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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.
Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom are divided into constituencies, while the other member states have a single national constituency. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.
Currently, all member states hold elections to the European Parliament (EP) using various forms of proportional representation.[note 1]
The number of representatives per head of population varies widely across constituencies. For example, 77,000 German speaking Belgians have one representative, while Greater London have one seat for every 980,000 people. The quantity of MEPs representing each country, anyway, is approximately proportional to the population of that member state within the European Union.
Data are for the 2014–2019 legislature.
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Constituency | Member State | Area/Community | Seats | Population, 2012[1] (thousands) | Area[2] (km2) | GDP, 2011[3] (million €) | |||
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Total | Per seat | Total | Per seat | Total | Per seat | ||||
Austria | Austria | Austria | 18 | 8,430 | 468 | 83,879 | 4,660 | 299,127 | 16,618 |
Dutch-speaking electoral college | Belgium | Flemish Community | 12 | 6,389 | 532 | 13,521 | 1,127 | 212,354 | 17,696 |
French-speaking electoral college | Belgium | French Community of Belgium | 8 | 4,663 | 583 | 16,152 | 2,019 | 156,661 | 19,583 |
German-speaking electoral college | Belgium | German-speaking Community of Belgium | 1 | 77 | 77 | 854 | 854 | na | na |
Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 17 | 7,306 | 430 | 110,900 | 6,524 | 38,505 | 2,265 |
Cyprus | Cyprus | Cyprus | 6 | 864 | 144 | 9,251 | 1,542 | 17,979 | 2,997 |
Croatia | Croatia | Croatia | 11 | 4,269 | 388 | 56,594 | 5,145 | 44,384 | 4,035 |
Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 21 | 10,511 | 501 | 78,866 | 3,756 | 155,486 | 7,404 |
Denmark | Denmark | Denmark | 13 | 5,592 | 430 | 42,916 | 3,301 | 230,978 | 17,768 |
Estonia | Estonia | Estonia | 6 | 1,323 | 220 | 45,227 | 7,538 | 16,216 | 2,703 |
Finland | Finland | Finland | 13 | 5,414 | 416 | 338,435 | 26,033 | 188,656 | 14,512 |
North-West France | France | Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy | 10 | 9,298 | 930 | 61,720 | 6,172 | 229,998 | 23,000 |
West France | France | Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, Poitou-Charentes | 9 | 8,683 | 965 | 85,099 | 9,455 | 222,722 | 24,747 |
East France | France | Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine | 9 | 8,365 | 929 | 105,218 | 11,691 | 213,317 | 23,702 |
South-West France | France | Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées | 10 | 8,941 | 894 | 114,032 | 11,403 | 228,573 | 22,857 |
South-East France | France | Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes | 13 | 11,619 | 894 | 83,778 | 6,444 | 345,312 | 26,562 |
Loire, Massif Central | France | Auvergne, Centre, Limousin | 5 | 4,665 | 933 | 82,106 | 16,421 | 115,987 | 23,197 |
Île-de-France | France | Île-de-France | 15 | 11,948 | 797 | 12,012 | 801 | 608,648 | 40,577 |
Overseas Territories of France | France | French overseas departments and territories | 3 | 2,714 | 905 | 112,447 | 37,482 | 50,962 | 16,987 |
Germany | Germany | Germany | 96 | 81,932 | 853 | 357,162 | 3,720 | 2,609,898 | 27,186 |
Greece | Greece | Greece | 21 | 11,093 | 528 | 131,957 | 6,284 | 208,530 | 9,930 |
Hungary | Hungary | Hungary | 21 | 9,920 | 472 | 93,024 | 4,430 | 98,921 | 4,711 |
Dublin | Ireland | Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin | 3 | 1,271 | 424 | 921 | 307 | 65,925 | 21,975 |
Midlands–North-West | Ireland | Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway | 4 | 1,635 | 409 | 37,282 | 9,321 | 40,416 | 10,104 |
South | Ireland | Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford | 4 | 1,675 | 419 | 31,935 | 7,984 | 50,147 | 12,537 |
North-West | Italy | Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont | 20 | 15,807 | 790 | 57,928 | 2,896 | 511,484 | 25,574 |
North-East | Italy | Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto | 14 | 11,482 | 820 | 62,327 | 4,452 | 364,561 | 26,040 |
Central | Italy | Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria | 14 | 11,637 | 831 | 58,084 | 4,149 | 340,669 | 24,334 |
Southern | Italy | Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise | 17 | 13,975 | 822 | 73,800 | 4,341 | 243,895 | 14,347 |
Islands (Italy) | Italy | Sardinia, Sicily | 8 | 6,639 | 830 | 49,932 | 6,242 | 117,031 | 14,629 |
Latvia | Latvia | Latvia | 8 | 2,034 | 254 | 64,573 | 8,072 | 20,182 | 2,523 |
Lithuania | Lithuania | Lithuania | 11 | 2,988 | 272 | 65,300 | 5,936 | 30,958 | 2,814 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 6 | 531 | 88 | 2,586 | 431 | 41,730 | 6,955 |
Malta | Malta | Malta | 6 | 420 | 70 | 316 | 53 | 6,631 | 1,105 |
Netherlands | Netherlands | Netherlands | 26 | 16,755 | 644 | 41,540 | 1,598 | 593,258 | 22,818 |
Pomeranian | Poland | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 3 | 2,287 | 762 | 18,310 | 6,103 | 20,921 | 6,974 |
Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Poland | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 3 | 2,097 | 699 | 17,972 | 5,991 | 16,597 | 5,532 |
Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian | Poland | Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 2 | 2,651 | 1,326 | 44,360 | 22,180 | 18,407 | 9,204 |
Warsaw | Poland | City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin) | 5 | 2,795 | 559 | 11,205 | 2,241 | 65,215 | 13,043 |
Masovian | Poland | The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Ciechanów, Gostyń, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Płock, Radom, Ostrołęka and Siedlce) | 3 | 2,499 | 833 | 24,353 | 8,118 | 17,715 | 5,905 |
Łódź | Poland | Łódź Voivodeship | 2 | 2,529 | 1,265 | 18,219 | 9,110 | 22,631 | 11,316 |
Greater Poland | Poland | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 5 | 3,350 | 670 | 15,183 | 3,037 | 27,653 | 5,531 |
Lublin | Poland | Lublin Voivodeship | 2 | 2,169 | 1,084 | 25,122 | 12,561 | 14,208 | 7,104 |
Subcarpathian | Poland | Subcarpathian Voivodeship | 3 | 2,129 | 710 | 17,846 | 5,949 | 13,840 | 4,613 |
Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie | Poland | Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 7 | 4,735 | 676 | 41,537 | 5,934 | 43,750 | 6,250 |
Silesian | Poland | Silesian Voivodeship | 7 | 4,621 | 660 | 12,333 | 1,762 | 48,124 | 6,875 |
Lower Silesian and Opole | Poland | Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship | 6 | 3,928 | 655 | 29,359 | 4,893 | 39,645 | 6,608 |
Lubusz and West Pomeranian | Poland | Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 3 | 2,745 | 915 | 36,880 | 12,293 | 22,145 | 7,382 |
Portugal | Portugal | Portugal | 21 | 10,515 | 501 | 92,212 | 4,391 | 170,942 | 8,140 |
Romania | Romania | Romania | 32 | 21,385 | 668 | 238,391 | 7,450 | 131,359 | 4,105 |
Slovakia | Slovakia | Slovakia | 13 | 5,408 | 416 | 49,036 | 3,772 | 68,975 | 5,306 |
Slovenia | Slovenia | Slovenia | 8 | 2,057 | 257 | 20,273 | 2,534 | 36,150 | 4,519 |
Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | 20 | 9,519 | 476 | 438,576 | 21,929 | 385,342 | 19,267 |
Spain | Spain | Spain | 54 | 46,773 | 866 | 505,991 | 9,370 | 1,045,263 | 19,357 |
London | United Kingdom | Greater London | 8 | 7,836 | 980 | 1,595 | 199 | 394,759 | 49,345 |
South East England | United Kingdom | South East | 10 | 8,520 | 852 | 19,405 | 1,941 | 255,188 | 25,519 |
South West England | United Kingdom | South West, Gibraltar | 6 | 5,303 | 884 | 24,395 | 4,066 | 131,444 | 21,907 |
West Midlands | United Kingdom | West Midlands | 7 | 5,456 | 779 | 13,004 | 1,858 | 126,337 | 18,048 |
North West England | United Kingdom | North West | 8 | 6,983 | 873 | 14,920 | 1,865 | 166,395 | 20,799 |
North East England | United Kingdom | North East | 3 | 2,606 | 869 | 8,676 | 2,892 | 53,604 | 17,868 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | United Kingdom | Yorkshire and the Humber | 6 | 5,301 | 884 | 15,564 | 2,594 | 120,310 | 20,052 |
East Midlands | United Kingdom | East Midlands | 5 | 4,481 | 896 | 15,811 | 3,162 | 103,712 | 20,742 |
East of England | United Kingdom | Eastern | 7 | 5,832 | 833 | 19,572 | 2,796 | 148,692 | 21,242 |
Northern Ireland | United Kingdom | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1,799 | 600 | 14,130 | 4,710 | 37,813 | 12,604 |
Scotland | United Kingdom | Scotland | 6 | 5,223 | 871 | 80,239 | 13,373 | 137,863 | 22,977 |
Wales | United Kingdom | Wales | 4 | 3,007 | 752 | 21,225 | 5,306 | 60,428 | 15,107 |
Total | 751 | 507,403 | 676 | 4,487,367 | 5,975 | 12,665,528 | 16,865 |
Regional constituencies by member state
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External links
- Fact Sheets on the European Union
- European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium) - electoral law
- European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland) - electoral law
- European Parliament election, 2004 (France) - electoral law
- European Parliament election, 2004 (Ireland) - electoral law
- European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland) - electoral law
- European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom) - electoral law
- European Election Law Association (Eurela)
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