1979 European Parliament election

1979 European Parliament election

7–10 June 1979 1984 →
Members elected →
All 410 seats to the European Parliament 206 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	114,340,366 / 184,414,900 (62.0%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ernest Glinne [fr] Egon Klepsch James Scott-Hopkins Party SOC EPP ED Leader's seat Belgium (French) Germany Hereford and Worcester Seats won 113 / 410 107 / 410 64 / 410 Popular vote 29,530,418 31,355,631 6,878,970 Percentage 26.62% 28.26% 6.20%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Giorgio Amendola Martin Bangemann Christian de La Malène Party COM ELDR EPD Leader's seat Central Italy Germany France Seats won 44 / 410 40 / 410 22 / 410 Popular vote 14,908,281 11,520,616 4,114,969 Percentage 13.44% 10.38% 3.71%
Post-election composition of each member state's delegation
President of the European Parliament Simone Veil ELDR

The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states. They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament, and also the first international election in history.

Seats in the Parliament had been allocated to the states according to population, and in some cases were divided into constituencies, but members sat according to political groups.