European Parliament Election 1999

The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden. 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. The next election will be held in 2004.

Country Party	AT	BE	DE	DK	ES	FI	FR	GR	IE	IT	LU	NL	PT	SV	UK	Total
EPP/ED	7	6	53	1	28	5	21	9	5	34	2	9	9	7	37	233
PES	7	5	33	3	24	3	22	9	1	17	2	6	12	6	30	180
ELDR		5		6	3	5			1	8	1	8		4	10	51
GR/EFA	2	7	7		4	2	9		2	2	1	4		2	6	48
EUL/NGL			6	1	4	1	11	7		6		1	2	3		42
UEN				1			13		6	9			2			31
EDD				4			6					3			3	16
N.I.	5	2			1		5			11					1	25
Total	21	25	99	16	64	16	87	25	15	87	6	31	27	22	87	626

Glossary

Countries:
AT=Austria
BE=Belgium
DE=Germany
DK=Denmark
ES=Spain
FI=Finland
FR=France
GR=Greece
IE=Republic of Ireland
IT=Italy
LU=Luxembourg
NL=Netherlands
PT=Portugal
SV=Sweden
UK=United Kingdom

Parties:
ED=European Democrats
EDD=Europe of Democracies and Diversities
EFA=European Free Alliance
ELDR=European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
EPP=European People's Party
EUL=European Unitary Left
GR=European Federation of Green Parties
NGL=Nordic Green Left
N.I.=Non-Inscrits (do not belong to any European political group or party)
PES=Party of European Socialists
UEN=Union for a Europe of Nations