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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.

Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom are respectively divided into 3, 8, 3, 5, 13 and 12 constituencies, while the other member states have a single national constituency. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.

The Kingdom of Denmark was also historically subdivided in two constituencies, with a separate one for Greenland which was dissolved in 1985 after the autonomous country in the Realm withdrew from the EEC (later expanded to become the EU).

Currently, all constituencies various forms of proportional representation (PR), except the single-seat German-speaking electoral college in Belgium, which uses first-past-the-post. The parliament as a whole is not PR, because seats are apportioned between member states by degressive proportionality; also, Poland and Belgium's constituencies are apportioned with wide population variance.

Data are for the 2014–2019 legislature.

Full list

Constituency Member State Area/Community Seats, 2014 Population, 2012[1] (thousands) Area[2] (km2) GDP, 2011[3] (million €)
Total Per seat Total Per seat Total Per seat
AustriaAustria(Full country)188,43046883,8794,660299,12716,618
Dutch-speaking electoral collegeBelgiumFlemish Community126,38953213,5211,127212,35417,696
French-speaking electoral collegeFrench Community of Belgium84,66358316,1522,019156,66119,583
German-speaking electoral collegeGerman-speaking Community of Belgium17777854854nana
BulgariaBulgaria(Full country)177,306430110,9006,52438,5052,265
CyprusCyprus(Full country)68641449,2511,54217,9792,997
CroatiaCroatia(Full country)114,26938856,5945,14544,3844,035
Czech RepublicCzech Republic(Full country)2110,51150178,8663,756155,4867,404
DenmarkKingdom of Denmark(Full country)135,59243042,9163,301230,97817,768
EstoniaEstonia(Full country)61,32322045,2277,53816,2162,703
FinlandFinland(Full country)135,414416338,43526,033188,65614,512
North-WestFranceRegions Normandy (former regions Lower Normandy, and Upper Normandy), and Hauts-de-France (former regions Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and Picardy)109,29893061,7206,172229,99823,000
WestRegions Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, and former region Poitou-Charentes (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)98,68396585,0999,455222,72224,747
EastRegions Grand Est (former regions Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, and Lorraine), and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (former regions Burgundy, and Franche-Comté)98,365929105,21811,691213,31723,702
South-WestRegion Occitanie (former regions Languedoc-Roussillon, and Midi-Pyrénées), and former region Aquitaine (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)108,941894114,03211,403228,57322,857
South-EastRegion Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, territorial collectivity of Corsica, and former region Rhône-Alpes (now part of region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)1311,61989483,7786,444345,31226,562
Massif central–CentreRegion Centre-Val de Loire, and former regions Auvergne (now part of region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), and Limousin (now part of region Nouvelle-Aquitaine)54,66593382,10616,421115,98723,197
Île-de-FranceRegion Île-de-France, and French citizens living abroad (and not registered as electors in another member country of the European Union)1511,94879712,012801608,64840,577
OverseasFrench overseas departments and territories32,714905112,44737,48250,96216,987
GermanyGermany(Full country)9681,932853357,1623,7202,609,89827,186
GreeceGreece(Full country)2111,093528131,9576,284208,5309,930
HungaryHungary(Full country)219,92047293,0244,43098,9214,711
DublinIrelandCounties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin31,27142492130765,92521,975
Midlands–North-WestCounties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway41,63540937,2829,32140,41610,104
SouthCounties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford41,67541931,9357,98450,14712,537
North-WestItalyAosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont2015,80779057,9282,896511,48425,574
North-EastEmilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto1411,48282062,3274,452364,56126,040
CentralLatium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria1411,63783158,0844,149340,66924,334
SouthernAbruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise1713,97582273,8004,341243,89514,347
IslandsSardinia, Sicily86,63983049,9326,242117,03114,629
LatviaLatvia(Full country)82,03425464,5738,07220,1822,523
LithuaniaLithuania(Full country)112,98827265,3005,93630,9582,814
LuxembourgLuxembourg(Full country)6531882,58643141,7306,955
MaltaMalta(Full country)642070316536,6311,105
NetherlandsNetherlands(Full country)2616,75564441,5401,598593,25822,818
PomeranianPolandPomeranian Voivodeship32,28776218,3106,10320,9216,974
Kuyavian-PomeranianKuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship32,09769917,9725,99116,5975,532
Podlaskie and Warmian-MasurianPodlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship22,6511,32644,36022,18018,4079,204
WarsawCity of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin)52,79555911,2052,24165,21513,043
MasovianThe 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)32,49983324,3538,11817,7155,905
ŁódźŁódź Voivodeship22,5291,26518,2199,11022,63111,316
Greater PolandGreater Poland Voivodeship53,35067015,1833,03727,6535,531
LublinLublin Voivodeship22,1691,08425,12212,56114,2087,104
SubcarpathianSubcarpathian Voivodeship32,12971017,8465,94913,8404,613
Lesser Poland and ŚwiętokrzyskieLesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship74,73567641,5375,93443,7506,250
SilesianSilesian Voivodeship74,62166012,3331,76248,1246,875
Lower Silesian and OpoleLower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship63,92865529,3594,89339,6456,608
Lubusz and West PomeranianLubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship32,74591536,88012,29322,1457,382
PortugalPortugal(Full country)2110,51550192,2124,391170,9428,140
RomaniaRomania(Full country)3221,385668238,3917,450131,3594,105
SlovakiaSlovakia(Full country)135,40841649,0363,77268,9755,306
SloveniaSlovenia(Full country)82,05725720,2732,53436,1504,519
SwedenSweden(Full country)209,519476438,57621,929385,34219,267
SpainSpain(Full country)5446,773866505,9919,3701,045,26319,357
LondonUnited KingdomGreater London87,8369801,595199394,75949,345
South East EnglandSouth East108,52085219,4051,941255,18825,519
South West EnglandSouth West, Gibraltar65,30388424,3954,066131,44421,907
West MidlandsWest Midlands75,45677913,0041,858126,33718,048
North West EnglandNorth West86,98387314,9201,865166,39520,799
North East EnglandNorth East32,6068698,6762,89253,60417,868
Yorkshire and the HumberYorkshire and the Humber65,30188415,5642,594120,31020,052
East MidlandsEast Midlands54,48189615,8113,162103,71220,742
East of EnglandEastern75,83283319,5722,796148,69221,242
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland31,79960014,1304,71037,81312,604
ScotlandScotland65,22387180,23913,373137,86322,977
WalesWales43,00775221,2255,30660,42815,107
Total751507,4036764,487,3675,97512,665,52816,865

Regional constituencies by member state

Full lists

European Parliament election constituencies, 2014

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Eurostat (14 March 2014). "Average annual population (1000) by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
    2. ↑ Eurostat (19 May 2014). "Total area and land area by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
    3. ↑ Eurostat (19 May 2014). "Regional Gross Domestic Product by NUTS 2 region". Retrieved 26 May 2014.
    4. ↑
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