Seats by political group and country - 1979-1984
Constitutive session

Country Number of seats
Belgium
Belgium:

7

Belgium:

10

Belgium:

4

Belgium:

1

Belgium:

2

 24
Denmark
Denmark:

4

Denmark:

2

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

3

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

4

Denmark:

1

 16
France
France:

21

France:

9

France:

19

France:

17

France:

15

 81
Germany
Germany:

35

Germany:

42

Germany:

4

 81
Ireland
Ireland:

4

Ireland:

4

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

5

Ireland:

1

 15
Italy
Italy:

13

Italy:

30

Italy:

24

Italy:

5

Italy:

5

Italy:

4

 81
Luxembourg
Luxembourg:

1

Luxembourg:

3

Luxembourg:

2

 6
Netherlands
Netherlands:

9

Netherlands:

10

Netherlands:

4

Netherlands:

2

 25
United Kingdom
United Kingdom:

18

United Kingdom:

61

United Kingdom:

1

United Kingdom:

1

 81
European Union
European Union:

112

European Union:

108

European Union:

63

European Union:

44

European Union:

40

European Union:

22

European Union:

11

European Union:

10

 410
Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country
Country
S
PPE
ED
COM
L
DEP
CDI
NI
Total of seats
Belgium BE 7 10 4 1 2 24
Denmark DK 4 2 1 3 1 4 1 16
France FR 21 9 19 17 15 81
Germany DE 35 42 4 81
Ireland IE 4 4 1 5 1 15
Italy IT 13 30 24 5 5 4 81
Luxembourg LU 1 3 2 6
Netherlands NL 9 10 4 2 25
United Kingdom UK 18 61 1 1 81
European Union EU 112 108 63 44 40 22 11 10 410

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Seats by political group and country - 1979-1984
Constitutive session

Distribution of the selected political group in the European Parliament by country
Country Total of seats

Source: European Parliament

Political groups in the European Parliament

  • S - Socialist Group
  • PPE - Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
  • ED - European Democratic Group
  • COM - Communist and Allies Group
  • L - Liberal and Democratic Group
  • DEP - Group of European Progressive Democrats
  • CDI - Group for the Technical Coordination and Defence of Independent Groups and Members
  • NI - Non-attached Members

Type of results:

Projection: The projection of the European Parliament is an estimate of its composition resulting from the elections, established by Verian as an aggregation of available election results, estimates or polling data published in the Member States after voting has finished. Without prejudice to the composition of the newly elected Parliament, the projection is based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Provisional: Composition of the European Parliament based on available provisional or final national results published after voting has finished in all Member States, based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Constitutive session: Results as officially announced by the newly-elected European Parliament after verification of its Members' eligibility criteria.

Outgoing Parliament: European Parliament configured as in the last parliamentary session of the ongoing legislature.