Elections in the European Union

Elections in the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs^[1] are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is largely composed of nationally elected officials.^[2]

Contents 1 Voting system 2 Political groups 3 Voter behaviour 4 Results 4.1 List of elections 5 Commission President 6 See also 7 References 8 Statistics 9 External links

Voting system

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There is no uniform voting system for the election of MEPs; rather, each member state is free to choose its own system, subject to three restrictions:^[3]

• The system must be a form of proportional representation, under either the party list or Single Transferable Vote system.
• The electoral area may be subdivided if this will not generally affect the proportional nature of the voting system.
• Any election threshold on the national level must not exceed five percent.

The United Kingdom divides itself into twelve constituencies, these being the nine regions of England, and the three countries of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The mainland constituencies (which include Gibraltar) use proportional representation from closed lists using the D'Hondt method ^[4][5]. Northern Ireland uses the single transferable vote ^[6].

The allocation of seats to each member state is based on the principle of degressive proportionality, so that, while the size of the population of each country is taken into account, smaller states elect more MEPs than would be strictly justified by their populations alone. As the number of MEPs granted to each country has arisen from treaty negotiations, there is no precise formula for the apportionment of seats among member states. No change in this configuration can occur without the unanimous consent of all governments.^[3][7]

As of January 2009, the political debate in Italy sees a wide parliamentary majority, including Berlusconi's PdL and Veltroni's Partito Democratico, converging on the introduction of a 4% election threshold for the election of Italian MEPs, where the previous electoral law featured no threshold.

European Parliament Apportionment changes between the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon (as calculated for purposes of the '09 European Elections)
Member state	2007	2009 Nice	2009 Lisbon		Member state	2007	2009 Nice	2009 Lisbon		Member state	2007	2009 Nice	2009 Lisbon
Germany	99	99	96		Czech Republic	24	22	22		Slovakia	14	13	13
France	78	72	74		Greece	24	22	22		Ireland	13	12	12
United Kingdoma	78	72	73		Hungary	24	22	22		Lithuania	13	12	12
Italy	78	72	73		Portugal	24	22	22		Latvia	9	8	9
Spain	54	50	54		Sweden	19	18	20		Slovenia	7	7	8
Poland	54	50	51		Austria	18	17	19		Cyprus	6	6	6
Romania	35	33	33		Bulgaria	18	17	18		Estonia	6	6	6
Netherlands	27	25	26		Finland	14	13	13		Luxembourg	6	6	6
Belgium	24	22	22		Denmark	14	13	13		Malta	5	5	6
a Includes Gibraltar, but not any other BOT, SBA or Crown dependency b The speaker is not counted officially, thus leaving 750 MEPs. Italicised countries are divided into sub-national constiuencies										Total:	785	736	751b

Political groups

Group		Leader(s)	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Joseph Daul	288
	PES	Martin Schulz	217
	ALDE	Graham Watson	100
	ECRG	TBA (group is emerging)	55
	UEN	Brian Crowley Cristiana Muscardini	44
	G-EFA	Monica Frassoni Daniel Cohn-Bendit	43
	GUE-NGL	Francis Wurtz	41
	ID	Nigel Farage Hanne Dahl	22
	Non-Inscrits	MEPs without group	30	Source: European Parliament

The European Union has a multi-party system. Often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalitions known as "groups". However it should be noted that as no government is formed as a result of the elections, there are no permanent, formal coalitions.

The two major parties are the conservative European People's Party and socialist Party of European Socialists. They form the two largest groups, (called EPP-ED and PES respectively) along with other smaller parties. There are numerous other groups including Communists, Greens, Regionalists, National Conservatives, Liberals and Eurosceptics. Together they form the seven (from January 2007 to November 2007: eight) recognised groups in the parliament.^[8]

MEPs that are not members of groups are known as non-inscrits.

Voter behaviour

It has been a common belief among analysis^{[weasel words]} that European elections are fought on national issues and used by voters to punish their governments mid-term. Turnout has also been falling steadily since the first elections in 1979 indicating increased apathy about the Parliament despite its increase in power over that period. Political scientists in Cologne have indicated voters may in fact be expressing their view on European integration. As national governments have become more pro-integration, there has been a steady rise in the number of eurosceptic MEPs elected which the scientists predict will only increase after the 2009 election. They also state that dissatisfaction with the EU, not the national governments, is prompting the increasingly low turnouts.^[9]

The turnout is an increasingly big issue for some, with some noting that in the UK, 11 million voted in the 1999 European elections while 23 million voted on the Big Brother TV show in 2002. Despite falling below 50% since 1999, turnout is not yet as low as that of the US Midterm elections which usually fall below 40%. The turnout has fallen in every EU election since the first. In 2009, the overall turnout was just 43%, down from 45.5% in 2004. In Britain the turnout was just 34.3%, down from 38% in 2004. However that situation is not criticised so much due to the fact the US President is elected separately, whereas the EU Commission President is appointed. Some such as former Parliament President Pat Cox has also noted that the 1999 election turnout was higher than the previous US Presidential election.^[10][11] It is hoped though that by more closely linking that post to the elections, turnout should increase.^[12][13][14]

Results

Historical percentage results in union-wide elections of the three major groups by region.^[15]

REGION	1979	1984	1989	1994	1999	2004	2009
	3.6	6.3	6.3	22	35.3	31.2	?
Northern	3.6	2.7	4.5	6.8	16.7	18.1	?
	23.2	33	45.5	56.8	27.6	23.9	?
	33.6	30.9	26.7	31.9	36.4	34.9	?
Western	6.5	10.6	12	8.5	5.2	11.9	?
	34.1	32.7	32.7	29.9	27.9	30.2	?
	37	34.3	29.6	25.9	39.8	38.2	?
Southern	6.2	4.8	9.5	8.5	5	7.9	?
	16	21	29.1	29.9	30.8	33	?
	-	-	-	-	-	46.4	?
Eastern	-	-	-	-	-	14.3	?
	-	-	-	-	-	21.4	?
	26	25.3	23.4	27.7	37.2	36.9	?
Total	9.8	7.1	9.5	7.6	8	12.4	?
	27.6	30	34.2	34.9	28.8	28.3	?
Turnout	63	61	58.5	56.8	49.4	45.5	43

Legend:   [     ] Socialist (PES) - [     ] Liberal (ELDR -2004- ALDE) - [     ] People's (EPP -1994- EPP-ED)

Northern	Denmark,  Finland,  Ireland,  Sweden and  United Kingdom
Western	Austria,  Belgium,  France,  Germany,  Luxembourg and  Netherlands,
Southern	Cyprus,  Greece,  Italy,  Malta,  Portugal and  Spain
Eastern	Bulgaria,  Czech Republic,  Estonia,  Hungary,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Romania,  Slovakia and  Slovenia

List of elections

List of all union-wide elections and by-elections;

2009 - EU 27 Previous Elections: 2007 - Bulgaria and Romania 2004 - EU 25

1999 - EU 15 1995 - Austria, Finland and Sweden 1994 - EU 12 1989 - EC 12

1987 - Portugal and Spain 1984 - EC 10 1981 - Greece 1979 - EC 9

Commission President

Election	Largest Group	President	Party
1994	PES	Jacques Santer	EPP
1999	EPP-ED	Romano Prodi	PES
2004	EPP-ED	José Manuel Barroso	EPP

The third Delors Commission had a short mandate, in order to bring the terms of the Commission in line with that of the Parliament. Under the European Constitution the European Council would have to take into account the results of the latest European elections and, furthermore, the Parliament would ceremonially "elect", rather than simply approve, the Council's proposed candidate. This was taken as the parliament's cue to have its parties run with candidates for the President of the European Commission with the candidate of the winning party being proposed by the Council.^[16]

This was partly put into practice in 2004 when the European Council selected a candidate from the political party which won that year's election. However at that time only one party had run with a specific candidate: the European Green Party, who had the first true pan-European political party with a common campaign,^[17] put forward Daniel Cohn-Bendit.^[16] However the fractious nature of the other political parties led to no other candidates, the People's Party only mentioned four or five people they'd like to be President.^[18] The Constitution failed ratification but these amendments have been carried over to the Treaty of Lisbon which is planned to come into force in 2009. There are plans to strengthen the European political parties^[14] in order for them to propose candidates for the 2009 election.^[13][19] The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party have already indicated, in their October 2007 congress, their intention for forward a candidate for the post as part of a common campaign.^[20]

In February 2008, President Barroso admitted there was a problem in legitimacy and that, despite having the same legitimacy as Prime Ministers in theory, in practice it was not the case. The low turnout creates a problem for the President's legitimacy, with the lack of a "European political sphere", but analysis claim that if citizens were voting for a list of candidates for the post of President, turn out would be much higher than that seen in recent years.^[21]

See also

Democratic deficit in the European Union Electoral calendar Electoral system European Parliament European Parliament election 2009 European Parliament political group History of the European Union Member of the European Parliament

National elections; Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark

Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland

Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland

Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

References

Statistics

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1979 - Statistics
Area	Dates	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Previous	Next	Election methods	Sources
European Community (EC-9)	June 7,10 1979	410	191,783,528	63%	Inaugural	1981	All PR, except UK (not NI) which used FPTP	[1][2] [3]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1984 - Statistics
Area	Dates	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Previous	Next	Election methods	Sources
European Community (EC-10)	June 14,17 1984	434	200,505,752	61%	1979	1989	All PR, except UK (not NI) which used FPTP	[4] [5] [6]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1989 - Statistics
Area	Dates	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Previous	Next	Election methods	Sources
European Community (EC-12)	June 15-18 1989	518	244,951,379	58.5%	1984	1994	All PR, except UK (not NI) which used FPTP	[7] [8][9] [10]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1994 - Statistics
Area	Dates	Seats	Electorate	Turnout	Previous	Next	Election methods	Sources
European Union (EU-12)	June 9,12 1994	567	269,261,000	56.8%	1989	1995	All PR, except UK (not NI) which used FPTP	[11] [12]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1999 - Statistics
Area	European Union (EU-15)	Sources
Dates	• Thursday June 10: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark  • Friday June 11: Ireland  • Sunday June 13: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden	[13][14]
Seats	626	[15][16]
Candidates	over 10,000	[17]
Electorate	288 million	[18]
Turnout	49.8%	[19]
Previous	European Parliament election, 1994	n/a
Next	European Parliament election, 2004	n/a
Election methods	All proportional representation.	[20]
Preference voting allowed?	• Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Sweden.  • Yes, via STV: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only)  • No: the rest	[21][22]
Cutoff?	• 5%: France, Germany  • 4%: Austria, Sweden  • 3%: Greece  • none: the rest	[23]
Seat allocation	• Sainte-Laguë method: Sweden  • STV method: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only)  • Hare-Niemeyer method: Germany  • Pro-rata: Greece  • Largest remainder method: Italy  • D'Hondt method: the rest	[24][25][26]
Constituency boundaries	• Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), Ireland (4), Italy (5), United Kingdom (12)  • Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level), Finland (candidate lists at electoral district or national level)  • Member state as single constituency: the rest	[27][28][29]
Minimum voting age	18	[30][31]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 2004 - Statistics
Area	European Union (EU-25)	Sources
Dates	• Thursday June 10: Netherlands, United Kingdom,  • Friday June 11: Czech Republic, Ireland  • Saturday June 12: Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Malta  • Sunday June 13: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden	[32]
Seats	732	[33][34]
Candidates	over 14,600	[35]
Electorate	342 million	[36][37][38]
Turnout	45.6%	[39]
Previous	European Parliament election, 1999	n/a
Next	European Parliament election, 2009	n/a
Election methods	All proportional representation.	[40]
Preference voting allowed?	• Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden.  • Yes, via STV: Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom (NI only)  • No: the rest	[41][42][43]
Cutoff?	• 5%: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia  • 4%: Austria, Sweden  • 3%: Greece  • none: the rest	[44][45][46]
Seat allocation	• Sainte-Laguë method: Latvia, Sweden  • STV method: Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom (NI only)  • Highest averages method: France  • Largest remainder method: Italy  • Pro-rata: Greece  • Droop method: Slovakia  • Hare-Niemeyer method: Germany  • Hare-Niemeyer method and D'Hondt method: Poland  • D'Hondt method: the rest	[47][48][49][50][51]
Constituency boundaries	• Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), France (8), Ireland (4), Italy (5), Poland (13), United Kingdom (12)  • Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level)  • Member state as single constituency: the rest	[52][53][54]
Minimum voting age	18	[55]
Presidential election	• First round: Josep Borrell, 388 votes; Bronisław Geremek, 208 votes; Francis Wurtz, 51 votes  • Josep Borrell, having achieved a majority of valid votes in the first round, was elected President of the European Parliament	[56]

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1979 - Delegation at 17 July 1979
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	SOC	Social Democrats	West Germany 35, Belgium 7, Denmark 4, France 22, Ireland 4, Italy 13, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 9, UK 18	28%	113
	EPP	Christian Democrats	West Germany 42, Belgium 10, France 8, Ireland 4, Italy 30, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 10	26%	107
	ED	Conservatives	Denmark 3, UK 61	16%	64
	COM	Communists and the Far Left	Denmark 1, France 19, Italy 24	11%	44
	LD	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	West Germany 4, Belgium 4, Denmark 3, France 17, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 4	10%	40
	EPD	National Conservatives	Denmark 1, France 15, Ireland 5, UK 1	5%	22
	CDI	Heterogeneous	Belgium 1, Denmark 4, Ireland 1, Italy 5	3%	11
	NI	Independents	Belgium 2, Italy 4, Netherlands 2, UK 1	2%	9
Sources: [57] [58] [59] [60]				100%	410

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1984 - Delegation at 23 July 1984
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	SOC	Social Democrats	West Germany 33, Belgium 7, Denmark 4, France 20, Italy 12, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 33, Greece 10	30%	130
	EPP	Christian Democrats	West Germany 41, Belgium 6, Denmark 1, France 9, Ireland 6, Italy 27, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 8, Greece 9	25%	110
	ED	Conservatives	Denmark 4, UK 46	12%	50
	COM	Communists and the Far Left	Denmark 1, France 10, Italy 26, Greece 4	9%	41
	LD	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Belgium 5, Denmark 2, France 12, Ireland 1, Italy 5, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 5	7%	31
	EDA	National Conservatives	France 20, Ireland 8, UK 1	7%	29
	RBW	Greens and Regionalists	West Germany 7, Belgium 4, Denmark 4, Italy 3, Netherlands 2	5%	20
	ER	Far-Right Nationalists	France 10, Italy 5, Greece 1	4%	16
	NI	Independents	Belgium 2, Italy 3, Netherlands 1, UK 1	2%	7
Sources: [61] [62]				100%	434

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1989 - Delegation at 25 July 1989
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	SOC	Social Democrats	West Germany 31, Belgium 8, Denmark 4, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 14, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 8, UK 46, Greece 9, Spain 27, Portugal 8	35%	180
	EPP	Christian Democrats	West Germany 32, Belgium 7, Denmark 2, France 6, Ireland 4, Italy 27, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 10, UK 1, Greece 10, Spain 16, Portugal 3	23%	121
	LDR	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	West Germany 4, Belgium 4, Denmark 3, France 13, Ireland 2, Italy 3, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, Spain 6, Portugal 9	9%	49
	EUL & LU	Communists and the Far Left	Denmark 1, France 7, Ireland 1, Italy 22, Greece 4, Spain 4, Portugal 3	8%	42 (28+14)
	ED	Conservatives	Denmark 2, UK 32	7%	34
	G	Greens	West Germany 8, Belgium 3, France 8, Italy 7, Netherlands 2, Spain 1, Portugal 1	6%	30
	EDA	National Conservatives	France 13, Ireland 6, Greece 1	4%	20
	DR	Far-Right Nationalists	West Germany 6, Belgium 1, France 10	3%	17
	RBW	Regionalists	Belgium 1, Denmark 4, France 1, Ireland 1, Italy 3, UK 1, Spain 2	3%	13
	NI	Independents	France 1, Italy 5, Netherlands 1, UK 1, Spain 4	2%	12
Sources: [63] [64] [65] [66]				100%	518

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1994 - Delegation at 19 July 1994
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	PES	Social Democrats	Germany 40, Belgium 6, Denmark 3, France 15, Ireland 1, Italy 18, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 8, UK 63, Greece 10, Spain 22, Portugal 10	35%	198
	EPP	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Germany 47, Belgium 7, Denmark 3, France 13, Ireland 4, Italy 12, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 10, UK 19, Greece 9, Spain 30, Portugal 1	28%	157
	ELDR	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Belgium 6, Denmark 5, France 1, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 10, UK 2, Spain 2, Portugal 8	8%	43
	EUL	Communists and the Far Left	France 7, Italy 5, Greece 4, Spain 9, Portugal 3	5%	28
	NI	Independents	Belgium 3, France 11, Italy 12, UK 1	5%	27
	FE	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Italy 27	5%	27
	EDA	National Conservatives	France 14, Ireland 7, Greece 2, Portugal 2	5%	26
	G	Greens	Germany 12, Belgium 2, Denmark 1, Ireland 2, Italy 4, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 1	4%	23
	ERA	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Belgium 1, France 13, Italy 2, UK 2, Spain 1	3%	19
	EN	Eurosceptics	Denmark 4, France 13, Netherlands 2	3%	19
Sources: [67] [68] [69] [70] [71]				100%	567

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1999 - Delegation at 20 July 1999
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Germany 53, Belgium 5, Denmark 1, France 21, Ireland 5, Italy 34, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 37, Greece 9, Spain 29, Portugal 9, Austria 7, Finland 5, Sweden 5	37%	233
	PES	Social Democrats	Germany 33, Belgium 5, Denmark 3, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 17, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 6, UK 30, Greece 9, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 6	29%	180
	ELDR	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Belgium 5, Denmark 6, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 8, UK 10, Spain 3, Finland 5, Sweden 4	8%	50
	G/EFA	Greens and Regionalists	Germany 7, Belgium 7, France 9, Ireland 2, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 6, Spain 4, Austria 2, Finland 2, Sweden 2	8%	48
	EUL/NGL	Communists and the Far Left	Germany 6, Denmark 1, France 11, Italy 6, Netherlands 1, Greece 7, Spain 4, Portugal 2, Finland 1, Sweden 3	7%	42
	UEN	National Conservatives	Denmark 1, France 13, Ireland 6, Italy 9, Portugal 2	5%	31
	NI & TGI	Independents	Belgium 2, France 5, Italy 12, UK 1, Spain 1, Austria 5	4%	26 (18+8)
	EDD	Eurosceptics	Denmark 4, France 6, Netherlands 3, UK 3	3%	16
Sources: [72]				100%	626

v • d • e European Parliament election, 2004 - Delegation at 20 July 2004
Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Germany 49, Belgium 6, Denmark 1, France 17, Ireland 5, Italy 24, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 7, UK 28, Greece 11, Spain 24, Portugal 9, Austria 6, Finland 4, Sweden 5, Cyprus 3, Estonia 1, Hungary 13, Latvia 3, Lithuania 2, Malta 2, Poland 19, Czech Republic 14, Slovakia 8, Slovenia 4	37%	268
	PES	Social Democrats	Germany 23, Belgium 7, Denmark 5, France 31, Ireland 1, Italy 16, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 7, UK 19, Greece 8, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 5, Estonia 3, Hungary 9, Lithuania 2, Malta 3, Poland 8, Czech Republic 2, Slovakia 3, Slovenia 1	27%	200
	ALDE	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Germany 7, Belgium 6, Denmark 4, France 11, Ireland 1, Italy 12, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 5, UK 12, Spain 2, Finland 5, Sweden 3, Cyprus 1, Estonia 2, Hungary 2, Latvia 1, Lithuania 7, Poland 4, Slovenia 2	12%	88
	G/EFA	Greens and Regionalists	Germany 13, Belgium 2, Denmark 1, France 6, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 5, Spain 3, Austria 2, Finland 1, Sweden 1, Latvia 1	6%	42
	EUL/NGL	Communists and the Far Left	Germany 7, Denmark 1, France 3, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Netherlands 2, UK 1, Greece 4, Spain 1, Portugal 3, Finland 1, Sweden 2, Cyprus 2, Czech Republic 6	6%	41
	IND/DEM	Eurosceptics	Denmark 1, France 3, Ireland 1, Italy 4, Netherlands 2, UK 11, Greece 1, Sweden 3, Poland 10, Czech Republic 1	5%	37
	NI	Independents	Belgium 3, France 7, Italy 4, UK 2, Austria 3, Poland 6, Czech Republic 1, Slovakia 3	4%	29
	UEN	National Conservatives	Denmark 1, Ireland 4, Italy 9, Latvia 4, Lithuania 2, Poland 7	4%	27
Sources: [73] [74] [75] [76]				100%	732

External links

• Section devoted to the 2009 election on the European Parliament website
• EurActiv - EU Elections 2009
• EU Observer - EU Elections 2009
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• European Election Studies
• The European Parliament and Supranational Party System (Cambridge University Press 2002)
• Archive of European Integration (AEI) > Institutional Administration, Developments & Reform > Parliament > Elections
• Archive of European Integration (AEI) > Subject Areas > Political science themes > European elections
• European Research Papers Archive
• European Union Studies Association (EUSA)
• Mannheim documentation of the results of the European elections 1979 to 2004
• European Union Studies Association (EUSA)

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v • d • e Elections in Europe Sovereign states Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan2 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia2 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan3 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia3 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey3 · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · Vatican City Other entities European Union · Sovereign Military Order of Malta Dependencies, autonomies, other territories Abkhazia 2 · Adjara1 · Adygea · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Bashkortostan · Catalonia · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Crimea · Dagestan · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Ingushetia · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Republic of Karelia · Komi Republic · Kosovo · Madeira · Isle of Man · Mari El · Mordovia · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhchivan1 · North Ossetia-Alania · Northern Cyprus1 · South Ossetia 2 · Svalbard · Tatarstan · Transnistria · Udmurtia · Vojvodina Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country.  1 Entirely in Asia, but historically considered European.  2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions.  3 Transcontinental country.