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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 (although since the German-speaking electoral college in Belgium has only one seat, its election is essentially first-past-the-post).

The population of constituencies varies widely across the union.

Currently, the German speaking community of Belgium are the most represented in the EU Parliament with one seat for their 71,000 population, while the people of Sardinia and Sicily are the least represented, with only one seat per 943,000 people.

The number of seats per constituency varies from 1 in the German speaking community of Belgium, to 23 in the north-west region of Italy. When counting countries without specific subdivisions as single constituencies for comparison, Germany has the most seats — 99 seats.

Constituency	State	Area/ Community	Seats	Pop.	Pop. per Seat
Dutch-speaking electoral college	Belgium	Flemish Community	14	6,000,000	428,000
French-speaking electoral college	Belgium	French Community of Belgium	9	4,000,000	444,000
German-speaking electoral college	Belgium	German-speaking community of Belgium	1	71,000	71,000
North-West France	France	Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie	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, Bourgogne, 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	n/a	n/a
Kuyavian-Pomeranian	Poland	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	n/a	n/a
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	n/a	n/a
Greater Poland	Poland	Greater Poland Voivodeship	5	n/a	n/a
Lublin	Poland	Lublin Voivodeship	4	n/a	n/a
Subcarpathian	Poland	Subcarpathian Voivodeship	2	n/a	n/a
Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie	Poland	Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship	8	n/a	n/a
Silesian	Poland	Silesian Voivodeship	8	n/a	n/a
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	82,000,000	828,000
Spain	Spain	Spain	54	43,000,000	796,000
Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	27	16,000,000	590,000
Greece	Greece	Greece	24	11,000,000	458,000
Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	24	10,500,000	437,000
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	24	10,200,000	425,000
Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	24	10,000,000	416,000
Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	19	9,000,000	473,000
Austria	Austria	Austria	18	8,200,000	455,000
Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	14	5,400,000	385,000
Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	14	5,300,000	378,000
Finland	Finland	Finland	14	5,200,000	370,000
Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	13	3,600,000	277,000
Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	9	2,300,000	255,000
Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	7	2,000,000	285,000
Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	6	1,300,000	216,000
Cyprus	Cyprus	Cyprus	6	780,000	130,000
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	6	440,000	73,000
Malta	Malta	Malta	5	400,000	80,000
Total			732	459,295,000	627,000

Full lists

See also

• Member of the European Parliament
• Constituency

External links

• EU Parliament factsheet
• European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium) - electoral law
• European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland) - electoral law
• European Parliament election, 2004 (France) - electoral law
• European Parliament election, 2004 (Ireland) - electoral law
• European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland) - electoral law
• European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom) - electoral law
• European Election Law Association (Eurela)