European Elections 

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As established in the EU Electoral Act, elections for the European Ϸվ take place every five years. In 2024, they were held across the 27 EU member states from Thursday 6 June to Sunday 9 June.

Results from previous elections

The dynamic and interactive website offers overall European election results, including national breakdowns, the composition of all outgoing European Ϸվs since 1984, breakdowns by national parties and political groups since 1979 and all results at the national level since 2009. In addition, the site offers information on trends in European elections, for example on gender balance.

After the European Elections - constitution of the new Ϸվ

  • Political groups are (re)established following each election. There are currently eight political groups (one more than in the ninth term). A political group must consist of at least 23 MEPs elected in at least one-quarter of the member states (i.e. at least seven), as established in rule 33 of the EP rules of Procedure.

    In the first plenary session following the elections, the new Ϸվ must elect its President from among the members (for a renewable term of two and a half years), alongside 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors -which together comprise Ϸվ’s decision-making Bureau-, as established in rules 16, 17 and 18 of the EP Rules of Procedure.

    Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT), EP President since January 2022, was re-elected in July 2024 until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round of voting.

  • provides that the EP “shall elect the President of the Commission”. In practice, based on rule 128 of the Rules of Procedure, the candidate proposed by the European Council presents their political guidelines to Ϸվ, followed by a debate.

    On 18 July, Ϸվ backed Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as President of the European Commission, with 401 votes in favour in a secret ballot. Ahead of the vote, Ursula von der Leyen presented her for the next five years during a debate with MEPs.

  • The European Council formally appoints the College of Commissioners based on candidates proposed by member states, in agreement with the Commission’s President-elect and following approval by the European Ϸվ. As established in rule 129 of the Rules of Procedure, each Commissioner-designate is assigned responsibility for a specific policy area (portfolio) by the Commission President-elect in accordance with the political guidelines she/he has outlined. The relevant EP committees assess each of the Commissioners-designate, before a plenary vote (consent) on the appointment of the College as a whole.

    Find all information about 2024 confirmation hearings of all commissioners in the .

    The procedure for Ϸվ to approve the College of Commissioners is described in detail in Annex VII to the Rules of Procedure.

    The current College of Commissioners received Ϸվ’s approval in a vote on 27 November 2024, with 370 votes for, 282 against, 36 abstentions, following a plenary debate with President Ursula von der Leyen on its composition and the proposed Commission’s work programme.

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