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June 10, 1999 Held

European Union

European Union

Election for European Parliament

Results

Voter Participation

Voter
Turnout*
Cast Votes:125,761,064
Valid Votes:120,551,259
Invalid Votes:5,209,805

Vote Share by Party:

Party Seats Won Seats Change Votes

European People's Party and European Democrats 233 - 48,196,428

40.00%

Party of European Socialists 180 - 36,452,566

30.20%

Group of the European Liberal, Democrat, and Reform Party 51 - 7,008,415

5.80%

Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance 48 - 9,179,501

7.60%

European United Left-Nordic Green Left 42 - 7,802,764

6.50%

Union for Europe of the Nations Group 31 - 6,443,199

5.30%

Others (Others) 25 - 18,617,838

15.40%

Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities 16 - 2,662,618

2.20%
Election Results Modified: Mar 28, 2016

General Information

At stake in this election:

  • 626 seats in the European Parliament

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President of the European Commission Manuel MARIN *
  • Head of Government: NA NA
  • Assembly: European Union has a unicameral European Parliament with 626 seats.

* The European Commission is composed of 20 commissioners nominated by the member states and confirmed by the European Parliament. The Commission is charged with the initiation and implementation of EU policies.

The European Council is composed of the heads of state or government of all European Union member states and serves as the Union's chief decision-making body.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President of the European Commission is designated by member governments.
  • In the European Parliament 626 members are allocated to serve 5-year terms.***

*** The type of electoral system used to select Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) varies in each member state. In general, proportional representation systems are used in all EU member states except the Republic of Ireland, which uses the single transferable vote (STV), and the United Kingdom, which uses a simple majority system or

Election Modified: May 13, 2020

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