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In May 2019, European citizens voted on their representatives in the European Parliament for the next five years, to defend their interests in the EU. This year’s election had a turnout of 51%, an increase of 8.3 percentage points from the previous election in 2014. It is also the first time since 1999 that more than half of adult citizens voted. The 751 MEPs elected have an average age of 50 years (with the youngest being 21 and the oldest 82). There is a majority of new MEPs(435). Women represent 40.4% of all MEPs. MEPs by Member State * MEPs by political group New and re-elected MEPs 23% 51% 89% SK EU BE 16 Member States had turnout below the EU average (FR, IE, PL, CY, HU, NL, FI, EE, UK, LV, BG, PT, HR, SI, CZ, and SK); 12 above the EU average (BE, LU, MT, DK, DE, ES, AT, EL, SE, IT, LT and RO). NB: voting is compulsory in five Member States – BE, BG, LU, CY and EL. GUE/NGL: 5.5% S&D: 20.6% Gr eens/EFA: 9.9% Renew Europe: 14.4% EPP: 24.3% ECR: 8.3% ID: 9.8% NI: 7.2% 748 seats * NI GUE/ NGL ECR ID Greens/ EFA Renew Europe S&D EPP 182 154 108 74 73 62 41 54 Age of MEPs Gender of MEPs 40.4% Share of female MEPs 302 Female MEPs 59.6% Share of male MEPs 446 Male MEPs 295 16 435 New MEPs that have never sat in the European Parliament. Re-elected MEPs that were in the EP during at least the previous term (2014-2019). Re-elected MEPs that were in the EP in previous terms but not in 2014-2019. New MEPs Re-elected MEPs 21 50 82 Minimum Average Maximum Turnout at EP elections 2019-2024 Trends in turnout at EP elections DE FR UK I T ES PL RO NL BE CZ EL HU PT SE AT BG DK FI SK HR I E LT LV SI CY EE LU MT 96 74 73 73 51 51 32 26 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 17 13 13 13 11 11 11 8 8 6 6 6 6 * Spanish authorities have not yet notified Parliament of the Members elected to three seats, therefore the total does not reach the 751 provided for in EU law. 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2019 2009 1999 1989 1979 62% 49% 51% In the 2019 election the turnout increased by 8.3 percentage points since last term Members of the European Parliament, 2019-2024 EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service Authors: Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service PE 637.976 - July 2019 AT A GLANCE Infographic
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In May 2019, European citizens voted on their representatives in the European Parliament for the next five years, to defend their interests in the EU. This year’s election had a turnout of 51%, an increase of 8.3 percentage points from the previous election in 2014. It is also the first time since 1999 that more than half of adult citizens voted.The 751 MEPs elected have an average age of 50 years (with the youngest being 21 and the oldest 82). There is a majority of new MEPs(435). Women represent 40.4% of all MEPs.
MEPs by Member State *
MEPs by political group
New and re-elected MEPs
23% 51% 89%
SK EU BE
16 Member States has a turnout below the EU average (FR, IE, PL, CY, HU, NL, FI, EE, UK, LV, BG, PT, HR, SI, CZ, and SK)
12 Member States with turnout above the EU
average (BE, LU, MT, DK, DE, ES, AT, EL, SE, IT, LT and RO)
16 Member States had turnout below the EU average (FR, IE, PL, CY, HU, NL, FI, EE, UK, LV, BG, PT, HR, SI, CZ, and SK); 12 above the EU average (BE, LU, MT, DK, DE, ES, AT, EL, SE, IT, LT and RO). NB: voting is compulsory in five Member States – BE, BG, LU, CY and EL.
GUE/NGL: 5.5%
S&D: 20.6%
Greens/EFA: 9.9%
Renew Europe: 14.4% EPP: 24.3%
ECR: 8.3%
ID: 9.8%
NI: 7.2%
Note: Spanish authorities have not yet noti�ed Parliament of the Members elected to three seats, therefore the total does not reach the 751 provided for in EU law.
748seats *
NIGUE/NGL
ECRIDGreens/EFA
RenewEurope
S&DEPP
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10874 73 62 41 54
Age of MEPs
Gender of MEPs
40.4%Share of female MEPs
302 Female MEPs
59.6%Share of male MEPs
446Male MEPs
295 16435
New MEPs that have never sat in the European Parliament.Re-elected MEPs that were in the EP during at least the previous term (2014-2019).Re-elected MEPs that were in the EP in previous terms but not in 2014-2019.
New MEPs Re-elected MEPs
21 50 82
Minimum Average Maximum
Turnout at EP elections 2019-2024Trends in turnout at EP elections
DE FR UK IT ES PL RO NL BE CZ EL HU PT SE AT
BG DK FI SK HR IE LT LV SI CY EE LU MT
9674 73 73
51 5132
26 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 17 13 13 13 11 11 11 8 8 6 6 6 6
* Spanish authorities have not yet notified Parliament of the Memberselected to three seats, therefore the total does not reach the 751 provided for in EU law.
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25%
50%
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100%
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In the 2019 election the turnout increased by 8.3 percentage points since last term
Members of the European Parliament, 2019-2024
EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service
Authors: Giulio Sabbati, Members’ Research Service
PE 637.976 - July 2019
AT A GLANCEInfographic
Share of new MEPs by Member State Share of new MEPs by political group
Age of MEPs by Member State Female MEPs in the European Parliament
0%
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16%
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40%
More than 50.0%
45.0% - 50.0%
38.0% - 44.9%
33.3% - 37.9%Less than 33.3%
55.0%0%50.0%45.0%38.0%33.3%
MT 29 44 71
SE 32 45 58
BG 30 46 67
HU 30 46 66
CZ 26 46 66
NL 29 46 66
DK 21 46 74
AT 27 47 61
HR 28 47 62
EE 28 48 62
SK 34 49 65
PT 27 49 66
DE 26 49 78
RO 33 49 67
IT 30 49 82
FR 23 50 72
SI 30 50 59
ES 25 50 74
EL 33 52 67
BE 34 52 68
LU 35 52 67
UK 29 53 77
IE 32 54 68
FI 40 55 73
PL 34 56 79
LV 43 57 69
CY 49 55 59
LT 54 60 65
Minimum Average Maximum
New MEPs are those that have never sat in the European Parliament before. They represent 58% of the total MEPs. The percentage varies between 85% in Slovakia - where 11 out of 13 MEPs are new - and 33% in Malta (2 of 6). Among the political groups, the new group, Identity and Democracy (ID), has the highest percentage of new MEPs, with 59 new MEPs from a total of 73.
The average age of MEPs is 50 years old; national averages vary between 44 and 60. The youngest MEP is from Denmark (21 years old) and the oldest is from Italy (82 years old).
Women represent 40.4% of all MEPs. There is a clear increasing path of female representation in the EP. It has doubled since the first elections in 1979, and has increased by 8 percentage points since the last election.
NotesCalculations are based on a total of 746 MEPs, due to missing data as well as the three seats in Spain as yet unfilled.Country codes: Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Croatia (HR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE), United Kingdom (UK).Political groups: Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) (EPP), Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), Renew Europe, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), Identity and Democracy (ID), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) and Non-attached Members (NI).Acronyms: European Parliament (EP), Member of European Parliament (MEP).Data source: data supplied by Members’ Administration Unit. Extraction date: data were extracted on 2 July 2019.
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