European Parliament constituency

European Parliament election constituencies, 2009

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

In six EU member states (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies. In the remaining member states, the whole country forms a single constituency. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.

Currently, all member states hold elections to the European Parliament (EP) using various forms of proportional representation.^{note 1}

The number of representatives per head of population varies widely across constituencies. For example, 75,000 German speaking Belgians have one representative, while Sardinia and Sicily have one seat for every 943,000 people.

Constituency	State	Area/ Community	Seats	Pop.	Pop. per Seat
Dutch-speaking electoral college	Belgium	Flemish Community	13 (14)	6,300,000	484,000
French-speaking electoral college	Belgium	French Community of Belgium	8 (9)	4,200,000	525,000
German-speaking electoral college	Belgium	German-speaking Community of Belgium	1 (1)	75,000	75,000
North-West France	France	Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy	10	9,150,000	762,000
West France	France	Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, Poitou-Charentes	9	8,000,000	804,000
East France	France	Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine	9	8,200,000	820,000
South-West France	France	Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées	10	8,200,000	819,000
South-East France	France	Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes	13	10,800,000	833,000
Loire, Massif Central	France	Auvergne, Centre, Limousin	5	4,500,000	753,000
Île-de-France	France	Île-de-France (including Paris)	13	11,300,000	805,000
Overseas Territories of France	France	French overseas departments and territories	3	2,500,000	820,000
Dublin	Ireland	County Dublin	3	1,190,000	400,000
East	Ireland	Counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Wexford and Wicklow	3	1,100,000	367,000
South	Ireland	Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary North, Tipperary South and Waterford	3	1,100,000	367,000
North–West	Ireland	Counties Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath	3	880,000	293,000
North-West	Italy	Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont	23	15,000,000	653,000
North-East	Italy	Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto	15	10,700,000	714,000
Central	Italy	Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria	16	10,900,000	681,000
Southern	Italy	Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise	17	13,800,000	816,000
Islands (Italy)	Italy	Sardinia, Sicily	7	6,600,000	943,000
Pomeranian	Poland	Pomeranian Voivodeship	2	2,200,000	1,100,000
Kuyavian-Pomeranian	Poland	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,000,000	666,000
Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian	Poland	Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship	2	n/a	n/a
Warsaw	Poland	City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: grodziski, legionowski, nowodworski, otwocki, piaseczynski, pruszkowski, warszawski zachodni and wolominski)	6	n/a	n/a
Masovian	Poland	The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: ciechanowski, gostyninski, mlawski, plocki, plonski, przasnyski, sierpacki, sochaczewski, zurominski, zyrardowski, bialobrzeski, grójecki, kozienicki, lipski, przysuski, radomski, szydlowiecki, zwolenski, garwolinski, losicki, makowski, minski, ostrolecki, ostrowski, pultuski, siedlecki, sokolowski, wegrowski, wyszkowski and the cities of Plock, Radom, Ostroleka and Siedlce)	3	n/a	n/a
Łódź	Poland	Łódź Voivodeship	4	2,500,000	625,000
Greater Poland	Poland	Greater Poland Voivodeship	5	3,300,000	660,000
Lublin	Poland	Lublin Voivodeship	4	2,100,000	525,000
Subcarpathian	Poland	Subcarpathian Voivodeship	2	2,000,000	1,000,000
Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie	Poland	Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship	8	n/a	n/a
Silesian	Poland	Silesian Voivodeship	8	4,600,000	575,000
Lower Silesian and Opole	Poland	Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship	7	n/a	n/a
Lubusz and West Pomeranian	Poland	Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship	2	n/a	n/a
London	United Kingdom	Greater London	8	7,400,000	822,000
South East England	United Kingdom	South East	10	8,000,000	800,000
South West England	United Kingdom	South West, Gibraltar	6	4,900,000	700,000
West Midlands	United Kingdom	West Midlands	6	5,200,000	740,000
North West England	United Kingdom	North West	8	6,700,000	745,000
North East England	United Kingdom	North East	3	2,500,000	833,000
Yorkshire and the Humber	United Kingdom	Yorkshire and the Humber	6	5,100,000	816,000
East Midlands	United Kingdom	East Midlands	5	4,100,000	683,000
East of England	United Kingdom	Eastern	7	5,400,000	770,000
Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Northern Ireland	3	1,700,000	566,000
Scotland	United Kingdom	Scotland	6	5,000,000	714,000
Wales	United Kingdom	Wales	4	3,000,000	725,000
Germany	Germany	Germany	99 (99)	82,000,000	828,000
Spain	Spain	Spain	50 (54)	47,000,000	940,000
Romania	Romania	Romania	35 (n/a)	20,000,000	571,000
Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	25 (27)	16,500,000	660,000
Greece	Greece	Greece	22 (24)	11,300,000	513,000
Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	22 (24)	10,500,000	477,000
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	22 (24)	10,500,000	477,000
Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	22 (24)	10,000,000	454,000
Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	18 (19)	9,400,000	522,000
Austria	Austria	Austria	17 (18)	8,400,000	494,000
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	18 (n/a)	7,300,000	405,000
Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	13 (14)	5,500,000	423,000
Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	13 (14)	5,400,000	315,000
Finland	Finland	Finland	13 (14)	5,400,000	315,000
Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	12 (13)	3,200,000	266,000
Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	8 (9)	2,200,000	275,000
Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	7 (7)	2,000,000	285,000
Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	6 (6)	1,300,000	216,000
Cyprus	Cyprus	Cyprus	6 (6)	840,000	140,000
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	6 (6)	500,000	83,000
Malta	Malta	Malta	5 (5)	410,000	82,000
Total			736 (785)	±500,000,000	±680,000

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^ The German-speaking electoral college in Belgium has only one seat, thus its election is essentially first-past-the-post.

[0] The German-speaking electoral college in Belgium has only one seat, thus its election is essentially first-past-the-post.

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