Seats by political group and country - 2004-2009
Outgoing Parliament

Country Number of seats
Austria
Austria:

6

Austria:

7

Austria:

1

Austria:

2

Austria:

2

 18
Belgium
Belgium:

6

Belgium:

7

Belgium:

6

Belgium:

2

Belgium:

3

 24
Bulgaria
Bulgaria:

5

Bulgaria:

5

Bulgaria:

5

Bulgaria:

3

 18
Cyprus
Cyprus:

3

Cyprus:

1

Cyprus:

2

 6
Czechia
Czechia:

14

Czechia:

2

Czechia:

6

Czechia:

1

Czechia:

1

 24
Denmark
Denmark:

1

Denmark:

5

Denmark:

4

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

1

 14
Estonia
Estonia:

1

Estonia:

3

Estonia:

2

 6
Finland
Finland:

4

Finland:

3

Finland:

5

Finland:

1

Finland:

1

 14
France
France:

18

France:

31

France:

10

France:

6

France:

3

France:

3

France:

7

 78
Germany
Germany:

49

Germany:

24

Germany:

7

Germany:

13

Germany:

6

 99
Greece
Greece:

11

Greece:

8

Greece:

4

Greece:

1

 24
Hungary
Hungary:

13

Hungary:

9

Hungary:

2

 24
Ireland
Ireland:

5

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

4

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

1

 13
Italy
Italy:

24

Italy:

17

Italy:

12

Italy:

13

Italy:

2

Italy:

7

Italy:

3

 78
Latvia
Latvia:

3

Latvia:

1

Latvia:

4

Latvia:

1

 9
Lithuania
Lithuania:

2

Lithuania:

2

Lithuania:

7

Lithuania:

2

 13
Luxembourg
Luxembourg:

3

Luxembourg:

1

Luxembourg:

1

Luxembourg:

1

 6
Malta
Malta:

2

Malta:

3

 5
Netherlands
Netherlands:

7

Netherlands:

7

Netherlands:

5

Netherlands:

4

Netherlands:

2

Netherlands:

2

 27
Poland
Poland:

15

Poland:

9

Poland:

6

Poland:

20

Poland:

3

Poland:

1

 54
Portugal
Portugal:

9

Portugal:

12

Portugal:

3

 24
Romania
Romania:

18

Romania:

10

Romania:

6

Romania:

1

 35
Slovakia
Slovakia:

8

Slovakia:

3

Slovakia:

3

 14
Slovenia
Slovenia:

4

Slovenia:

1

Slovenia:

2

 7
Spain
Spain:

24

Spain:

24

Spain:

2

Spain:

3

Spain:

1

 54
Sweden
Sweden:

6

Sweden:

5

Sweden:

3

Sweden:

1

Sweden:

2

Sweden:

2

 19
United Kingdom
United Kingdom:

27

United Kingdom:

19

United Kingdom:

11

United Kingdom:

5

United Kingdom:

1

United Kingdom:

8

United Kingdom:

7

 78
European Union
European Union:

288

European Union:

218

European Union:

100

European Union:

44

European Union:

43

European Union:

40

European Union:

22

European Union:

30

 785
Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country
Country
EPP-ED
PSE
ALDE
UEN
Verts/ALE
GUE/NGL
IND/DEM
NI
Total of seats
Austria AT 6 7 1 2 2 18
Belgium BE 6 7 6 2 3 24
Bulgaria BG 5 5 5 3 18
Cyprus CY 3 1 2 6
Czechia CZ 14 2 6 1 1 24
Denmark DK 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 14
Estonia EE 1 3 2 6
Finland FI 4 3 5 1 1 14
France FR 18 31 10 6 3 3 7 78
Germany DE 49 24 7 13 6 99
Greece EL 11 8 4 1 24
Hungary HU 13 9 2 24
Ireland IE 5 1 1 4 1 1 13
Italy IT 24 17 12 13 2 7 3 78
Latvia LV 3 1 4 1 9
Lithuania LT 2 2 7 2 13
Luxembourg LU 3 1 1 1 6
Malta MT 2 3 5
Netherlands NL 7 7 5 4 2 2 27
Poland PL 15 9 6 20 3 1 54
Portugal PT 9 12 3 24
Romania RO 18 10 6 1 35
Slovakia SK 8 3 3 14
Slovenia SI 4 1 2 7
Spain ES 24 24 2 3 1 54
Sweden SE 6 5 3 1 2 2 19
United Kingdom UK 27 19 11 5 1 8 7 78
European Union EU 288 218 100 44 43 40 22 30 785

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 - 2004-2009
Outgoing Parliament

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

  • EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
  • PSE - Socialist Group in the European Parliament
  • ALDE - Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
  • UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group
  • Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left
  • IND/DEM - Independence/Democracy Group
  • 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.