmans	187
(6)	Elvira Hostert-Heyen	438

	EDW	330 (0.85%)	0 (—)	Myrianne Coen
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Myrianne Coen	71
(1)	Antoon Van Loon	36
(2)	Marie-Claire Gabriel	39
(3)	Bertrand Hayez	23
(4)	Myrianne Coen	31
(5)	Philippe Goeseels	30
(6)	Danielle Piana	57

	PFF	7,878 (20.37%)	0 (=0)	Bernd Gentges
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Bernd Gentges	2,910
(1)	Heinz Keul	1,118
(2)	Annabelle Mockel	717
(3)	Erik Janssen	470
(4)	Caroline Margrève	390
(5)	Hans-Dieter Laschet	828
(6)	Isabelle Weykmans	1,219

	PRO DG	3,897 (10.07%)	0 (—)	Harald Mollers
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Harald Mollers	1,494
(1)	Dorothea Schwall-Peters	767
(2)	Edgar Blum	249
(3)	Sigrid Roobroeck	149
(4)	Andrea Velz	390
(5)	Philipp Gonay	230
(6)	Arnold François	219

	SP	5,658 (14.63%)	0 (=0)	Resi Stoffels
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Resi Stoffels	1,946
(1)	Alfred Ossemann	607
(2)	Irene Kalbusch-Mertes	439
(3)	Dany Huppermans	436
(4)	Juliette Plottes	368
(5)	Kirsten Neycken-Bartholemy	384
(6)	Werner Baumgarten	817

	VIVANT	2,417 (6.25%)	0 (—)	Josef Meyer
No.	Name of candidate	# of votes received
1.	Josef Meyer	662
(1)	Alain Mertes	289
(2)	Gabriele Kringels	198
(3)	René Davids	132
(4)	Julie Bender	146
(5)	Eliane Nix	241
(6)	Michael Balter	544

External links

• 2009 elections