European Parliament election, 2009

European Parliament election, 2009

2004 ← 4–7 June 2009 → 2014

outgoing members ← → elected members

All 736 seats to the European Parliament and 18 observers 369 seats needed for a majority Turnout 43.24%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Joseph Daul Martin Schulz Graham Watson Party EPP PES ELDR Alliance EPP S&D ALDE Leader's seat East France Germany South West England Last election 277 seats, 36.4% 218 seats, 27.2% 106 seats, 12.0% Seats before 288 217 104 Seats won 265 8 observers 183 5 observers 84 Seat change 23* 34* 20* Percentage 36% 25% 11.4% Swing 0.7% 2.8% 1.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit None Francis Wurtz Party Green MER Left Alliance Greens–EFA ECR GUE/NGL Leader's seat Germany N/A Île-de-France Last election 42 seats, 5.7% New group 41 seats, 5.6% Seats before 42 N/A 35 Seats won 55 2 observers 54 1 observer 35 Seat change 13* N/A 6* Percentage 7.5% 7.3% 4.8% Swing 2.1% N/A 0.5%   Seventh party   Leader Nigel Farage (de facto) Party UKIP Alliance EFD Leader's seat South East England Last election New group Seats before N/A Seats won 32 Seat change N/A Percentage 4.3% Swing N/A

The largest European Parliament group as elected by each Member State:   EPP   S&D   ALDE   ECR   Two or more groups are tied * The number of seats was decreased from 785 to 736 – so this is a nominal figure

Majority Leader before election José Manuel Barroso EPP Majority Leader-Elect José Manuel Barroso EPP

  EPP   S&D   ALDE   ECR   Two or more groups are tied

* The number of seats was decreased from 785 to 736 – so this is a nominal figure

José Manuel Barroso
EPP

José Manuel Barroso
EPP

Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history. An additional 18 observers ("virtual MEPs") were (supposed to be) pre-elected.

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