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1999 European Parliament election

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FieldValue
election_name1999 European Parliament election
countryEuropean Union
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1994 European Parliament election
previous_year1994
next_election2004 European Parliament election
next_year2004
seats_for_electionAll 626 seats to the European Parliament
majority_seats314
turnout49.8% (7.0 pp)
election_date10–13 June 1999
party1European People's Party–European Democrats
leader1Hans-Gert Pöttering
leaders_seat1Germany
image1
last_election1157, 27.7%
seats1**233***
seat_change176
percentage1**37.2%**
swing19.5%
party2Party of European Socialists
leader2Enrique Barón Crespo
leaders_seat2Spain
image2
last_election2198, 34.9%
seats2180*
seat_change218
percentage228.8%
swing26.1%
party3European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
leader3Pat Cox
leaders_seat3Munster
image3
last_election343, 7.6%
seats350*
seat_change318
percentage38.0%
swing30.4%
party4The Greens–European Free Alliance
leader4Heidi Hautala
leaders_seat4Finland
image4
last_election423, 4.1%
seats448
seat_change425
percentage47.7%
swing43.6%
leader5Francis Wurtz
leaders_seat5Île-de-France
image5
party5European United Left–Nordic Green Left
last_election528, 4.9%
seats542*
seat_change514
percentage56.7%
swing51.8%
leader6Charles Pasqua
leaders_seat6France
image6
party6Union for Europe of the Nations
last_election626, 4.6%
seats630
seat_change64
percentage64.8
swing60.2%
map_image1999 European Parliament election, political grouping breakdown by countries.svg
map_size350px
map_captionPost-election composition of each member state's delegation
titlePresident of the European Parliament
posttitlePresident of the European Parliament after election
before_electionJosé María Gil-Robles
before_partyEPP
after_electionNicole Fontaine
after_partyEPP–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.

Final results

European Parliament election, 1999 - Final results at 20 July 1999GroupDescriptionChaired byMEPsEPP-EDPESELDRG–EFAEUL–NGLUENEDDTGINITotal: 626url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040349/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/calendar/calendar?APP=PDF&TYPE=PV1&FILE=19990720EN.pdf&LANGUE=ENdate=2015-09-24 }}[http://www.legilux.public.lu/adm/annuaire_officiel/VOLUME1/I_INSTIT/Orginter.pdf](http://www.legilux.public.lu/adm/annuaire_officiel/VOLUME1/I_INSTIT/Orginter.pdf)
Conservatives and Christian DemocratsHans-Gert Pöttering233[[Image:European Parliament Composition 1999.svg400px]]
Social DemocratsEnrique Barón Crespo180
Liberals and Liberal DemocratsPat Cox50
Greens and RegionalistsHeidi Hautala
Paul Lannoye48
Communists and the Far leftFrancis Wurtz42
National ConservativesCharles Pasqua31
EuroscepticsJens-Peter Bonde16
Mixed
Francesco Speroni18
Independents and Far right*none*8

Results by country

The national results as at 13 June 1999 are as follows:

GroupNationEPP-EDPESELDRGreens-ALEGUE-NGLUENEDDNI**Total**TotalGroupPPEPSEELDRGreens-ALEGUE-NGLUENEDDNI
[Austria](1999-european-parliament-election-in-austria)**7** ÖVP 30,7%**7** SPÖ 31,7%**2** GRÜNEN 9,3%**5** FPÖ 23,4%21
[Belgium](1999-european-parliament-election-in-belgium)**3** CVP 13,5%
**1** PSC 5,2%
**1** CSP 0,1%**3** PS 9,7%
**2** SP 8,8%**3** VLD 13,6%
**2** PRL 10,2%
**1** FDF**3** ECOLO 8,6%
**2** AGALEV 7,5%
**2** VU 7,6%**2** VB 9,4%25
[Denmark](1999-european-parliament-election-in-denmark)**1** KF 8,5%**3** S 16,5%**5** V 23,4%
**1** B 9,1%**1** SF 7,1%**1** DF 5,8%**3** JB 16,1%
**1** N 7,3%16
[Finland](1999-european-parliament-election-in-finland)**4** KOK 25,3%
**1** SKL 2,4%**3** SDP 17,9%**4** KESK 21,3%
**1** SF 6,8%**2** Vihr. 13,4%**1** Vasem. 9,1%15
[France](1999-european-parliament-election-in-france)**12** RPR 12,8%
**9** UDF 9,3%**22** PS 22,0%**9** Verts 9,7%**6** PCF 6,8%
**5** LO-LCR 5,2%**13** RPF 13,1%**6** CPNT 6,8%**5** FN 5,7%87
[Germany](1999-european-parliament-election-in-germany)**43** CDU 39,3%
**10** CSU 9,4%**33** SPD 30,7%**7** Greens 6,4%**6** PDS 5,8%99
[Greece](1999-european-parliament-election-in-greece)**9** ND 36,0%**9** PASOK 32,9%**3** KKE 8,7%
**2** DIKKI 6,9%
**2** Synaspismos 5,2%25
[Ireland](1999-european-parliament-election-in-ireland)**4** FG 24,6%
**1** Ind.**1** Lab 8,7%**1** Ind.**2** GP 6,7%**6** FF 38,6%15
[Italy](1999-european-parliament-election-in-italy)**22** FI 25,2%
**4** PPI 4,53%
**2** CCD 2,6%
**2** CDU 2,2%
**1** UDEUR 1,6%
**1** PP 0,8%
**1** RI 1,1%
**1** SVP 0,5%**15** DS 17,4%
**2** SDI 2,2%**6** DEM 7,7%
**1** PRI 0,5%**2** FdV 1,8%**4** PRC 4,3%
**2** PdCI 2,0%**9** AN–PS 10,3%**7** LB 8,5%
**4** LN 4,5%
**1** FT 1,6%87
[Luxembourg](1999-european-parliament-election-in-luxembourg)**2** CSV 31,7%**2** LSAP 23,6%**1** DP 20,5%**1** Gréng 10,7%6
[Netherlands](1999-european-parliament-election-in-the-netherlands)**9** CDA 26,9%**6** PvdA 20,1%**6** VVD19,7%
**2** D66 5,8%**4** GL 11,9%**1** SP 5,0%**3** SGP-GPV-RPF 8,7%31
[Portugal](1999-european-parliament-election-in-portugal)**9** PSD 32,14%**12** PS 44,55%**2** CDU (PCP) 10,7%**2** PP 8,4%25
[Spain](1999-european-parliament-election-in-spain)**27** PP 40,4%
**1** CiU (UDC)**24** PSOE 35,9%**2** CiU (CDC)
**1** CE: CC**1** CN (EA)
**1** CN (PNV)
**1** CE (PA)
**1** BNG 1,7%**4** IU 5,9%**1** EH 1,5%63
[Sweden](1999-european-parliament-election-in-sweden)**5** M 20,8%
**2** KD 7,6%**6** S 26,0%**3** FP 13,8%
**1** C 6,0%**2** MP 9,5%**3** V 15,8%22
[United Kingdom](1999-european-parliament-election-in-the-united-kingdom)**36** CON 33,5%
**1** UUP 1,1%**29** LAB 26,3%
**1** SDLP 1,8%**10** LD 11,9%**2** GPEW 5,9%
**2** SNP 2,5%
**2** PC 1,7%**3** UKIP 6,5%**1** DUP 1,8%87
**233****180****50****48****42****31****16****26****626**

Results by group

Communists/Far Left

The EUL/NGL group picked up one seat in the election and seven in the subsequent regrouping, raising its total from 34 to 42.

Social Democrats

The PES group did badly, losing 34 of its seats in the election and slipping to the second-biggest group.

Liberals/Liberal Democrats

The ELDR group did moderately well, picking up one seat in the election and seven in the regrouping, giving a total of 50 seats and retaining its place as the third biggest group. The European Radical Alliance (ERA) were not so fortunate and slipped badly, losing eight of its 21 members in the election.

Conservatives/Christian Democrats

The EPP group did well, picking up 23 seats in the election and nine in the regrouping, giving a total of 233 seats and overtaking the left to become the biggest group. To placate the increasingly eurosceptic British Conservatives, the group was renamed "EPP-ED" for the new Parliament, partly resurrecting the name of the former European Democrat group which was merged with the EPP in 1992.

National Conservatives

The Union for Europe (UFE) group slipped during the election and lost 17 seats. The group split during the regrouping, with Ireland's Fianna Fáil and Portugal's CDS/PP forming a new group called "Union for Europe of the Nations". UEN started the Fifth Parliament with 31 MEPs.

Far-Right Nationalists

No explicitly far-right group per se was in existence immediately before or after the election. All far-right MEPs that were elected sat as Independents (see below).

Greens/Regionalists

The Green Group solidified its position, picking up 11 seats in the election to give it 38 MEPs. The European Free Alliance members of the ERA joined with the Green Group to create the Greens/EFA group, which started the Fifth Parliament with 48 MEPs.

Eurosceptics

The I-EN group trod water, gaining six members in the election but losing five in the regrouping, leaving it with 16 members. The group was renamed "Europe of Democracies and Diversities" (EDD) for the new Parliament.

Independents

The Non-Inscrits did badly, losing 20 MEPs to the election. Disparate members (two from Belgium, five from France and eleven from Italy) tried to gain Group privilege by creating a group called the "Technical Group of Independent Members" (full title "Group for the technical co-ordination of groups and the defence of independent members", abbreviated to "TGI" or "TDI"). The attempt initially succeeded, with the group allowed to start the Fifth Parliament until the legal position could be checked. In September, the Constitutional Affairs Committee ruled that they lacked a coherent position ("political affinity", the basis for forming a group) and were disbanded - the only group ever to be forcibly dissolved. The TGI members returned to the Non-Inscrits, increasing their number to 27.

Statistics

European Parliament election, 1999 - StatisticsAreaSourcesDates[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf)[http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm](http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm)Seats[http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm](http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm)[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf)Candidates[http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm](http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm)Electorate[http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm](http://europa.eu/bulletin/en/9906/p109001.htm)Turnout[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/results1306/turnout_ep/turnout_table.html](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/results1306/turnout_ep/turnout_table.html)Previousn/aNextn/aElection methods[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf)Preference voting allowed?[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm)Cutoff?[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML)Seat allocation[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm)[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf)Constituency boundaries[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm)[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-057.pdf)Minimum voting age[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A4-1998-0212&language=EN&mode=XML)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/1_3_4_en.htm)
European Union (EU-15)
626
over 10,000
288 million
49.8%
[1994 European Parliament election](1994-european-parliament-election)
[2004 European Parliament election](2004-european-parliament-election)
All proportional representation.
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European Parliament election, 1999 - TimelineFourth Parliament1999 ElectionRegroupingFifth ParliamentGroupsPre-elections
May 5ChangeResults
June 13ChangeResults
July 20New
GroupsFirst
session
July 20Break up
of TGI
Sept 13New
GroupsNew
session
Sept 13EPPEPP-EDEPP-EDPESPESPESELDRELDRELDRERAG/EFAG/EFAGEUL-NGLEUL-NGLEUL-NGLI-ENEDDEDDNININIOthersTGIUFEUENUENTotal62606260626Total6260Total626Sources: [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/newsrp/en/1999/n990504.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/newsrp/en/1999/n990504.htm)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/results/eu4_tab.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/results/eu4_tab.htm)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/results/eur15_tab.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/results/eur15_tab.htm)[http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-064.pdf](http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-064.pdf)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm)[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990913s.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990913s.htm)
201+23224+9233233+0233
214-34180+0180180+0180
42+143+75050+050
21-813-34848+048
27+1138
34+135+74242+042
15+621-51616+016
38-2018-1088+1927
0+3737-191818-18
34-1717+143131-130
European Parliament election, 1999 - Delegation at 20 July 1999GroupDescriptionDetails%MEPsEPP-EDPESELDRG/EFAEUL/NGLUENNI & TGIEDDSources: [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm](http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm)100%626
Conservatives and christian democratsGermany 53, Belgium 5, Denmark 1, France 21, Ireland 5, Italy 34, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 37, Greece 9, Spain 29, Portugal 9, Austria 7, Finland 5, Sweden 537%233
Social democratsGermany 33, Belgium 5, Denmark 3, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 17, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 6, UK 30, Greece 9, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 629%180
Liberals and liberal democratsBelgium 5, Denmark 6, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 8, UK 10, Spain 3, Finland 5, Sweden 48%50
Greens and regionalistsGermany 7, Belgium 7, France 9, Ireland 2, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 6, Spain 4, Austria 2, Finland 2, Sweden 28%48
Left-wing groupGermany 6, Denmark 1, France 11, Italy 6, Netherlands 1, Greece 7, Spain 4, Portugal 2, Finland 1, Sweden 37%42
National conservativesDenmark 1, France 13, Ireland 6, Italy 9, Portugal 25%31
IndependentsBelgium 2, France 5, Italy 12, UK 1, Spain 1, Austria 54%26 (18+8)
EuroscepticsDenmark 4, France 6, Netherlands 3, UK 33%16

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