1999 European Parliament election

none 1999 European Parliament election European Union parliamentary no 1994 European Parliament election 1994 2004 European Parliament election 2004 All 626 seats to the European Parliament 314 49.8% (7.0 pp) 10–13 June 1999 European People's Party–European Democrats Hans-Gert Pöttering Germany Pöttering, Hans-Gert-9757.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 157, 27.7% 233* 76 37.2% 9.5% Party of European Socialists Enrique Barón Crespo Spain Barón Crespo EC President Portrait.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 198, 34.9% 180* 18 28.8% 6.1% European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Pat Cox Munster Cox Portrait 2002.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 43, 7.6% 50* 18 8.0% 0.4% The Greens–European Free Alliance Heidi Hautala Finland Heidihautala.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 23, 4.1% 48 25 7.7% 3.6% Francis Wurtz Île-de-France Francis Wurtz Front de Gauche 2009-03-08.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 European United Left–Nordic Green Left 28, 4.9% 42* 14 6.7% 1.8% Charles Pasqua France Charles Pasqua 1999.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Union for Europe of the Nations 26, 4.6% 30 4 4.8 0.2% 1999 European Parliament election, political grouping breakdown by countries.svg 350px Post-election composition of each member state's delegation President of the European Parliament President of the European Parliament after election José María Gil-Robles EPP Nicole Fontaine EPP–ED The 1999 European Parliament election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10, 11 and 13 June 1999. 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. This was the first election where Austria, Finland and Sweden voted alongside the other member states, having joined in 1995 and voted separately. The next election was held in 2004. Final results European Parliament election, 1999 - Final results at 20 July 1999GroupDescriptionChaired byMEPs  EPP-EDConservatives and Christian DemocratsHans-Gert Pöttering233 400px  PESSocial DemocratsEnrique Barón Crespo180  ELDRLiberals and Liberal DemocratsPat Cox50  G–EFAGreens and RegionalistsHeidi HautalaPaul Lannoye48  EUL–NGLCommunists and the Far leftFrancis Wurtz42  UENNational ConservativesCharles Pasqua31  EDD EuroscepticsJens-Peter Bonde16  TGIMixedGianfranco Dell'Alba itFrancesco Speroni18  NIIndependents and Far rightnone8Total: 626Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040349/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/calendar/calendar?APP=PDF&TYPE=PV1&FILE=19990720EN.pdf&LANGUE=EN 2015-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20090304105632/http://www.legilux.public.lu/adm/annuaire_officiel/VOLUME1/I_INSTIT/Orginter.pdf 2009-03-04 Seats summary #ddd 515px 350px EPP–ED #3399FF 37.22 PES #FF0000 28.75 ELDR #FFFF00 7.99 G–EFA #009900 7.67 GUE/NGL #990000 6.71 UEN #4F6BA2 4.95 TGI #808080 2.88 EDD #f7af20 2.56 NI #DDDDDD 1.28 Results by country The national results as at 13 June 1999 are as follows: GroupNationEPP-EDPESELDRGreens-ALEGUE-NGLUENEDDNITotalAustria7 ÖVP 30,7%7 SPÖ 31,7%2 GRÜNEN 9,3%5 FPÖ 23,4%21Belgium3 CVP 13,5% 1 PSC 5,2% 1 CSP 0,1%3 PS 9,7% 2 SP 8,8%3 VLD 13,6% 2 PRL 10,2%1 FDF3 ECOLO 8,6% 2 AGALEV 7,5% 2 VU 7,6%2 VB 9,4%25Denmark 1 KF 8,5% 3 S 16,5% 5 V 23,4% 1 B 9,1% 1 SF 7,1% 1 DF 5,8% 3 JB 16,1% 1 N 7,3% 16Finland4 KOK 25,3% 1 SKL 2,4%3 SDP 17,9%4 KESK 21,3% 1 SF 6,8%2 Vihr. 13,4%1 Vasem. 9,1%15France12 RPR 12,8% 9 UDF 9,3%22 PS 22,0%9 Verts 9,7%6 PCF 6,8% 5 LO-LCR 5,2%13 RPF 13,1%6 CPNT 6,8%5 FN 5,7%87Germany43 CDU 39,3%10 CSU 9,4%33 SPD 30,7%7 Greens 6,4%6 PDS 5,8%99Greece9 ND 36,0%9 PASOK 32,9%3 KKE 8,7% 2 DIKKI 6,9% 2 Synaspismos 5,2%25Ireland4 FG 24,6% 1 Ind.1 Lab 8,7%1 Ind.2 GP 6,7%6 FF 38,6%15Italy22 FI 25,2% 4 PPI 4,53% 2 CCD 2,6% 2 CDU 2,2% 1 UDEUR 1,6% 1 PP 0,8% 1 RI 1,1% 1 SVP 0,5%15 DS 17,4% 2 SDI 2,2%6 DEM 7,7% 1 PRI 0,5%2 FdV 1,8%4 PRC 4,3% 2 PdCI 2,0%9 AN–PS 10,3%7 LB 8,5% 4 LN 4,5% 1 FT 1,6%87Luxembourg2 CSV 31,7%2 LSAP 23,6%1 DP 20,5%1 Gréng 10,7%6Netherlands9 CDA 26,9%6 PvdA 20,1%6 VVD19,7% 2 D66 5,8%4 GL 11,9%1 SP 5,0%3 SGP-GPV-RPF 8,7%31Portugal9 PSD 32,14%12 PS 44,55%2 CDU (PCP) 10,7%2 PP 8,4%25Spain27 PP 40,4% 1 CiU (UDC)24 PSOE 35,9%2 CiU (CDC) 1 CE: CC1 CN (EA) 1 CN (PNV) 1 CE (PA) 1 BNG 1,7%4 IU 5,9%1 EH 1,5%63Sweden 5 M 20,8% 2 KD 7,6% 6 S 26,0% 3 FP 13,8% 1 C 6,0% 2 MP 9,5% 3 V 15,8% 22United Kingdom 36 CON 33,5% 1 UUP 1,1% 29 LAB 26,3% 1 SDLP 1,8% 10 LD 11,9% 2 GPEW 5,9%2 SNP 2,5% 2 PC 1,7% 3 UKIP 6,5%1 DUP 1,8%87Total233180504842311626626GroupPPEPSEELDRGreens-ALEGUE-NGLUENEDDNI Results by group Communists/Far Left The EUL/NGL group picked up one seat in the election and seven in the subsequent regrouping, raising its total from 34 to 42. Social Democrats The PES group did badly, losing 34 of its seats in the election and slipping to the second-biggest group. Liberals/Liberal Democrats The ELDR group did moderately well, picking up one seat in the election and seven in the regrouping, giving a total of 50 seats and retaining its place as the third biggest group. The European Radical Alliance (ERA) were not so fortunate and slipped badly, losing eight of its 21 members in the election. Conservatives/Christian Democrats The EPP group did well, picking up 23 seats in the election and nine in the regrouping, giving a total of 233 seats and overtaking the left to become the biggest group. To placate the increasingly eurosceptic British Conservatives, the group was renamed "EPP-ED" for the new Parliament, partly resurrecting the name of the former European Democrat group which was mergedhttp://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/democrates-europeens.htmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes with the EPP in 1992. National Conservatives The Union for Europe (UFE) group slipped during the election and lost 17 seats. The group splithttp://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/rassemblement-des-democrates-europeens.htmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes during the regrouping, with Ireland's Fianna Fáil and Portugal's CDS/PP forming a new group called "Union for Europe of the Nations". UEN started the Fifth Parliament with 31 MEPs. Far-Right Nationalists No explicitly far-right group per se was in existence immediately before or after the election. All far-right MEPs that were elected sat as Independents (see below). Greens/Regionalists The Green Group solidified its position, picking up 11 seats in the election to give it 38 MEPs. The European Free Alliance members of the ERA joined with the Green Group to createhttp://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/groupe-arc-en-ciel.htmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes the Greens/EFA group, which started the Fifth Parliament with 48 MEPs. Eurosceptics The I-EN group trod water, gaining six members in the election but losing five in the regrouping, leaving it with 16 members. The group was renamedhttp://66.249.91.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.europe-politique.eu/groupe-independance-democratie.htmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes "Europe of Democracies and Diversities" (EDD) for the new Parliament. Independents The Non-Inscrits did badly, losing 20 MEPs to the election. Disparate members (two from Belgium, five from France and eleven from Italy)http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990720s.htm#21 The Week : 20-07-99(s) www.europarl.europa.eu 8 April 2018 tried to gain Group privilege by creating a group called the "Technical Group of Independent Members" (full title "Group for the technical co-ordination of groups and the defence of independent members", abbreviated to "TGI" or "TDI"). The attempt initially succeeded, with the group allowed to start the Fifth Parliament until the legal position could be checked. In September, the Constitutional Affairs Committee ruled that they lacked a coherent position ("political affinity", the basis for forming a group) and were disbandedhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990913s.htm#1 The Week : 13-09-99(s) www.europarl.europa.eu 8 April 2018 - the only group ever to be forcibly dissolved. The TGI members returned to the Non-Inscrits, increasing their number to 27.http://www.europarl.europa.eu/press/sdp/pointses/en/1999/p990913s.htm#29 The Week : 13-09-99(s) www.europarl.europa.eu 8 April 2018 See also Members of the European Parliament 1999–2004 Statistics European Parliament election, 1999 - StatisticsAreaEuropean Union (EU-15)SourcesDates Thursday 10 June: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark Friday 11 June: Ireland Sunday 13 June: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, SwedenSeats626Candidatesover 10,000Electorate288 millionTurnout49.8%Previous1994 European Parliament electionn/aNext2004 European Parliament electionn/aElection methodsAll proportional representation. Preference voting allowed? Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Sweden. Yes, via STV: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only) No: the rest Cutoff? 5%: France, Germany 4%: Austria, Sweden 3%: Greece none: the restSeat allocation Sainte-Laguë method: Sweden STV method: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only) Hare-Niemeyer method: Germany Pro-rata: Greece Largest remainder method: Italy D'Hondt method: the rest Constituency boundaries Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), Ireland (4), Italy (5), United Kingdom (12) Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level), Finland (candidate lists at electoral district or national level) Member state as single constituency: the restMinimum voting age18 European Parliament election, 1999 - TimelineFourth Parliament 1999 Election Regrouping Fifth ParliamentGroups Pre-electionsMay 5 Change ResultsJune 13 Change ResultsJuly 20 NewGroupsFirstsessionJuly 20Break upof TGISept 13NewGroupsNewsessionSept 13   EPP 201 +23 224 +9 233   EPP-ED 233 +0   EPP-ED 233  PES 214 -34 180 +0 180   PES 180 +0   PES 180   ELDR 42 +1 43 +7 50   ELDR 50 +0   ELDR 50   ERA 21 -8 13 -348  G/EFA48 +0  G/EFA48   G 27 +11 38  EUL-NGL 34 +1 35 +7 42   EUL-NGL 42 +0   EUL-NGL 42   I-EN 15 +6 21 -5 16   EDD 16 +0   EDD 16   NI 38 -20 18 -10 8   NI 8 +19   NI 27   Others 0 +37 37 -19 18   TGI 18 -18   UFE 34 -17 17 +14 31   UEN 31 -1   UEN 30Total 626 0 626 0 626Total 626 0Total 626Sources: European Parliament election, 1999 - Delegation at 20 July 1999GroupDescriptionDetails%MEPs  EPP-EDConservatives and christian democratsGermany 53, Belgium 5, Denmark 1, France 21, Ireland 5, Italy 34, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 37, Greece 9, Spain 29, Portugal 9, Austria 7, Finland 5, Sweden 537%233  PESSocial democratsGermany 33, Belgium 5, Denmark 3, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 17, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 6, UK 30, Greece 9, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 629%180  ELDRLiberals and liberal democratsBelgium 5, Denmark 6, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 8, UK 10, Spain 3, Finland 5, Sweden 48%50  G/EFAGreens and regionalistsGermany 7, Belgium 7, France 9, Ireland 2, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 6, Spain 4, Austria 2, Finland 2, Sweden 28%48  EUL/NGLLeft-wing groupGermany 6, Denmark 1, France 11, Italy 6, Netherlands 1, Greece 7, Spain 4, Portugal 2, Finland 1, Sweden 37%42  UENNational conservativesDenmark 1, France 13, Ireland 6, Italy 9, Portugal 25%31  NI & TGIIndependentsBelgium 2, France 5, Italy 12, UK 1, Spain 1, Austria 54%26 (18+8)  EDDEuroscepticsDenmark 4, France 6, Netherlands 3, UK 33%16Sources: 100%626 References External links European Election Studies www.europeanelectionstudies.net https://web.archive.org/web/20210127101118/http://www.europeanelectionstudies.net/ 2021-01-27 Outgoing parliament as of January 1999 (also includes June 1994) Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 (last session of Fourth Parliament): source 1 Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 (last session of Fourth Parliament): source 2 Election results as of June 13 1999, before regrouping Incoming parliament as of July 20th 1999 (first session of Fifth Parliament. Includes TGI a.k.a. TDI) Incoming parliament as of September 13 1999 (after TGI was forcibly dissolved) Category:1999 elections in Europe Category:June 1999 in Europe