European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU). The European Electoral Act 2002 lets member states the choice to give electoral subdivisions or constituencies for the European Parliament elections in different ways.[1]
List of constituencies
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| Constituency | Member State | Area/Community | Seats | Seats throughout the country | Population, 2012[2] (thousands) | Area[3] (km2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At election | Current | Current | Total | Per current seat | Total | Per current seat | |||
| Austria | Austria | (Full country) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 8,430 | 444 | 83,879 | 4,415 |
| Dutch-speaking electoral college | Belgium | Flemish Community | 12 | 12 | 21 | 6,389 | 532 | 13,521 | 1,127 |
| French-speaking electoral college | French Community of Belgium | 8 | 8 | 4,663 | 583 | 16,152 | 2,019 | ||
| German-speaking electoral college | German-speaking Community of Belgium | 1 | 1 | 77 | 77 | 854 | 854 | ||
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | (Full country) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 7,306 | 430 | 110,900 | 6,524 |
| Croatia | Croatia | (Full country) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4,269 | 356 | 56,594 | 4,716 |
| Cyprus | Cyprus | (Full country) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 864 | 144 | 9,251 | 1,542 |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | (Full country) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 10,511 | 501 | 78,866 | 3,756 |
| Denmark | Denmark | (Full country) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 5,592 | 399 | 42,916 | 3,065 |
| Estonia | Estonia | (Full country) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1,323 | 189 | 45,227 | 6,461 |
| Finland | Finland | (Full country) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 5,414 | 387 | 338,435 | 24,174 |
| France | France | (Full country) | 74 | 79 | 79 | 66,233 | 838 | 656,412 | 8,309 |
| Germany | Germany | Full country, with the option for parties to opt for separate state lists in the 16 Bundesländer | 96 | 96 | 96 | 81,932 | 853 | 357,162 | 3,720 |
| Greece | Greece | (Full country) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 11,093 | 528 | 131,957 | 6,284 |
| Hungary | Hungary | (Full country) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 9,920 | 472 | 93,024 | 4,430 |
| Dublin | Ireland | Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin | 3 | 4 | 15 | 1,271 | 318 | 921 | 230 |
| Midlands–North-West | Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway | 4 | 4 | 1,635 | 409 | 37,282 | 9,321 | ||
| South | Counties Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kilkenny, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford | 4 | 5 | 1,675 | 335 | 31,935 | 6,387 | ||
| North-West | Italy | Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont | 20 | 20 | 76 | 15,807 | 790 | 57,928 | 2,896 |
| North-East | Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto | 14 | 15 | 11,482 | 765 | 62,327 | 4,155 | ||
| Central | Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria | 14 | 15 | 11,637 | 776 | 58,084 | 3,872 | ||
| Southern | Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise | 17 | 18 | 13,975 | 776 | 73,800 | 4,100 | ||
| Islands | Sardinia, Sicily | 8 | 8 | 6,639 | 830 | 49,932 | 6,242 | ||
| Latvia | Latvia | (Full country) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2,034 | 254 | 64,573 | 8,072 |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | (Full country) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2,988 | 272 | 65,300 | 5,936 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | (Full country) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 531 | 88 | 2,586 | 431 |
| Malta | Malta | (Full country) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 420 | 70 | 316 | 53 |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | (Full country) | 26 | 29 | 29 | 16,755 | 578 | 41,540 | 1,432 |
| Pomeranian | Poland | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 52 | 2,287 | 762 | 18,310 | 6,103 |
| Kuyavian-Pomeranian | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 2 | 2 | 2,097 | 1,049 | 17,972 | 8,986 | ||
| Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian | Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,651 | 884 | 44,360 | 14,787 | ||
| Warsaw | City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin) | 6 | 6 | 2,795 | 466 | 11,205 | 1,868 | ||
| Masovian | The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Ciechanów, Gostyń, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Płock, Radom, Ostrołęka and Siedlce) | 3 | 3 | 2,499 | 833 | 24,353 | 8,118 | ||
| Łódź | Łódź Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,529 | 843 | 18,219 | 6,073 | ||
| Greater Poland | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 5 | 5 | 3,350 | 670 | 15,183 | 3,037 | ||
| Lublin | Lublin Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,169 | 732 | 25,122 | 8,374 | ||
| Subcarpathian | Subcarpathian Voivodeship | 3 | 3 | 2,129 | 710 | 17,846 | 5,949 | ||
| Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie | Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 5 | 6 | 4,735 | 789 | 41,537 | 6,923 | ||
| Silesian | Silesian Voivodeship | 7 | 7 | 4,621 | 660 | 12,333 | 1,762 | ||
| Lower Silesian and Opole | Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship | 4 | 4 | 3,928 | 982 | 29,359 | 7,340 | ||
| Lubusz and West Pomeranian | Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 4 | 4 | 2,745 | 686 | 36,880 | 9,220 | ||
| Portugal | Portugal | (Full country) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 10,515 | 501 | 92,212 | 4,391 |
| Romania | Romania | (Full country) | 32 | 33 | 33 | 21,385 | 648 | 238,391 | 7,224 |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | (Full country) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 5,408 | 386 | 49,036 | 3,503 |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | (Full country) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2,057 | 257 | 20,273 | 2,534 |
| Spain | Spain | (Full country) | 54 | 59 | 59 | 46,773 | 793 | 505,991 | 8,576 |
| Sweden | Sweden | (Full country) | 20 | 21 | 21 | 9,519 | 453 | 438,576 | 20,885 |
| Total | 751 | 705 | 705 | 445,056 | 631 | 4,238,831 | 6,013 | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Oelbermann, Kai-Friederike; Palomares, Antonio; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (2010). "The 2009 European Parliament Elections: From Votes to Seats in 27 Ways" (PDF). European Electoral Studies. 5 (1): 148–182. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2013.
- ↑ Eurostat (14 March 2014). "Average annual population (1000) by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ Eurostat (19 May 2014). "Total area and land area by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
