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2029 European Parliament election
European Union
← 2024 No later than 2029

All 720 seats to the European Parliament
361 seats needed for a majority
Group[1] Leader Current seats
EPP Manfred Weber 188
S&D Iratxe García Pérez 136
Patriots Jordan Bardella 84
ECR Nicola Procaccini & Joachim Brudziński 78
RE Valérie Hayer 77
Greens/EFA Terry Reintke & Bas Eickhout 53
The Left Manon Aubry & Martin Schirdewan 46
ESN René Aust & Stanisław Tyszka 25
NI N/A 32
Vacant N/A 1
Incumbent European Commission
Von der Leyen Commission II
Ursula von der Leyen (EPP)

The 2029 European Parliament election is scheduled to be held no later than 2029.[2][3] It will be the eleventh election for the European Parliament since the first direct elections in 1979.

Background

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In the 2024 election, the European People's Party Group led by Ursula von der Leyen won a plurality of seats with 188 out of 720. On 18 July 2024, von der Leyen was re-elected president of the European Commission in a secret ballot by the European Parliament, with 401 votes in favour, 284 against, and 22 cast blank or invalid votes.[4]

Date of the election

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Under the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, elections to the European Parliament shall be held by the Member States on a date within the same period starting on a Thursday morning and ending on the following Sunday.[5] Elections take place in the corresponding period of the previous election in the last year of the five-year period,[2] normally in the first full week of June.[6]

Electoral system

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Elections to the European Parliament are regulated by the Treaty on European Union, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage.[7]

Apportionment

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The apportionment of seats within the European Parliament to each member state of the European Union is set out by the EU treaties. The distribution of seats is "degressively proportional" to the population of the member states.[8] Since 2024, the European Parliament is composed of 720 seats, with a minimum of six and a maximum of 96 per member state.[9][10]

Voting system

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Elections are conducted by direct universal suffrage by proportional representation using either a list system or single transferable vote.[11] The national electoral threshold may not exceed five per cent of votes cast.[12]

Opinion polling

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References

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  1. ^ "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Consolidated text: Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage". EUR-Lex. Article 11. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "New European Parliament (2024-2029)". Multimedia Centre. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Parliament re-elects Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President". European Parliament. 18 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Consolidated text: Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage". EUR-Lex. Article 10. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Council confirms 6 to 9 June 2024 as dates for next European Parliament elections". Council of the European Union. 22 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage". EUR-Lex. 23 September 2002. Article 8. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024.
  8. ^ "National Representation in European Democracy: Seat Apportionment in the European Parliament". European Union Studies Association.
  9. ^ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 13 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023.
  10. ^ "EUR-Lex - 32023D2061 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage". EUR-Lex. 23 September 2002. Article 1. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage". EUR-Lex. 23 September 2002. Article 3. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024.
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