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Projection of how the 720 seats will be distributed
Left-wing groups
Right-wing groups
More than 330 million people in 27 countries that make up the European Union vote for their representatives in the European Parliament, the bloc’s only directly elected body.
Note: The number of seats at country level is an estimate based on available exit polls and other unofficial data from Member States. Counts may change as more results are reported.
The vote is important to set the political tone in the EU for the next five years, and could determine how major issues such as migration are tackled. The European Parliament approves EU laws and international treaties and plays an important role in monitoring spending.
Read more about the main political party groups
Projection of the total number of seats per group
| Group | Seating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
European People’s Party |
181 | |||
|
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
135 | |||
| 82 | ||||
|
European Conservatives and Reformers |
71 | |||
* Newly elected members who have no ties to any of the political groups in the outgoing parliament
Election results are announced country by country and voting is organized according to national rules. It is expected that the top positions will go to the conservative and social democratic groups, just as they did in the last elections five years ago.
The New York Times will be watching how the far-right parties perform as polls show they are poised to make big gains, while the Greens are expected to suffer big losses in this election.
Seats per country
Larger countries
| Country | EVP | S&D | Refresh | Greens | Left | ECR | ID card | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 30 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| France | 6 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Smaller countries
| Country | EVP | S&D | Refresh | Greens | Left | ECR | ID card | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Countries are sorted by population. Larger countries are member states with more than 20 million inhabitants.
