Turnout rose for the first time in the Parliament's history, above 50%, in a contest framed as pro- versus anti-European. The EPP–S&D grand coalition lost its combined majority for the first time since 1979, liberals and greens surged, and Britain elected MEPs it would withdraw within a year. The Spitzenkandidat system collapsed: the European Council bypassed every lead candidate to nominate Ursula von der Leyen.
President of the European Commission before
Jean-Claude Juncker
EPP
President of the European Commission after
Ursula von der Leyen
EPP
Largest group
EPP
182 of 751 seats
Turnout
50.7%
across 28 member states
The Parliament it elected
EPP
European People's Party · 21.0%
182
MEPs
S&D
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats · 18.5%
154
MEPs
Renew
Renew Europe · 13.0%
108
MEPs
G-EFA
Greens–European Free Alliance · 11.7%
74
MEPs
ID
Identity and Democracy · 10.8%
73
MEPs
ECR
European Conservatives and Reformists · 8.2%
62
MEPs
EUL-NGL
European United Left–Nordic Green Left · 6.5%
41
MEPs
NI
Non-Inscrits
57
MEPs
Share of chamber
EPP
European People's Party
Manfred Weber
182
21.0%
S&D
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Frans Timmermans
154
18.5%
Renew
Renew Europe
Margrethe Vestager
108
13.0%
G-EFA
Greens–European Free Alliance
Bas Eickhout & Ska Keller
74
11.7%
ID
Identity and Democracy
Marco Zanni
73
10.8%
ECR
European Conservatives and Reformists
Jan Zahradil
62
8.2%
EUL-NGL
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
Violeta Tomić & Nico Cué
41
6.5%
NI
Non-Inscrits
—
57
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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.