European Union

European Parliament: 1979 - 1984 Outgoing Parliament

Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament
Political groups in the European Parliament Number of seats % of seats
S - Socialist Group 124 28.57%
PPE - Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 117 26.96%
ED - European Democratic Group 63 14.52%
COM - Communist and Allies Group 48 11.06%
L - Liberal and Democratic Group 38 8.76%
DEP - Group of European Progressive Democrats 22 5.07%
CDI - Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members 12 2.76%
NI - Non-attached Members 10 2.30%

Since 2009, according to Parliament’s rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 25 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

08/07/2019 - 12:11
All times are GMT+2
Time difference per EU capital
  • Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Valletta, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb +0h
  • Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Nicosia, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius +1h
  • Dublin, Lisbon, London -1h

MEPs' gender balance by year Constitutive session

Gender balance of MEPs by year
European Union
Year Women Men
1979 16% 84%
1984 18% 82%
1989 19% 81%
1994 26% 74%
1999 30% 70%
2004 31% 69%
2009 35% 65%
2014 37% 63%
2019 41% 59%
22/10/2019 - 11:30
All times are GMT+2
Time difference per EU capital
  • Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Valletta, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb +0h
  • Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Nicosia, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius +1h
  • Dublin, Lisbon, London -1h

Turnout by year Final results

Turnout in the European Union by year, in percentage points
Year European Union
2004 45.47%
2009 42.97%
2014 42.61%
2019 50.66%