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Projection of how the 720 seats will be distributed
Left
36seats
Greens
53
S&D
135
Other
100
Renew
79
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.
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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 | 186 | |||
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 foramajority
Centrist groups
EPP
S&D
Renew
186 seats
135
79
If centrist groups ally with right-wing groups
Centrist parties ( EPP, S&D and Renew )
ECR
ID
400 seats
73
58
If centrist groups ally with left-wing groups
Centrist parties ( EPP, S&D and Renew )
Greens
Left
400 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 | EPP | S&D | Renew | Greens | Left | ECR | ID | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
Smaller countries
| Country | EPP | S&D | Renew | Greens | Left | ECR | ID | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
