1999 European Parliament election

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1999 European Parliament election
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All 626 seats to the European Parliament
314 seats needed for a majority
Turnout49.8% (Decrease2.svg7.0 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Pat Cox, May 2002 (cropped).jpg
Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Enrique Barón Crespo Pat Cox
Party EPP–ED PES ELDR
Leader's seat Germany Spain Munster
Last election157, 27.7%198, 34.9%43, 7.6%
Seats won233*180*50*
Seat changeIncrease2.svg76Decrease2.svg18Increase2.svg18
Percentage37.2%28.8%8.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.5%Decrease2.svg6.1%Increase2.svg0.4%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Heidi Hautala Francis Wurtz Charles Pasqua
Party Greens/EFA GUE/NGL UEN
Leader's seat Finland Île-de-France France
Last election23, 4.1%28, 4.9%26, 4.6%
Seats won4842*30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg25Increase2.svg14Increase2.svg4
Percentage7.7%6.7%4.8
SwingIncrease2.svg3.6%Increase2.svg1.8%Increase2.svg0.2%
1999 European Parliament election, political grouping breakdown by countries.svg
Post-election composition of each member state's delegation
President of the European Parliament before election

José María Gil-Robles
EPP

President of the European Parliament after election

Nicole Fontaine
EPP–ED

The 1999 European Parliament election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. The voter turn-out was generally low, except in Belgium and Luxembourg, where voting is compulsory and where national elections were held that same day. This was the first election where Austria, Finland and Sweden voted alongside the other member states, having joined in 1995 and voted separately. The next election was held in 2004.

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Final results

European Parliament election, 1999 - Final results at 20 July 1999
Group DescriptionChaired by MEPs
  EPP-ED Conservatives and Christian Democrats Hans-Gert Pöttering 233 European Parliament Composition 1999.svg
  PES Social Democrats Enrique Barón Crespo 180
  ELDR Liberals and Liberal Democrats Pat Cox 50
  G–EFA Greens and Regionalists Heidi Hautala
Paul Lannoye 		48
  EUL–NGL 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  [ it ]
Francesco Speroni 		18
  NI Independents and Far right none8Total: 626Sources: Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2009-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Seats summary
EPP–ED
 
37.22%
PES
 
28.75%
ELDR
 
7.99%
G–EFA
 
7.67%
GUE/NGL
 
6.71%
UEN
 
4.95%
TGI
 
2.88%
EDD
 
2.56%
NI
 
1.28%

Results by country

The national results as at 13 June 1999 are as follows:

Group
Nation		 EPP PES ELDR Greens-ALE GUE-NGL UEN EDD NI Total
Austria 7 ÖVP 30,7%7 SPÖ 31,7%2 GRÜNEN 9,3%5 FPÖ 23,4%21
Belgium 3 CVP 13,5%
1 PSC 5,2%
1 CSP 0,1%		3 PS 9,7%
2 SP 8,8%		3 VLD 13,6%
2 PRL 10,2%
1 FDF 		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%1 DF 5,8%3 JB 16,1%
1 N 7,3%		16
Finland 4 KOK 25,3%
1 SKL 2,4%		3 SDP 17,9%4 KESK 21,3%
1 SF 6,8%		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%		13 RPF 13,1%6 CPNT 6,8%5 FN 5,7%87
Germany 43 CDU 39,3%
10 CSU 9,4%		33 SPD 30,7%7 Greens 6,4%6 PDS 5,8%99
Greece 9 ND 36,0%9 PASOK 32,9%3 KKE 8,7%
2 DIKKI 6,9%
2 Synaspismos 5,2%		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%
2 CCD 2,6%
2 CDU 2,2%
1 UDEUR 1,6%
1 PP 0,8%
1 RI 1,1%
1 SVP 0,5%		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%
4 LN 4,5%
1 FT 1,6%		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%6 VVD19,7%
2 D66 5,8%		4 GL 11,9%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%2 PP 8,4%25
Spain 27 PP 40,4%
1 CiU (UDC)		24 PSOE 35,9%2 CiU (CDC)
1 CE: CC 		1 CN (EA)
1 CN (PNV)
1 CE (PA)
1 BNG 1,7%		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%
2 SNP 2,5%
2 PC 1,7%		3 UKIP 6,5%1 DUP 1,8%87
Total233180504842311626626
Group PPE PSE ELDR Greens-ALE GUE-NGL UEN EDD NI

Results by group

Communists/Far Left

The EUL/NGL group picked up one seat in the election and seven in the subsequent regrouping, raising its total from 34 to 42.

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 ELDR group did moderately well, picking up one seat in the election and seven in the regrouping, giving a total of 50 seats and retaining its place as the third biggest group. The European Radical Alliance (ERA) were not so fortunate and slipped badly, losing eight of its 21 members in the election.

Conservatives/Christian Democrats

The EPP group did well, picking up 23 seats in the election and nine in the regrouping, giving a total of 233 seats and overtaking the left to become the biggest group. To placate the increasingly eurosceptic British Conservatives, the group was renamed "EPP-ED" for the new Parliament, partly resurrecting the name of the former European Democrat group which was merged [1] with the EPP in 1992.

National Conservatives

The Union for Europe (UFE) group slipped during the election and lost 17 seats. The group split [2] during the regrouping, with Ireland's Fianna Fáil and Portugal's CDS/PP forming a new group called "Union for Europe of the Nations". UEN started the Fifth Parliament with 31 MEPs.

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 Green Group solidified its position, picking up 11 seats in the election to give it 38 MEPs. The European Free Alliance members of the ERA joined with the Green Group to create [3] the Greens/EFA group, which started the Fifth Parliament with 48 MEPs.

Eurosceptics

The I-EN group trod water, gaining six members in the election but losing five in the regrouping, leaving it with 16 members. The group was renamed [4] "Europe of Democracies and Diversities" (EDD) for the new Parliament.

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

Statistics

European Parliament election, 1999 - Statistics
Area European Union (EU-15)Sources
Dates
  • Thursday 10 June: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark
  • Friday 11 June: Ireland
  • Sunday 13 June: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Seats626
Candidatesover 10,000
Electorate288 million
Turnout49.8%
Previous 1994 European Parliament election n/a
Next 2004 European Parliament election n/a
Election methodsAll proportional representation.
Preference voting allowed?
  • Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Sweden.
  • Yes, via STV: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only)
  • No: the rest
Cutoff?
  • 5%: France, Germany
  • 4%: Austria, Sweden
  • 3%: Greece
  • none: the rest
Seat allocation
Constituency boundaries
  • Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), Ireland (4), Italy (5), United Kingdom (12)
  • Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level), Finland (candidate lists at electoral district or national level)
  • Member state as single constituency: the rest
Minimum voting age18
European Parliament election, 1999 - Timeline
Fourth Parliament1999 ElectionRegroupingFifth Parliament
GroupsPre-elections
May 5		ChangeResults
June 13		ChangeResults
July 20		New
Groups		First
session
July 20		Break up
of TGI
Sept 13		New
Groups		New
session
Sept 13
 EPP201+23224+9233 EPP-ED233+0 EPP-ED233
 PES214-34180+0180 PES180+0 PES180
 ELDR42+143+750 ELDR50+0 ELDR50
 ERA21-813-348 G/EFA48+0 G/EFA48
 G27+1138
 EUL-NGL34+135+742 EUL-NGL42+0 EUL-NGL42
 I-EN15+621-516 EDD16+0 EDD16
 NI38-2018-108 NI8+19 NI27
 Others0+3737-1918 TGI18-18
 UFE34-1717+1431 UEN31-1 UEN30
Total62606260626Total6260Total626
Sources:
European Parliament election, 1999 - Delegation at 20 July 1999
GroupDescriptionDetails%MEPs
  EPP-ED Conservatives and christian democrats 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 537%233
  PES Social democrats 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 629%180
  ELDR Liberals and liberal democratsBelgium 5, Denmark 6, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 8, UK 10, Spain 3, Finland 5, Sweden 48%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 28%48
  EUL/NGL Left-wing groupGermany 6, Denmark 1, France 11, Italy 6, Netherlands 1, Greece 7, Spain 4, Portugal 2, Finland 1, Sweden 37%42
  UEN National conservatives Denmark 1, France 13, Ireland 6, Italy 9, Portugal 25%31
  NI & TGI IndependentsBelgium 2, France 5, Italy 12, UK 1, Spain 1, Austria 54%26 (18+8)
  EDD Eurosceptics Denmark 4, France 6, Netherlands 3, UK 33%16
Sources: 100%626

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