2024 European Parliament election

2024 European Parliament election

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All 720 seats to the European Parliament[a]
361 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout(50.74%[1] Increase0.08 pp)
 
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Leader Ursula von der Leyen Nicolas Schmit None[b]
Alliance EPP S&D PfE
Leader's seat Not running Not running
Last election 187 seats 148 seats New group
Seats won 188 136 84
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 12 Increase 8[c]

 
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Leader None Marie-Agnes
Strack-Zimmermann
[d]
Terry Reintke
Bas Eickhout
Alliance ECR Renew Greens/EFA
Leader's seat Germany Germany
Netherlands
Last election 62 seats 97 seats 67 seats
Seats won 78 77 53
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 20 Decrease 14

 
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Leader Walter Baier None
Alliance The Left ESN
Leader's seat Not running
Last election 40 seats New group
Seats won 46 25
Seat change Increase 6

Largest group and distribution of seats within each country.
Results by member state, shaded by EP group popular vote winner

President of the European Commission before election

Ursula von der Leyen
EPP

President of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen
EPP

The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024.[4] It was the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit.[5][6] A total of 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent more than 450 million people from 27 member states.[a] This election also coincided with a number of other elections in some European Union member states.

The European People's Party led by Ursula von der Leyen won the most seats in the European Parliament. The pro-EU centrist, liberal, social democrat and environmentalist parties suffered losses, while anti-EU right-wing populist parties made gains. The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group overtook the centrist Renew Europe group to win the fourth most seats, while another right-wing group, Patriots for Europe, the successor of Identity and Democracy, won the third most seats. In addition, a far-right group, Europe of Sovereign Nations, was formed, becoming the smallest group in the Parliament. In total, 187 MEPS (25% of Parliament) belonged to the hard-right which is more members than ever before in history.[7]

On 18 July 2024, Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected President of the European Commission in a secret ballot by the European Parliament.[8]


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  5. ^ "EUR-Lex - 12007L/TXT - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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