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European Union 2024 Parliament Election Results

Projection of how the 720 seats will be distributed

Left
36 seats
Greens
53
S&D
135
Other
97
Renew
79
EPP
189
ECR
73
ID
58
Left-wing groups
Right-wing groups

Voters delivered gains for right-wing parties, some with nationalist and anti-immigrant policy agendas, projections for the European Parliament elections show. But the political center held, with mainstream conservatives, socialists and liberals controlling a comfortable majority in the 720-seat assembly.

Note: In most countries, party seat counts are based on final election results. However, some countries still have seat counts based on available provisional results in member states. Some counts may change as more results are reported.

Still, far-right parties surged in France and in Germany. In France, President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for snap elections after his Renaissance party got battered by the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen, which is part of the Identity and Democracy group. In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats finished behind Alternative for Germany, an ultranationalist party that is not currently affiliated with a larger group.

In the European Parliament, the European People’s Party, a center-right group, performed better than in the last elections and will continue to be the largest party in Parliament. Renew, a liberal group, and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats both marked losses compared to the last elections.

Read more about the major political party groups

Provisional results for overall seats by group

Group Seats
Seats
European People’s Party
189
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
135
Renew Europe
79
European Conservatives and Reformists
73

* Newly elected members not allied to any of the political groups in the outgoing parliament

The vote was important in setting the political tone in the E.U. for the next five years, and could determine how major issues such as migration are handled. The European Parliament approves E.U. laws, international treaties and plays an important role in scrutinizing spending.

If the E.U.’s three centrist groups together don’t cross the majority threshold, they will have to ally with more ideological partners.

361 seats needed for a majority

Centrist groups

EPP
S&D
Renew

189 seats

135

79

If centrist groups ally with right-wing groups

Centrist parties ( EPP, S&D and Renew )
ECR
ID

403 seats

73

58

If centrist groups ally with left-wing groups

Centrist parties ( EPP, S&D and Renew )
Greens
Left

403 seats

53

36

Mainstream conservative and the social democratic parties appear as though they will together still hold a majority of seats, just like five years ago in the last election.

Election results are announced country by country, and voting is organized according to national rules.

Seats by Country

Larger countries

Country EPPS&DRenewGreensLeftECRIDOther
Germany 30 14 8 16 4 0 0 24
France 6 13 13 5 9 5 30 0
Italy 9 21 0 3 0 24 8 11
Spain 22 20 1 4 3 6 0 5
Poland 23 3 1 0 0 20 0 6

Smaller countries

Country EPPS&DRenewGreensLeftECRIDOther
Romania 11 11 2 1 0 1 0 7
Netherlands 6 4 7 4 1 1 6 2
Belgium 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 0
Czech Rep. 5 0 7 1 1 3 1 3
Sweden 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 0
Portugal 7 8 2 0 2 0 2 0
Greece 7 3 0 0 4 2 0 5
Hungary 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 11
Austria 5 5 2 2 0 0 6 0
Bulgaria 6 2 5 0 0 0 0 4
Denmark 2 3 4 3 1 0 1 1
Finland 4 2 3 2 3 1 0 0
Slovakia 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 8
Ireland 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 4
Croatia 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
Lithuania 3 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
Slovenia 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Latvia 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 2
Estonia 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Cyprus 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Luxembourg 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Malta 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note: Countries are sorted by their population. Larger countries are member states with more than 20 million inhabitants.