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The 2024 elections in the European Union include European, national and regional elections in the EU member states.
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The 2024 elections in the European Union include European, national and regional elections in the EU member states.
The 2024 European Parliament election was held between 6 and 9 June 2024 to elect 720 members of the European Parliament (MEP). [1] [2]
Affiliation to the parties at the time of the election on 6–9 June 2024.
| Party | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 171 | –6 | |
| Party of European Socialists | 129 | –7 | |
| European Conservatives and Reformists Party | 58 | +6 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party | 58 | –13 | |
| Identity and Democracy Party | 57 | –19 | |
| European Green Party | 42 | –12 | |
| Party of the European Left | 29 | +1 | |
| European Democratic Party | 9 | –1 | |
| European Free Alliance | 6 | –1 | |
| Volt Europa | 5 | +4 | |
| European Christian Political Movement | 4 | 0 | |
| European Communist Action | 2 | 0 | |
| Animal Politics EU | 2 | –1 | |
| European Pirate Party | 1 | –3 | |
| Others | 147 | +37 | |
| Total | 720 | +15 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| Source: European Parliament Election 2024 Europe Elects | |||
| State | Date | Parliament before | Head of Government before | Party | EP Group | Parliament after | Head of Government after | Party | EP Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 10 March |  | Antonio Costa | PS | S&D |  | Luís Montenegro | PSD | EPP | ||||
| Croatia | 17 April |  | Andrej Plenković | HDZ | EPP |  | Andrej Plenković | HDZ | EPP | ||||
| Belgium | 9 June |  | Alexander De Croo | Open Vld | RE |  | TDB | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 9 June |  | Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker) | Ind. | Ind. |  | |||||||
| France | 30 June 7 July |  | Gabriel Attal | RE | RE | TDB | |||||||
| Austria | 29 September |  | Karl Nehammer | ÖVP | EPP | ||||||||
| Lithuania | 13 October |  | Ingrida Šimonytė | TS–LKD | EPP | ||||||||
| Romania | 8 December |   | Marcel Ciolacu | PSD | S&D | ||||||||
| State | Date | President before | Party | EP Group | President after | Party | EP Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 12 May 26 May | Gitanas Nausėda | Ind. | Ind. | Gitanas Nausėda | Ind. | Ind. | ||||
| Romania | 15 September 29 September | Klaus Iohannis | PNL | EPP | TBD | ||||||
| State | Date | President before | Party | EP Group | President after | Party | EP Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 28 February 11 February | Sauli Niinistö | National Coalition | EPP | Alexander Stubb | National Coalition | EPP | ||||
| Slovakia | 23 March 6 April | Zuzana Čaputová | PS | RE | Peter Pellegrini | HLAS–SD | NI | ||||
| Croatia | December | Zoran Milanović | SDP | S&D | TBD | ||||||
All three regions held elections, also indirectly determining the composition of the Senate.
All thirteen regions will hold elections.
All nineteen counties and Budapest held elections.
Six regions will hold elections.
All sixteen provinces held elections.
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