European Parliament election, 1999

European Parliament election, 1999

← 1994 10–13 June 1999 2004 →
All 626 seats to the European Parliament 314 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Enrique Barón Crespo Pat Cox Party EPP–ED PES ELDR Leader's seat Germany Spain Munster Last election 157, 27.7% 198, 34.9% 43, 7.6% Seats won 233* 180* 50* Seat change 76 18 18 Percentage 37.2% 28.8% 8.0% Swing 9.5% 6.1% 0.4%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Heidi Hautala Francis Wurtz Charles Pasqua Party Greens–EFA GUE/NGL UEN Leader's seat Finland France France Last election 23, 4.1% 28, 4.9% 26, 4.6% Seats won 48 42* 30 Seat change 25 14 4 Percentage 7.7% 6.7% 4.8 Swing 3.6% 1.8% 0.2%
Majority Leader before election Pauline Green PES Majority Leader-Elect Hans-Gert Pöttering EPP–ED

Pauline Green
PES

Hans-Gert Pöttering
EPP–ED

The European Parliament Election, 1999 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 such election where Austria, Finland and Sweden voted alongside other the other members, having joined in 1995 and voted separately. The next election was held in 2004.

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

1 PSC 5,2%
1 CSP 0,1%

2 SP.A 8,8%

2 PRL 10,2%
1 FDF

2 AGALEV 7,5%
2 VU 7,6%

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