1999 European Parliament election

1999 European Parliament election

← 1994 10–13 June 1999 2004 →

All 626 seats to the European Parliament
314 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.8% (Decrease7.0 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Enrique Barón Crespo Pat Cox
Party EPP–ED PES ELDR
Leader's seat Germany Spain Munster
Last election 157, 27.7% 198, 34.9% 43, 7.6%
Seats won 233* 180* 50*
Seat change Increase76 Decrease18 Increase18
Percentage 37.2% 28.8% 8.0%
Swing Increase9.5% Decrease6.1% Increase0.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Heidi Hautala Francis Wurtz Charles Pasqua
Party Greens/EFA GUE/NGL UEN
Leader's seat Finland Île-de-France France
Last election 23, 4.1% 28, 4.9% 26, 4.6%
Seats won 48 42* 30
Seat change Increase25 Increase14 Increase4
Percentage 7.7% 6.7% 4.8
Swing Increase3.6% Increase1.8% Increase0.2%

Post-election composition of each member state's delegation

President of the European Parliament before election

José María Gil-Robles
EPP

President of the European Parliament after election

Nicole Fontaine
EPP–ED

The 1999 European Parliament election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where national elections were held that same day. This was the first election where Austria, Finland and Sweden voted alongside the other member states, having joined in 1995 and voted separately. The next election was held in 2004.