9–12 June 1994 · The Community years · 567 seats, 285 for a majority · 12 member states
The first post-Maastricht election returned the Socialists' largest-ever group, 198 seats, in a chamber enlarged for German reunification. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's brand-new Prime Minister, exported his party wholesale as Forza Europa, the first group built from a single national party.
President of the European Parliament before
Egon Klepsch
EPP
President of the European Parliament after
Klaus Hänsch
PES
Largest group
PES
198 of 567 seats
Turnout
56.8%
across 12 member states
The Parliament it elected
PES
Party of European Socialists
198
MEPs
EPP
European People's Party
157
MEPs
ELDR
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
43
MEPs
EUL
European United Left
28
MEPs
FE
Forza Europa
27
MEPs
EDA
European Democratic Alliance
26
MEPs
G
Green Group
23
MEPs
ERA
European Radical Alliance
19
MEPs
EN
Europe of Nations
19
MEPs
NI
Non-Inscrits
27
MEPs
Share of chamber
PES
Party of European Socialists
Pauline Green
198
—
EPP
European People's Party
Wilfried Martens
157
—
ELDR
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Gijs De Vries
43
—
EUL
European United Left
Alonso José Puerta
28
—
FE
Forza Europa
Giancarlo Ligabue
27
—
EDA
European Democratic Alliance
Jean-Claude Pasty
26
—
G
Green Group
—
23
—
ERA
European Radical Alliance
Catherine Lalumière
19
—
EN
Europe of Nations
James Goldsmith
19
—
NI
Non-Inscrits
—
27
—
Group composition at or immediately after the Parliament's constitutive session; groups form and dissolve between elections, so totals elsewhere may differ. Vote shares are EU-wide shares for the parties that formed each group, where the source reports them.
The result by member state
How each of the 12 member states' MEPs divided among the political groups.