2014 European Parliament Election
The Spitzenkandidat election22–25 May 2014 · The polycrisis parliaments · 751 seats, 376 for a majority · 28 member states
The first election fought under the Spitzenkandidat system, in which the lead candidate of the winning family claims the Commission presidency: the EPP's Jean-Claude Juncker duly got the job over David Cameron's objections. Eurosceptic insurgents topped the poll outright in Britain (UKIP), France (Front National) and Denmark, the first time anti-EU parties had won national first places at a European election. Group seat totals are those at the Parliament's constitutive session.
President of the European Commission before
José Manuel Barroso
EPP
President of the European Commission after
Jean-Claude Juncker
EPP
Largest group
EPP
221 of 751 seats
Turnout
42.5%
across 28 member states
The Parliament it elected
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 28 member states' MEPs divided among the political groups, with the national parties behind each delegation.