2024 European Parliament election

2024 European Parliament election

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All 720 seats to the European Parliament 361 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	(51.05%[1] 0.39 pp)
Leader Ursula von der Leyen Nicolas Schmit Jordan Bardella Alliance EPP Group S&D Patriots Leader's seat Not running Not running France Last election 187 seats, 21.0% 148 seats, 18.5% 76 seats, 9.5% Seats won 188 136 84 Seat change 1 12 8[a] Percentage 21.2% 19.2% 11.7% Swing 0.2% 0.7% 2.2%   Leader Ryszard Legutko Nicola Procaccini Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann[b] Terry Reintke Bas Eickhout Alliance ECR Renew Greens/EFA Leader's seat Not running Central Italy Germany Germany Netherlands Last election 62 seats, 8.2% 97 seats, 13.0% 67 seats, 11.7% Seats won 78 77 53 Seat change 16 20 14 Percentage 12.2% 10.5% 7.3% Swing 4.0% 2.5% 2.9%   Leader Walter Baier René Aust Stanisław Tyszka Alliance The Left ESN Leader's seat Not running Germany Lower Silesia–Opole Last election 40 seats, 6.5% New group Seats won 46 25 Seat change 6 New group Percentage 6.7% – Swing 0.2% New group
Results by member state, shaded by EP group popular vote winner
European Commission before election Von der Leyen Commission (EPP) EPP Group–S&D–Renew European Commission after election TBD

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The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024.^[4] It was the tenth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, and the first European Parliament election after Brexit.^[5][6] A total of 720 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent more than 450 million people from 27 member states.^[c] This election also coincided with a number of other elections in some European Union member states.

On 9 June 2024, the European People's Party led by Ursula von der Leyen won the most seats in the European Parliament. The pro-EU centrist, liberal and environmentalist parties suffered losses, while anti-EU right-wing populist parties made gains. The right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists group overtook the centrist Renew Europe group to win the third most seats. In addition, several new or Non-Inscrits parties gained seats in the Parliament.

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