Seats won in European Parliament by party

Since the first European Parliament elections in 1979, 17 groups have been represented in the parliament, as well as over 200 independent MEPs. By far the two most successful parties in the history of the parliament have been the European People's Party (EPP) and the Socialists & Democrats (S&Ds), being the only two party groups to have won a European election.

Currently, the EPP is the largest group, with their member Ursula von der Leyen becoming President of the European Commission due to this. In recent years both the EPP & S&Ds have lost vote share to groups such as Renew Europe (previously the liberal group) and the Greens, as well as to groups on the eurosceptic right such as Identity & Democracy and the European Conservatives & Reformists.

The most recent European Parliament elections took place in June 2024. As a result, EPP remained the largest group in the Parliament, and Germany, Italy but mostly France, saw far-right parties securing an important number of seats.

Seats won in European Parliament Elections from 1979 to 2024, by party grouping

Election Year	European People's Party	Socialists & Democrats	Renew Europe	Greens/European Free Alliance	Identity and Democracy	European Conservatives & Reformists	Independent MEPs	The Left	Forza Europe	Technical Group of Independent Members	Communist and Allies Group	Rainbow Group	Group of the European Right	European Democrats	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	Union for Europe of the Nations	European Radical Alliance	Left Unity	Others**
1979	108	112	40	-	-	-	10	-	-	11	44	-	-	63	-	22	-	-	-
1984	110	130	31	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	41	20	16	50	-	29	-	-	-
1989	121	180	49	30	-	-	12	28	-	-	-	13	17	34	-	20	-	14	-
1994	156	198	44	23	-	-	27	28	27	-	-	-	-	-	19	26	19	-	-
1999	232	180	50	48	-	-	9	42	-	18	-	-	-	-	16	31	-	-	-
2004	268	200	88	42	-	-	29	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	27	-	-	-
2009	265	184	84	55	-	54	27	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	-	-
2014	221	191	67	50	-	70	52	52	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	-	-	-	-
2019	182	154	108	74	73	62	57	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024*	186	135	79	53	58	73	45	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55

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Release date

June 2024

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

1979 to 2024

Supplementary notes

*Provisional results

**Newly elected Members not allied to any of the political groups set up in the outgoing Parliament

Date of release refers to most recent date of access.

Where a party has changed name over time, the most recent name of the party is used.

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