European Parliament Elections
Elections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is largely composed of nationally elected officials. Europarties have the exclusive right to campaign EU-wide for the European elections.
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... Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall seats won +/- Notes 1994 55,306 1.3 (#8) 0 / 31 1999 178,642 5.0 (#7) 1 / 31 2004. 332,326 7.0 (#7) 2 / 27 2009. 323,269 7.1 (#7) 2 / 25 ... The party is not affiliated with the Party of the European Left ...
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... Election Largest Group President Party 1994 PES Jacques Santer EPP 1999 EPP-ED Romano Prodi PES 2004 EPP José Manuel Barroso EPP 2009 EPP Jos ... Under the European Constitution the European Council would have to take into account the results of the latest European elections and, furthermore, the Parliament would ceremonially "elect", rather than ... This was taken as the parliament's cue to have its parties run with candidates for the President of the European Commission with the candidate of the winning party being proposed ...
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