1999 European Parliament election

1999 European Parliament election

← 1994 10–13 June 1999 2004 →
All 626 seats to the European Parliament 314 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49.8% 7.0 pp
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 Île-de-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%
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.