German-speaking electoral college

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German-speaking electoral college
European Parliament constituency
German-speaking electoral college (European Parliament constituencies 2007 )
German-speaking electoral college
Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Shown within Belgium
Created 1994
MEP(s) 1
Member State Belgium
Source(s) [1]

The German-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 1 MEP by first past the post.

This is the European Parliament's smallest constituency, with an electorate at the 2004 election of just 46,914. Since the German-speaking electoral college elects only one member, the winner is effectively chosen by the first past the post method. This makes it, together with the Kuyavian-Pomerian constituency in Poland, the only European Parliament constituency without proportional representation.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency corresponds to the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

[edit] Member of the European Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2004

Party Votes  % Change Seats
Christian Social Party (CSP) 15,722 42.49 +6.02 1 0
Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) 8,434 22.79 +3.19 0 0
Socialist Party (SP) 5,527 14.94 +3.52 0 0
Ecolo 3,880 10.49 −6.52 0 0
Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB) 3,442 9.3 N/A 0
Total 37,005     1 0

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