2014 European Parliament election

2014 European Parliament election

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All 751 seats in the European Parliament
376 seats needed for a majority
Turnout163,551,013 (42.54%[1] Decrease 0.7 pp)
 
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Martinus Schulz die 15 Novembris 2013.jpg
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Leader Jean-Claude Juncker Martin Schulz Syed Kamall
Alliance EPP S&D ECR
Leader's seat Luxembourg[a] Germany London
Last election 265 (36%) 183 (25%) 54 (7.3%)
Seats before 274 183 57
Seats won 221 185 45
Seats after 221 (29.4%) 191 (25.4%) 70 (9.3%)
Seat change Decrease 44 Increase 8 Increase 16
Popular vote 38,610,376 40,202,068 8,612,168
Percentage 23.8% 24.4% 5.2%
Swing Decrease 6.6% Increase 0.4% Increase 2.0%

 
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Alexis Tsipras die 16 Ianuarii 2012.jpg
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Leader Guy Verhofstadt Alexis Tsipras Ska Keller
José Bové
Alliance ALDE GUE/NGL Greens/EFA
Leader's seat Belgium (Dutch) Greece[a] Germany
France
Last election 84 (11.4%) 35 (4.8%) 55 (7.5%)
Seats before 83 35 58
Seats won 59 45 47
Seats after 67 (8.9%) 52 (6.9%) 50 (6.7%)
Seat change Decrease 16 Increase 17 Decrease 5
Popular vote 11,652,405 9,243,548 12,058,475
Percentage 7.0% 5.6% 7.3%
Swing Decrease 2.5% Increase 2.1% Decrease 0.8%

 
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Leader Nigel Farage
& David Borrelli
Alliance EFDD
Leader's seat South East England
North-East Italy
Last election 32 (4.3%)
Seats before 31
Seats won 38
Seats after 48 (6.4%)
Seat change Increase 16
Popular vote 10,830,339
Percentage 6.6%
Swing Increase 2.1%

Post-election composition of each member state's delegation

President of the European Commission before election

José Manuel Barroso
EPP

President of the European Commission after election

Jean-Claude Juncker
EPP

The 2014 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 22 and 25 May 2014. It was the 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first in which the European political parties fielded candidates for President of the Commission.

The candidates, sometimes referred to by the German term Spitzenkandidaten (English: top candidates),[2] were Jean-Claude Juncker for the European People's Party,[3] Martin Schulz for the Party of European Socialists, Guy Verhofstadt for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Ska Keller and José Bové jointly for the European Green Party and Alexis Tsipras for the Party of the European Left. The Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists[4] and the European Alliance for Freedom declined to nominate candidates.

While the European People's Party lost ground to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, it remained the largest faction in the new Parliament, resulting in the EPP's nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President at the European Council. In turn, the European Council accepted the nomination by a simple majority (only David Cameron and Viktor Orban voted against Juncker).

  1. ^ "It's official: Last EU election had lowest-ever turnout". EurActiv – EU News & policy debates, across languages. 7 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Commission hopefuls largely unknown on streets of Europe". Euobserver.com. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Jean-Claude Juncker: Experience. Solidarity. Future". European People's Party. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ^ "EU Conservatives call single candidate election campaigns a '1950-style vision'". EurActiv.com. 24 February 2014.


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