1999 European Parliament election
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The 1999 European Parliament election was a
Final results
European Parliament election, 1999 - Final results at 20 July 1999 | ||||||
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Group | Description | Chaired by | MEPs | |||
EPP-ED | Christian Democrats
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Hans-Gert Pöttering | 233 | |||
PES | Social Democrats | Enrique Barón Crespo
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180 | |||
ELDR
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Liberals and Liberal Democrats | Pat Cox | 50 | |||
G–EFA
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Greens and Regionalists | Heidi Hautala Paul Lannoye |
48 | |||
EUL–NGL
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Communists and the Far left | Francis Wurtz | 42 | |||
UEN | National Conservatives | Charles Pasqua | 31 | |||
EDD | Eurosceptics | Jens-Peter Bonde | 16 | |||
TGI | Mixed | Gianfranco Dell'Alba Francesco Speroni |
18 | |||
NI | Independents and Far right | none | 8 | Total: 626 | Sources: [1] [2] Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine[3] Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine |
Results by country
The national results as at 13 June 1999 are as follows:
Group Nation |
EPP | PES | ELDR
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Greens-ALE
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GUE-NGL
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UEN | ID | NI | Total |
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Austria | 7 ÖVP 30,7% | 7 SPÖ 31,7% | 2 GRÜNEN 9,3%
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5 FPÖ 23,4% | 21 | ||||
Belgium | 3 CVP 13,5% 1 PSC 5,2% 1 CSP 0,1%
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3 PS 9,7% 2 SP 8,8%
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3 VLD 13,6% 2 PRL 10,2%1 FDF
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3 ECOLO 8,6% 2 AGALEV 7,5% 2 VU 7,6% |
2 VB 9,4% | 25 | |||
Denmark | 1 KF 8,5% | 3 S 16,5% | 5 V 23,4% 1 B 9,1% |
1 SF 7,1%
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1 N 7,3% | 1 DF 5,8% | 3 JB 16,1% | 16 | |
Finland | 4 KOK 25,3% 1 SKL 2,4%
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3 SDP 17,9%
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4 KESK 21,3% 1 SF 6,8%
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2 Vihr. 13,4% | 1 Vasem. 9,1% | 15 | |||
France | 12 RPR 12,8% 9 UDF 9,3% |
22 PS 22,0% | 9 Verts 9,7% | 6 PCF 6,8% 5 LO-LCR 5,2%
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13 RPF 13,1% | 6 CPNT 6,8%
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5 FN 5,7%
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87 | |
Germany | 43 CDU 39,3%10 CSU 9,4%
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33 SPD 30,7% | 7 Greens 6,4%
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6 PDS 5,8% | 99 | ||||
Greece | 9 ND 36,0% | 9 PASOK 32,9%
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3 KKE 8,7% 2 DIKKI 6,9% |
25 | |||||
Ireland | 4 FG 24,6% 1 Ind. |
1 Lab 8,7% | 1 Ind. | 2 GP 6,7% | 6 FF 38,6% | 15 | |||
Italy | 22 FI 25,2% 4 PPI 4,53% SVP 0,5%
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15 DS 17,4% 2 SDI 2,2% |
6 DEM 7,7% 1 PRI 0,5% |
2 FdV 1,8% | 4 PRC 4,3% 2 PdCI 2,0% |
9 AN–PS 10,3% | 7 LB 8,5% |
87 | |
Luxembourg | 2 CSV 31,7% | 2 LSAP 23,6% | 1 DP 20,5% | 1 Gréng 10,7% | 6 | ||||
Netherlands | 9 CDA 26,9% | 6 PvdA 20,1%
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6 VVD19,7% 2 D66 5,8% |
4 GL 11,9%
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1 SP 5,0% | 3 SGP-GPV-RPF 8,7% | 31 | ||
Portugal | 8 PSD 32,14% | 12 PS 44,55% | 2 CDU (PCP ) 10,7%
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2 PP 8,4% | 25 | ||||
Spain | 27 PP 40,4% |
24 PSOE 35,9% | 2 CiU (CDC) |
1 EA ) |
4 IU 5,9% | 1 EH 1,5% | 63 | ||
Sweden | 5 M 20,8% 2 KD 7,6% |
6 S 26,0% | 3 FP 13,8% 1 C 6,0% |
2 MP 9,5% | 3 V 15,8% | 22 | |||
United Kingdom | 36 CON 33,5% 1 UUP 1,1% |
29 LAB 26,3% 1 SDLP 1,8% |
10 LD 11,9% | 2 GPEW 5,9% |
3 UKIP 6,5% | 1 DUP 1,8% | 87 | ||
Total | 233 | 180 | 50 | 48 | 42 | 31 | 16 | 26 | 626 |
Group | PPE | PSE
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ELDR
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Greens-ALE
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GUE-NGL
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UEN | ID | NI |
Results by group
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Communists/Far Left
The
Social Democrats
The PES group did badly, losing 34 of its seats in the election and slipping to the second-biggest group.
Liberals/Liberal Democrats
The
Conservatives/Christian Democrats
The
National Conservatives
The Union for Europe (
Far-Right Nationalists
No explicitly far-right group per se was in existence immediately before or after the election. All far-right MEPs that were elected sat as Independents (see below).
Greens/Regionalists
The
Eurosceptics
The
Independents
The Non-Inscrits did badly, losing 20 MEPs to the election. Disparate members (two from Belgium, five from France and eleven from Italy)[5] tried to gain Group privilege by creating a group called the "Technical Group of Independent Members" (full title "Group for the technical co-ordination of groups and the defence of independent members", abbreviated to "TGI" or "TDI"). The attempt initially succeeded, with the group allowed to start the Fifth Parliament until the legal position could be checked.[5] In September, the Constitutional Affairs Committee ruled that they lacked a coherent position ("political affinity", the basis for forming a group) and were disbanded[6] - the only group ever to be forcibly dissolved. The TGI members returned to the Non-Inscrits, increasing their number to 27.[7]
See also
- Members of the European Parliament 1999–2004
Statistics
European Parliament election, 1999 - Statistics | ||
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Area | European Union (EU-15) | Sources |
Dates |
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[5][6] |
Seats | 626 | [7][8] |
Candidates | over 10,000 | [9] |
Electorate | 288 million | [10] |
Turnout | 49.8% | [11] |
Previous | 1994 European Parliament election | n/a |
Next | 2004 European Parliament election | n/a |
Election methods | All proportional representation. | [12] |
Preference voting allowed? | [13][14] | |
Cutoff? |
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[15] |
Seat allocation |
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[16][17][18] |
Constituency boundaries |
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[19][20][21] |
Minimum voting age | 18 | [22][23] |
European Parliament election, 1999 - Timeline | |||||||||||||
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Fourth Parliament | 1999 Election | Regrouping | Fifth Parliament | ||||||||||
Groups | Pre-elections May 5 |
Change | Results June 13 |
Change | Results July 20 |
New Groups |
First session July 20 |
Break up of TGI Sept 13 |
New Groups |
New session Sept 13 | |||
EPP | 201 | +23 | 224 | +9 | 233 | EPP-ED | 233 | +0 | EPP-ED | 233 | |||
PES | 214 | -34 | 180 | +0 | 180 | PES | 180 | +0 | PES | 180 | |||
ELDR | 42 | +1 | 43 | +7 | 50 | ELDR | 50 | +0 | ELDR | 50 | |||
ERA | 21 | -8 | 13 | -3 | 48 | G/EFA | 48 | +0 | G/EFA | 48 | |||
G | 27 | +11 | 38 | ||||||||||
EUL-NGL | 34 | +1 | 35 | +7 | 42 | EUL-NGL | 42 | +0 | EUL-NGL | 42 | |||
I-EN | 15 | +6 | 21 | -5 | 16 | EDD | 16 | +0 | EDD | 16 | |||
NI | 38 | -20 | 18 | -10 | 8 | NI | 8 | +19 | NI | 27 | |||
Others | 0 | +37 | 37 | -19 | 18 | TGI | 18 | -18 | |||||
UFE | 34 | -17 | 17 | +14 | 31 | UEN | 31 | -1 | UEN | 30 | |||
Total | 626 | 0 | 626 | 0 | 626 | Total | 626 | 0 | Total | 626 | |||
Sources: [24][25][26][27][28][29] |
European Parliament election, 1999 - Delegation at 20 July 1999 | |||||
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Group | Description | Details | % | MEPs | |
EPP-ED | christian democrats
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Germany 53, Belgium 5, Denmark 1, France 21, Ireland 5, Italy 34, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 37, Greece 9, Spain 29, Portugal 9, Austria 7, Finland 5, Sweden 5 | 37% | 233 | |
PES | Social democrats
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Germany 33, Belgium 5, Denmark 3, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 17, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 6, UK 30, Greece 9, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 6 | 29% | 180 | |
ELDR | Liberals and liberal democrats | Belgium 5, Denmark 6, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 8, UK 10, Spain 3, Finland 5, Sweden 4 | 8% | 50 | |
G/EFA | Greens and regionalists | Germany 7, Belgium 7, France 9, Ireland 2, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 6, Spain 4, Austria 2, Finland 2, Sweden 2 | 8% | 48 | |
EUL/NGL | Left-wing group | Germany 6, Denmark 1, France 11, Italy 6, Netherlands 1, Greece 7, Spain 4, Portugal 2, Finland 1, Sweden 3 | 7% | 42 | |
UEN | National conservatives | Denmark 1, France 13, Ireland 6, Italy 9, Portugal 2 | 5% | 31 | |
NI & TGI | Independents | Belgium 2, France 5, Italy 12, UK 1, Spain 1, Austria 5 | 4% | 26 (18+8) | |
EDD | Eurosceptics | Denmark 4, France 6, Netherlands 3, UK 3 | 3% | 16 | |
Sources: [30] | 100% | 626 |
References
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- ^ http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/groupe-arc-en-ciel.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/groupe-independance-democratie.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "The Week : 20-07-99(s)". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "The Week : 13-09-99(s)". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "The Week : 13-09-99(s)". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
External links
- European Election Studies www.europeanelectionstudies.net
- Outgoing parliament as of January 1999 (also includes June 1994)
- Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 (last session of Fourth Parliament): source 1
- Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 (last session of Fourth Parliament): source 2
- Election results as of June 13 1999, before regrouping
- Incoming parliament as of July 20th 1999 (first session of Fifth Parliament. Includes TGI a.k.a. TDI)
- Incoming parliament as of September 13 1999 (after TGI was forcibly dissolved)