European Parliament elections

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election recurring event supranational election

European Parliament elections are continent-wide democratic polls held every five years in which citizens of European Union member states choose their representatives to the European Parliament.

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Label Occurrences
European Parliament elections canonical 10
European Parliament elections in Croatia 2
European Parliament elections in Finland 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf election ⓘ
recurring event ⓘ
supranational election ⓘ
allows EU citizens to choose to vote either in their country of nationality or residence (subject to rules) ⓘ
cross-border voting for EU citizens residing in another member state ⓘ
allowsCandidacyTo citizens of European Union member states ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European Union ⓘ
Member States of the European Union ⓘ
surface form: European Union member states
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
elects European Parliament ⓘ
Members of the European Parliament ⓘ
firstElectionDate 7–10 June 1979 ⓘ
follows universal suffrage ⓘ
hadNumberOfMEPs 705 after Brexit and before 2024 ⓘ
751 before Brexit ⓘ
hasCampaignPeriod several weeks before polling days in each member state ⓘ
hasConstituencies member state constituencies ⓘ
regional constituencies in some member states ⓘ
hasFrequency every five years ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (1976) ⓘ
Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
hasMinimumVotingAge 16 years in some member states ⓘ
18 years in most member states ⓘ
hasNumberOfMEPs 720 from 2024–2029 term ⓘ
hasTurnoutTrend generally lower than national parliamentary elections in many member states ⓘ
hasVoterEligibility citizens of European Union member states ⓘ
hasVotingPeriod several consecutive days (Thursday to Sunday) ⓘ
influences approval of the European Commission ⓘ
election of the President of the European Commission ⓘ
involves European political parties ⓘ
national political parties ⓘ
isSeparateFrom elections to national parliaments ⓘ
elections to the Council of the European Union ⓘ
isTypeOf multinational parliamentary election ⓘ
language all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
mainlyCovers legislative representation at EU level ⓘ
mostRecentElectionDate 6–9 June 2024 ⓘ
nextElectionScheduled 2029 ⓘ
organizedBy European Union ⓘ
previousElectionDate 23–26 May 2019 ⓘ
regulatedBy national electoral laws of EU member states ⓘ
resultsIn formation of political groups in the European Parliament ⓘ
startTime 1979 ⓘ
usesPrinciple degressive proportionality ⓘ
usesVotingSystem closed-list proportional representation ⓘ
open-list proportional representation ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French overseas territories → haveVotingRightsIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
New Democracy → hasElectoralActivity → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Greece
Italian Democratic Socialists → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament election, 1999 (Italy)
Italian Democratic Socialists → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)
European Parliament political groups → legalBasis → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage
People of Freedom → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament election, 2009 (Italy)
Croatian Social Democratic Party → electoralFocus → European Parliament elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party of Croatia
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Croatia
Perussuomalaiset r.p. → electoralActivity → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Finland
Chega (political party) → electoralParticipation → European Parliament elections ⓘ
subject surface form: Chega
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Portugal
Alejo Vidal-Quadras → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Jacques Delors → electedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1979 European Parliament election
European Green Party → participatesIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European elections
European Parliament elections in the Netherlands → partOf → European Parliament elections ⓘ
European Parliament elections in the Netherlands → belongsTo → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Union member state elections for the European Parliament
UK Independence Party → strongestElectoralPerformance → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Brexit Party → focus → European Parliament elections ⓘ
European Parliament elections in Belgium → partOf → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Rachida Dati → electedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament election, 2009
Mouvement Réformateur → electoralActivity → European Parliament elections ⓘ
National Coalition Party → participatesIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Finland
European Commission political cycle → coordinatedWith → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Croatian Democratic Union → participatesIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in Croatia
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party → electoralParticipation → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Union for French Democracy → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in France
United Left (Spain) → participatedIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
Radical Party of the Left → participatesIn → European Parliament elections ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Parliament elections in France