2009 European Parliament Election

4–7 June 2009 · Enlargement & empowerment · 736 seats, 369 for a majority · 27 member states

Held in the trough of the financial crisis, the election punished governing socialists rather than incumbents generally: the EPP won decisively while the S&D fell to its worst result yet. David Cameron's Conservatives walked out of the EPP to found the ECR, and Jerzy Buzek of Poland became the first president of the chamber from the former eastern bloc.

President of the European Parliament before

Hans-Gert Pöttering

EPP

President of the European Parliament after

Jerzy Buzek

EPP

Largest group

EPP

265 of 736 seats

Turnout

43.2%

across 27 member states

The Parliament it elected


EPP	European People's Party	Joseph Daul	265	36.0%
S&D	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	Martin Schulz	183	25.0%
ALDE	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	Graham Watson	84	11.4%
G-EFA	Greens–European Free Alliance	Daniel Cohn-Bendit	55	7.5%
ECR	European Conservatives and Reformists	—	54	7.3%
EUL-NGL	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	Francis Wurtz	35	4.8%
EFD	Europe of Freedom and Democracy	Nigel Farage	32	4.3%
NI	Non-Inscrits	—	28	—

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 27member states' MEPs divided among the political groups, with the national parties behind each delegation. Countries are grouped by the European group each national party sat with before the election, as the source presents them; the source table sums to 737 against the chamber's 736 full members.


Belgium	6CD&V, N-VA, CDH, CSP-EVP	5PS, SP.A	5OpenVLD, MR	3Groen!, Ecolo				3VB, LDD	22
Denmark	1C	4A	3V	2F	1N	2O			13
France	29UMP, NC, LGM	14PS	6MoDem	14E-É	5FG		1Libertas	3FN	72
Germany	42CDU, CSU	23SPD	12FDP	14Grüne	8Linke				99
Ireland	4FG	3Lab	4FF, Harkin		1SP				12
Italy	35PdL, UDC, SVP	21PD	7IdV			9LN			72
Luxembourg	3CSV	1LSAP	1DP	1Gréng					6
Netherlands	5CDA	3PvdA	6VVD, D66	3GL	2SP		2CU-SGP	4PVV	25
United Kingdom		13LAB	11LD	5GPEW, SNP, PC	1SF		13UKIP	29CON/UCUNF, BNP, DUP	72
Greece	8ND	8PASOK		1Greens	3KKE, SYRIZA		2LAOS		22
Spain	23PP	21PSOE	2CDC, EAJ-PNV	2ERC, ICV	1IU			1UPyD	50
Portugal	10PSD, CDS–PP	7PS			5CDU, BE				22
Austria	6ÖVP	4SPÖ		2Grüne				5Martin, FPÖ	17
Finland	4Kok., KD	2SDP	4Kesk., SFP	2Vihr.				1PS	13
Sweden	5M, KD	5S	4FP, C	2MP	1V			1PP	18
Cyprus	2DISY	1EDEK			2AKEL			1DIKO	6
Czech Republic	2KDU–ČSL	7ČSSD			4KSČM			9ODS	22
Estonia	1IRL	1SDE	3RE, KE					1Tarand	6
Hungary	14Fidesz-MPP	4MSZP						4Jobbik, MDF	22
Latvia	3JL, PS		1LPP/LC	1PCTVL		1TB/LNNK		2SC	8
Lithuania	4TS-LKD	3LSDP	2DP, LRLS			2TT		1LLRA	12
Malta	2PN	3PL							5
Poland	28PO, PSL	7SLD-UP						15PiS	50
Slovakia	6SDKÚ-DS, KDH, SMK	5Smer						2SNS, LS-HZDS	13
Slovenia	3SDS, NSi	2SD	2LDS, Zares						7
Bulgaria	7GERB, SDS, DSB	4BSP	5DPS, NDSV					2Attack	18
Romania	14PD-L, UDMR, Băsescu, Tőkés	11PSD-PC	5PNL					3PRM	33
Total	267	182	83	52	34	14	18	87	737