Pro-European parties retain a strong majority but right-wing parties make gains in Germany, Austria, France and Italy. Leftist parties win in Sweden, Denmark, Portugal and the Netherlands. Civic Coalition comes first in Poland
The European Parliament building, which opened in 1999, is named after Louse Weiss, a journalist, women’s rights activist and, later in her life, Gaullist politician
June 2024: In the elections to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 9 June 2024, pro-European party groups retained the majority despite suffering heavy losses in some cases. Out of 720 seats in parliament, staunchly pro-European party groups won 489 seats. However, they lost 36 seats. Eurosceptic groups won 131 seats, an increase of 13 seats. The 100 independents and non-defined members of parliament probably include a considerable number of Eurosceptics. For example, the 15 deputies sent to Strasbourg from the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) belong to this group after the party was expelled from the Identity and Democracy grouping in the European Parliament.
In Germany, voter turnout was higher than ever after 16 and 17-year-olds were allowed to vote for the first time. Almost 65% of those eligible to vote cast their ballot. In the first all-German EU election in 1994, the turnout had been exactly 60 percent, in later votes only between 40 and 50 percent.
Around 65 million people in Germany were eligible to vote. The European elections are seen as a mood test for the German parties for the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg in the autumn and for the parliamentary (Bundestag) elections in the autumn of next year.
Distribution of seats in the European Parliament
European People’s Party Group (EEP) centre-right – 185 seats (gained 9 seats)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), centre-left – 137 seats (lost 2 seats)
Renew Europe (RE), liberal / strongly pro-European – 79 seats (lost 23 seats)
Greens – European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), 52 seats (lost 19 seats)
The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) 36 seats (lost 1 seat)
European Conservatives and Reformists, anti-federalists (ECR), 73 seats (gained 4 seats)
Identity and Democracy (ID), right-wing nationalists, 58 seats (gained 9 seats)
Independents 46 seats (lost 16 seats)
Various others – 54 seats
Number of European Members of Parliament
The number of Members of Parliament (MEPs) each country sends to Strasbourg (minimum six, maximum 96) depends on their population size. Small countries receive more seats in proportion to their population. The parliament has 720 seats in total:
Germany: 96 | France: 81 | Italy: 76 | Spain: 61 | Poland: 53 | Romania: 33 | Netherlands: 31 | Belgium: 22 | Greece: 21 | Czech Republic: 21 | Sweden: 21 | Portugal: 21 | Hungary: 21 | Austria: 20 | Bulgaria: 17 | Denmark: 15 | Finland: 15 | Slovakia: 15 | Ireland: 14 | Croatia: 12 | Lithuania: 11 | Slovenia: 9 | Latvia: 9 | Estonia: 7 | Cyprus: 6 | Luxembourg: 6 | Malta: 6
Results of 2024 European Elections
(Country-by-country results)
Freiheitliche Partei, right-wing, 25.7%, 6 seats, gained 3 seats
Österreichische Volkspartei, centre-right, 24.7%, 5 seats, lost 2 seats
Sozialdemokratische Partei, centre-left, 23.2%, 5 seats, no change
Die Grünen, centre-left, green, 10.7%, 2 seats, lost 1 seat
NEOS, liberal, 9.9%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Vlaams Belang, right-wing, 14.5%, 3 seats
New Flemish Alliance, Flemish nationalist, 14.0%, 3 seats
Reformist Movement, liberal, 12.6%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
Christian Democratic and Flemish, Christian-conservative, 8.3%, 2 seats
Vooruit, social-democratic, 8.0%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Socialist Party, socialist, 7.4%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Workers Party of Belgium, socialist, 5.1%, 1 seat, gained 1 seat
Groen, Green, 6.3%, 1 seat
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats, liberal, 5.6%, lost 1 seat
Workers Party of Belgium, socialist, 5.6%, 1 seat
Les Engagés, French-speaking centrist party, 5.2%, 1 seat
GERB—SDS, centre-right, 23.5%, 5 seats
Political Alliance PP–DB, pro-European, centre-left, 14.9%, 3 seats
Revival, far-right, 14.2%m 3 seats
DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedom), 13.5%, 3 seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party, centre-left, 7.1%, 2 seats, lost 3 seats
HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union), conservative, 34.6% 6 seats (gained 2 seats)
SDP (Rivers of Justice), centre-left, 26%, 4 seats
Homeland Movement, nationalist, right-wing, 8.8%, 1 seat
Mozemo (We can), leftist, green, 5.9%, 1 seat
Democratic Rally, Christian-democratic, 24.8%, 2 seats
AKEK (Progressive party of Working People), communist, 21.5%, 1 seat, lost 1 seat
ELAM (National Popular Front) far-right, neo-fascist, 11.2%, 1 seat
ANO, populist, 26.1%, 7 seats, gained 4 seats
Spolu, centre-right, 22.3%, 6 seats
AUTO, pro-motorists, 10.3%, 2 seats
Stacilo, left-wing, 9.6&, 2 seats
STAN (Mayors for Europe), centrist, 8.7%, 2 seats
Czech Pirate Party, liberal-progressive, 6.2%, 1 seat, lost 2 seats
Green Left (SF), 17.4%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
Social Democrats, centre-left, 15.6%, 3 seats
Venstre, conservative, 14.7%, 2 seats, lost 1 seat
Liberal Alliance, centrist-liberal, 7%, 1 seat, gained 1 seat
Isamaa, Christian-democratic, 21.5%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Social Democratic Party, social-democratic, 19.3%, 2 seats
Estonian Reform Party, liberal, 17.9%, 1 seat, lost 1 seat
Conservative People’s Party, right-wing, 14.9%, 1 seat
National Coalition Party (KOK), liberal, 24.8%, 4 seats, gained 1 seat
Left Alliance, socialist, 17.3%, 3 seats, gained 2 seats
Social Democratic Party, social-democratic, pro-European, 14.9%, 2 seats
Centre Party (KESK), centrist, 11.6%, 2 seats
Green League, green, centre-left, 11.3%, 2 seats, lost 1 seat
National Rally (RN), far-right, 31.4%, 30 seats, gained 12 seats
Besoin d’Europe, liberal, pro-European, 14.6%, 13 seats
Réveiller L’Europe, socialist, 13.8%, 13 seats
La France Insoumise, left-wing, 9.9%, 9 seats, gained 4 seats
The Republicans, liberal-conservative, Gaullist, 7.3%, 6 seats, lost 1 seat
The Ecologists (LE-EELV), green, leftist, 5.5%, 5 seats, lost 1 seat
La France Fière (Proud France), 5.5%, 5 seats
Christian Democrats (CDU)/CSU, centre-right, 30.0%, 29 seats
Alternative for Germany (AfD), far-right, 15.9%, 15 seats, gained 6 seats
Social Democrats (SPD), centre-left, 13.9%, 14 seats, lost 2 seats
The Greens, centre-left, 11.9%, 12 seats, lost 9 seats
Coalition Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), populist, 6.2%, 6 seats
Free Democrats (FDP) centre-right, 5.2%, 5 seats
The Left, leftist, 2.7%, 3 seats, lost 2 seats
Free Voters, centre-right, 2.7%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
Volt Germany, pro-European, 2.6%, 3 seats, gained 2 seats
Die PARTEI, centrist, 1.9%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Tierschutzpartei, animal protection, 1.4%, 1 seat
New Democracy, liberal-conservative, 28.3%, 7 seats, gained 1 seat
Syriza, leftist, 14.9%, 4 seats, gained 2 seats
PASOK, social-democratic, 12.8%, 3 seats, gained 2 seats
Greek Solution, far-right, 9.3%, 2 seats
Communist Party of Greece, 9.3%, 2 seats
Fidesz, right-wing, 44.8%, 11 seats
TISZA (Respect & Freedom Party), centre-left, 29.6%, 7 seats
Dialogue Alliance, 8.1%, 2 seats
Our Homeland Movement, far-right, 6.7%, 1 seat, gained 1 seat
Fine Gael, liberal-conservative, 20.8%, 3 seats, lost 2 seats
Fianna Fáil, conservative, 20.4%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
Sinn Féin, leftist, pro-united Ireland, 11.1%, 3 seats, gained 2 seats
Brothers of Italy, right-wing, 28.8%, 24 seats, gained 14 seats
Democratic Party, centre-left, 24.1%, 21 seats, gained 5 seats
Five Star Movement, populist, 10.0%, 8 seats, gained 3 seats
Forzo Italia, centre-right, 9.6%, 8 seats
Lega, right-wing, 9.0%, 8 seats, lost 14 seats
AVS (Greens), leftist, 6.8%, 6 seats, gained 5 seats
South Tyrolian People’s Party, conservative, 0.5%, 1 seat
New Unity, centre-right, 25.1%, 2 seats
National Alliance, right-wing, populist, 22.1%, 2 seats
For Latvia’s Development (LA), 9.4%, 1 seat
The Progressives, social-democratic, 7.4%, 1 seat, gained 1 seat
Homeland Union, conservative, 21.3%, 3 seats, lost 1 seat
Social Democratic Party, centre-left, 18.0%, 2 seats
Lithuanian Farmers, green-conservative, 9.1%, 1 seat
People & Justice Union, centrist, 5.5%, 1 seat, gained 1 seat
Christian Social People’s Party (CSV), conservative, 22.9%, 2 seats
Luxembourg Socialist workers’ Party (LSAP), social-democratic, 21.7%, 1 seat
Democratic Party, liberal, 18.3%, 1 seat
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), conservative, 11.3%, 1 seat
Labour Party, centre-left, 45.3%, 3 seats, lost 1 seat
Nationalist Party, conservative, 42.0%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
GroenLinks–PvdA, green, centre-left, 21.6%, 8 seats
Party for Freedom (PVV), right-wing, populist, 17.7%, 6 seats, gained 6 seats
People’s Party (VVD), centre-right, 11.6%, 4 seats, lost 1 seat
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), centre-right, 9.7%, 3 seats, lost 2 seats
Democrats 66, centrist-liberal, 8.1%, 3 seats, gained 2 seats
Vold Netherlands, liberal, strongly pro-European, 4.9%, 2 seats, gained 2 seats
Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), right-wing, 5.3%, 2 seats
Civic Coalition (KO), centrist, 37.1%, 21 seats
Law and Justice (PiS), right-wing populist, 36.2%, 20 seats, lost 5 seats
Confederation, far-right, 12.1%, 6 seats, gained 6 seats
Third Way (Trzecia Droga), centre-right, 6.9%, 3 seats
The Left (Lewica), leftist, 6.3%, 3 seats
Socialist Party, social-democratic, 32.1%, 8 seats, lost 1 seat
Democratic Alliance (AD), centre-right, 31.1%, 7 seats
Chega, right-wing, 9.8%, 2 seats
Liberal Initiative (IL), liberal, 9.1%, 2 seats
Left Bloc (BE), left-wing, 4.3%, 1 seat, lost 1 seat
CDU (Unitary Democratic Coalition), left-wing green, 4.1%, 1 seat, lost 1 seat
National Coalition for Romania, centre-left, 48.7%, 19 seats
Alliance for the Union of Romanians, right-wing, 14.9%, 6 seats, gained 5 seats
United Right Alliance, centre-right, 8.6%, 3 seats
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians, represents the Hungarian minority, 6.6%, 2 seats
SOS Romania, far right, 5%, 2 seats
Progressive Slovakia (PS), liberal, 27.8%, 6 seats
Social Democracy (SMER), left-wing nationalist, 24.6%, 5 seats, gained 3 seats
Republika, far-right, 12.5%, 2 seats, gained 1 seat
Voice – Social Democracy (HLAS), social-democratic, 7.2%, 1 seat
Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS), conservative, 30.7%, 4 seats, gained 2 seats
Freedom Movement (Z.DEJ), liberal green, 22.2%, 2 seats
Vesna – Green Party, green, 10.5%, 1 seat
Social Democrat (SD), centre-left pro-European, 7.7%, 1 seat, lost 1 seat
People’s Party (PP), conservative, 34.2%, 22 seats, gained 9 seats
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, social-democratic, 30.2%, 20 seats, lost 1 seat
VOX, right-wing, 9.6%, 6 seats, gained 2 seats
Republics Now, centre-left, 4.9%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
SUMAR, left-wing, 4.7%, 3 seats
SALF, liberal, 4.6%, 3 seats
Podemos, left-wing populist, 3.3%, 2 seats, lost 2 seats
Social Democratic Party, centre-left, 24.8%, 5 seats
Moderate Party, conservative, 17.6%, 4 seats
Green Party, green, 13.8%, 3 seats
Sweden Democrats, right-wing populist, 13.2%, 3 seats, gained 1 seat
Left Party, socialist, 11%, 2 seats
Centre Party, liberal, 7.3%, 1 seat
Christian Democrats, centre-right, 5.7%, 1 seat
Liberals, liberal, 4.4%, 1 seat
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