European Parliament elections 2024 - statistics & facts
The 2024 elections to the European Parliament took place between June 6 and June 9, 2024, with over 400 million voters eligible to vote across the 27 member states of the European Union. Preliminary results indicate that while the center-right European People's Party (EPP) will remain the largest group, right-wing and far-right parties have gained seats at the expense of the center. The far-right performed particularly strongly in France leading to President Macron calling snap parliamentary elections for June and July of 2024. In Germany, the EPP, won 30 out of Germany's 96 seats, while the right-wing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) managed to win 15 seats, one more than German's current ruling party, the SPD. In contrast to France and Germany, Italy's ruling party, part of the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) emerged as the largest party, winning 24 of Italy's 76 seats.
