Seats by political group and country - 1999-2004
Constitutive session

Country Number of seats
Austria
Austria:

7

Austria:

7

Austria:

2

Austria:

5

 21
Belgium
Belgium:

6

Belgium:

5

Belgium:

5

Belgium:

7

Belgium:

2

 25
Denmark
Denmark:

1

Denmark:

3

Denmark:

6

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

1

Denmark:

4

 16
Finland
Finland:

5

Finland:

3

Finland:

5

Finland:

2

Finland:

1

 16
France
France:

20

France:

22

France:

9

France:

11

France:

13

France:

5

France:

6

France:

1

 87
Germany
Germany:

53

Germany:

33

Germany:

7

Germany:

6

 99
Greece
Greece:

9

Greece:

9

Greece:

7

 25
Ireland
Ireland:

5

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

1

Ireland:

2

Ireland:

6

 15
Italy
Italy:

34

Italy:

17

Italy:

7

Italy:

2

Italy:

6

Italy:

9

Italy:

11

Italy:

1

 87
Luxembourg
Luxembourg:

2

Luxembourg:

2

Luxembourg:

1

Luxembourg:

1

 6
Netherlands
Netherlands:

9

Netherlands:

6

Netherlands:

8

Netherlands:

4

Netherlands:

1

Netherlands:

3

 31
Portugal
Portugal:

9

Portugal:

12

Portugal:

2

Portugal:

2

 25
Spain
Spain:

28

Spain:

24

Spain:

3

Spain:

4

Spain:

4

Spain:

1

 64
Sweden
Sweden:

7

Sweden:

6

Sweden:

4

Sweden:

2

Sweden:

3

 22
United Kingdom
United Kingdom:

37

United Kingdom:

30

United Kingdom:

10

United Kingdom:

6

United Kingdom:

3

United Kingdom:

1

 87
European Union
European Union:

232

European Union:

180

European Union:

50

European Union:

48

European Union:

42

European Union:

31

European Union:

18

European Union:

16

European Union:

9

 626
Distribution of political groups in the European Parliament by country
Country
EPP-ED
PSE
ELDR
Verts/ALE
GUE/NGL
UEN
TDI
EDD
NI
Total of seats
Austria AT 7 7 2 5 21
Belgium BE 6 5 5 7 2 25
Denmark DK 1 3 6 1 1 4 16
Finland FI 5 3 5 2 1 16
France FR 20 22 9 11 13 5 6 1 87
Germany DE 53 33 7 6 99
Greece EL 9 9 7 25
Ireland IE 5 1 1 2 6 15
Italy IT 34 17 7 2 6 9 11 1 87
Luxembourg LU 2 2 1 1 6
Netherlands NL 9 6 8 4 1 3 31
Portugal PT 9 12 2 2 25
Spain ES 28 24 3 4 4 1 64
Sweden SE 7 6 4 2 3 22
United Kingdom UK 37 30 10 6 3 1 87
European Union EU 232 180 50 48 42 31 18 16 9 626

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Seats by political group and country - 1999-2004
Constitutive session

Distribution of the selected political group in the European Parliament by country
Country Total of seats

Source: European Parliament

Political groups in the European Parliament

  • EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
  • PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists
  • ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
  • Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
  • UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group
  • TDI - Technical Group of Independent Members - mixed group
  • EDD - Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
  • NI - Non-attached Members

Type of results:

Projection: The projection of the European Parliament is an estimate of its composition resulting from the elections, established by Verian as an aggregation of available election results, estimates or polling data published in the Member States after voting has finished. Without prejudice to the composition of the newly elected Parliament, the projection is based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Provisional: Composition of the European Parliament based on available provisional or final national results published after voting has finished in all Member States, based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament.

Constitutive session: Results as officially announced by the newly-elected European Parliament after verification of its Members' eligibility criteria.

Outgoing Parliament: European Parliament configured as in the last parliamentary session of the ongoing legislature.