The EUL/NGL group picked up one seat in the election and seven in the subsequent regrouping, raising its total from 34 to 42.
Social Democratsedit
The PES group did badly, losing 34 of its seats in the election and slipping to the second-biggest group.
Liberals/Liberal Democratsedit
The ELDR group did moderately well, picking up one seat in the election and seven in the regrouping, giving a total of 50 seats and retaining its place as the third biggest group. The European Radical Alliance (ERA) were not so fortunate and slipped badly, losing eight of its 21 members in the election.
Conservatives/Christian Democratsedit
The EPP group did well, picking up 23 seats in the election and nine in the regrouping, giving a total of 233 seats and overtaking the left to become the biggest group. To placate the increasingly eurosceptic British Conservatives, the group was renamed "EPP-ED" for the new Parliament, partly resurrecting the name of the former European Democrat group which was merged[1] with the EPP in 1992.
National Conservativesedit
The Union for Europe (UFE) group slipped during the election and lost 17 seats. The group split[2] during the regrouping, with Ireland's Fianna Fáil and Portugal's CDS/PP forming a new group called "Union for Europe of the Nations". UEN started the Fifth Parliament with 31 MEPs.
Far-Right Nationalistsedit
No explicitly far-right group per se was in existence immediately before or after the election. All far-right MEPs that were elected sat as Independents (see below).
Greens/Regionalistsedit
The Green Group solidified its position, picking up 11 seats in the election to give it 38 MEPs. The European Free Alliance members of the ERA joined with the Green Group to create[3] the Greens/EFA group, which started the Fifth Parliament with 48 MEPs.
Euroscepticsedit
The I-EN group trod water, gaining six members in the election but losing five in the regrouping, leaving it with 16 members. The group was renamed[4] "Europe of Democracies and Diversities" (EDD) for the new Parliament.
Independentsedit
The Non-Inscrits did badly, losing 20 MEPs to the election. Disparate members (two from Belgium, five from France and eleven from Italy)[5] tried to gain Group privilege by creating a group called the "Technical Group of Independent Members" (full title "Group for the technical co-ordination of groups and the defence of independent members", abbreviated to "TGI" or "TDI"). The attempt initially succeeded, with the group allowed to start the Fifth Parliament until the legal position could be checked.[5] In September, the Constitutional Affairs Committee ruled that they lacked a coherent position ("political affinity", the basis for forming a group) and were disbanded[6] - the only group ever to be forcibly dissolved. The TGI members returned to the Non-Inscrits, increasing their number to 27.[7]
Germany 53, Belgium 5, Denmark 1, France 21, Ireland 5, Italy 34, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 9, UK 37, Greece 9, Spain 29, Portugal 9, Austria 7, Finland 5, Sweden 5
Germany 33, Belgium 5, Denmark 3, France 22, Ireland 1, Italy 17, Luxembourg 2, Netherlands 6, UK 30, Greece 9, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 6
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External linksedit
European Election Studies www.europeanelectionstudies.net
Outgoing parliament as of January 1999 (also includes June 1994)
Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 (last session of Fourth Parliament): source 1
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Election results as of June 13 1999, before regrouping
Incoming parliament as of July 20th 1999 (first session of Fifth Parliament. Includes TGI a.k.a. TDI)
Incoming parliament as of September 13 1999 (after TGI was forcibly dissolved)
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The 1999 European Parliament election was a European election for all 626 members of the European Parliament held across the 15 European Union member states on 10 11 and 13 June 1999 The voter turn out was generally low except in Belgium and Luxembourg where voting is compulsory and where national elections were held that same day This was the first election where Austria Finland and Sweden voted alongside the other member states having joined in 1995 and voted separately The next election was held in 2004 1999 European Parliament election 1994 10 13 June 1999 2004 All 626 seats to the European Parliament314 seats needed for a majorityTurnout49 8 7 0 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Hans Gert Pottering Enrique Baron Crespo Pat CoxParty EPP ED PES ELDRLeader s seat Germany Spain MunsterLast election 157 27 7 198 34 9 43 7 6 Seats won 233 180 50 Seat change 76 18 18Percentage 37 2 28 8 8 0 Swing 9 5 6 1 0 4 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Heidi Hautala Francis Wurtz Charles PasquaParty Greens EFA GUE NGL UENLeader s seat Finland Ile de France FranceLast election 23 4 1 28 4 9 26 4 6 Seats won 48 42 30Seat change 25 14 4Percentage 7 7 6 7 4 8Swing 3 6 1 8 0 2 President of the European Parliament before electionJose Maria Gil RoblesEPP President of the European Parliament after election Nicole FontaineEPP ED Contents 1 Final results 2 Results by country 3 Results by group 3 1 Communists Far Left 3 2 Social Democrats 3 3 Liberals Liberal Democrats 3 4 Conservatives Christian Democrats 3 5 National Conservatives 3 6 Far Right Nationalists 3 7 Greens Regionalists 3 8 Eurosceptics 3 9 Independents 4 See also 5 Statistics 6 References 7 External linksFinal results editEuropean Parliament election 1999 Final results at 20 July 1999Group Description Chaired by MEPs EPP ED Conservatives and Christian Democrats Hans Gert Pottering 233 nbsp PES Social Democrats Enrique Baron Crespo 180 ELDR Liberals and Liberal Democrats Pat Cox 50 G EFA Greens and Regionalists Heidi HautalaPaul Lannoye 48 EUL NGL Communists and the Far left Francis Wurtz 42 UEN National Conservatives Charles Pasqua 31 EDD Eurosceptics Jens Peter Bonde 16 TGI Mixed Gianfranco Dell Alba it Francesco Speroni 18 NI Independents and Far right none 8 Total 626 Sources 1 2 Archived 2015 09 24 at the Wayback Machine 3 Archived 2009 03 04 at the Wayback MachineSeats summaryEPP ED 37 22 PES 28 75 ELDR 7 99 G EFA 7 67 GUE NGL 6 71 UEN 4 95 TGI 2 88 EDD 2 56 NI 1 28 Results by country editThe national results as at 13 June 1999 are as follows GroupNation EPP PES ELDR Greens ALE GUE NGL UEN ID NI TotalAustria 7 OVP 30 7 7 SPO 31 7 2 GRUNEN 9 3 5 FPO 23 4 21Belgium 3 CVP 13 5 1 PSC 5 2 1 CSP 0 1 3 PS 9 7 2 SP 8 8 3 VLD 13 6 2 PRL 10 2 1 FDF 3 ECOLO 8 6 2 AGALEV 7 5 2 VU 7 6 2 VB 9 4 25Denmark 1 KF 8 5 3 S 16 5 5 V 23 4 1 B 9 1 1 SF 7 1 1 N 7 3 1 DF 5 8 3 JB 16 1 16Finland 4 KOK 25 3 1 SKL 2 4 3 SDP 17 9 4 KESK 21 3 1 SF 6 8 2 Vihr 13 4 1 Vasem 9 1 15France 12 RPR 12 8 9 UDF 9 3 22 PS 22 0 9 Verts 9 7 6 PCF 6 8 5 LO LCR 5 2 13 RPF 13 1 6 CPNT 6 8 5 FN 5 7 87Germany 43 CDU 39 3 10 CSU 9 4 33 SPD 30 7 7 Greens 6 4 6 PDS 5 8 99Greece 9 ND 36 0 9 PASOK 32 9 3 KKE 8 7 2 DIKKI 6 9 2 Synaspismos 5 2 25Ireland 4 FG 24 6 1 Ind 1 Lab 8 7 1 Ind 2 GP 6 7 6 FF 38 6 15Italy 22 FI 25 2 4 PPI 4 53 2 CCD 2 6 2 CDU 2 2 1 UDEUR 1 6 1 PP 0 8 1 RI 1 1 1 SVP 0 5 15 DS 17 4 2 SDI 2 2 6 DEM 7 7 1 PRI 0 5 2 FdV 1 8 4 PRC 4 3 2 PdCI 2 0 9 AN PS 10 3 7 LB 8 5 4 LN 4 5 1 FT 1 6 87Luxembourg 2 CSV 31 7 2 LSAP 23 6 1 DP 20 5 1 Greng 10 7 6Netherlands 9 CDA 26 9 6 PvdA 20 1 6 VVD19 7 2 D66 5 8 4 GL 11 9 1 SP 5 0 3 SGP GPV RPF 8 7 31Portugal 8 PSD 32 14 12 PS 44 55 2 CDU PCP 10 7 2 PP 8 4 25Spain 27 PP 40 4 1 CiU UDC 24 PSOE 35 9 2 CiU CDC 1 CE CC 1 CN EA 1 CN PNV 1 CE PA 1 BNG 1 7 1 IU 5 9 1 EH 1 5 63Sweden 5 M 20 8 2 KD 7 6 6 S 26 0 3 FP 13 8 1 C 6 0 2 MP 9 5 3 V 15 8 22United Kingdom 36 CON 33 5 1 UUP 1 1 29 LAB 26 3 1 SDLP 1 8 10 LD 11 9 2 GPEW 5 9 2 SNP 2 5 2 PC 1 7 3 UKIP 6 5 1 DUP 1 8 87Total 233 180 50 48 42 31 16 26 626Group PPE PSE ELDR Greens ALE GUE NGL UEN ID NI 4 Results by group editCommunists Far Left edit The EUL NGL group picked up one seat in the election and seven in the subsequent regrouping raising its total from 34 to 42 Social Democrats edit The PES group did badly losing 34 of its seats in the election and slipping to the second biggest group Liberals Liberal Democrats edit The ELDR group did moderately well picking up one seat in the election and seven in the regrouping giving a total of 50 seats and retaining its place as the third biggest group The European Radical Alliance ERA were not so fortunate and slipped badly losing eight of its 21 members in the election Conservatives Christian Democrats edit The EPP group did well picking up 23 seats in the election and nine in the regrouping giving a total of 233 seats and overtaking the left to become the biggest group To placate the increasingly eurosceptic British Conservatives the group was renamed EPP ED for the new Parliament partly resurrecting the name of the former European Democrat group which was merged 1 with the EPP in 1992 National Conservatives edit The Union for Europe UFE group slipped during the election and lost 17 seats The group split 2 during the regrouping with Ireland s Fianna Fail and Portugal s CDS PP forming a new group called Union for Europe of the Nations UEN started the Fifth Parliament with 31 MEPs Far Right Nationalists edit No explicitly far right group per se was in existence immediately before or after the election All far right MEPs that were elected sat as Independents see below Greens Regionalists edit The Green Group solidified its position picking up 11 seats in the election to give it 38 MEPs The European Free Alliance members of the ERA joined with the Green Group to create 3 the Greens EFA group which started the Fifth Parliament with 48 MEPs Eurosceptics edit The I EN group trod water gaining six members in the election but losing five in the regrouping leaving it with 16 members The group was renamed 4 Europe of Democracies and Diversities EDD for the new Parliament Independents edit The Non Inscrits did badly losing 20 MEPs to the election Disparate members two from Belgium five from France and eleven from Italy 5 tried to gain Group privilege by creating a group called the Technical Group of Independent Members full title Group for the technical co ordination of groups and the defence of independent members abbreviated to TGI or TDI The attempt initially succeeded with the group allowed to start the Fifth Parliament until the legal position could be checked 5 In September the Constitutional Affairs Committee ruled that they lacked a coherent position political affinity the basis for forming a group and were disbanded 6 the only group ever to be forcibly dissolved The TGI members returned to the Non Inscrits increasing their number to 27 7 See also editMembers of the European Parliament 1999 2004Statistics editEuropean Parliament election 1999 StatisticsArea European Union EU 15 SourcesDates Thursday 10 June Netherlands United Kingdom Denmark Friday 11 June Ireland Sunday 13 June Austria Belgium Finland France Germany Greece Italy Luxembourg Portugal Spain Sweden 5 6 Seats 626 7 8 Candidates over 10 000 9 Electorate 288 million 10 Turnout 49 8 11 Previous 1994 European Parliament election n aNext 2004 European Parliament election n aElection methods All proportional representation 12 Preference voting allowed Yes via open list Austria Belgium Denmark Finland Italy Luxembourg with panachage Netherlands Sweden Yes via STV Ireland United Kingdom NI only No the rest 13 14 Cutoff 5 France Germany 4 Austria Sweden 3 Greece none the rest 15 Seat allocation Sainte Lague method Sweden STV method Ireland United Kingdom NI only Hare Niemeyer method Germany Pro rata Greece Largest remainder method Italy D Hondt method the rest 16 17 18 Constituency boundaries Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies Belgium 3 Ireland 4 Italy 5 United Kingdom 12 Mixture Germany candidate lists at Lander or national level Finland candidate lists at electoral district or national level Member state as single constituency the rest 19 20 21 Minimum voting age 18 22 23 European Parliament election 1999 TimelineFourth Parliament 1999 Election Regrouping Fifth ParliamentGroups Pre electionsMay 5 Change ResultsJune 13 Change ResultsJuly 20 NewGroups FirstsessionJuly 20 Break upof TGISept 13 NewGroups NewsessionSept 13 EPP 201 23 224 9 233 EPP ED 233 0 EPP ED 233 PES 214 34 180 0 180 PES 180 0 PES 180 ELDR 42 1 43 7 50 ELDR 50 0 ELDR 50 ERA 21 8 13 3 48 G EFA 48 0 G EFA 48 G 27 11 38 EUL NGL 34 1 35 7 42 EUL NGL 42 0 EUL NGL 42 I EN 15 6 21 5 16 EDD 16 0 EDD 16 NI 38 20 18 10 8 NI 8 19 NI 27 Others 0 37 37 19 18 TGI 18 18 UFE 34 17 17 14 31 UEN 31 1 UEN 30Total 626 0 626 0 626 Total 626 0 Total 626Sources 24 25 26 27 28 29 European Parliament election 1999 Delegation at 20 July 1999Group Description Details MEPs EPP ED Conservatives and christian democrats Germany 53 Belgium 5 Denmark 1 France 21 Ireland 5 Italy 34 Luxembourg 2 Netherlands 9 UK 37 Greece 9 Spain 29 Portugal 9 Austria 7 Finland 5 Sweden 5 37 233 PES Social democrats Germany 33 Belgium 5 Denmark 3 France 22 Ireland 1 Italy 17 Luxembourg 2 Netherlands 6 UK 30 Greece 9 Spain 24 Portugal 12 Austria 7 Finland 3 Sweden 6 29 180 ELDR Liberals and liberal democrats Belgium 5 Denmark 6 Ireland 1 Italy 7 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands 8 UK 10 Spain 3 Finland 5 Sweden 4 8 50 G EFA Greens and regionalists Germany 7 Belgium 7 France 9 Ireland 2 Italy 2 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands 4 UK 6 Spain 4 Austria 2 Finland 2 Sweden 2 8 48 EUL NGL Left wing group Germany 6 Denmark 1 France 11 Italy 6 Netherlands 1 Greece 7 Spain 4 Portugal 2 Finland 1 Sweden 3 7 42 UEN National conservatives Denmark 1 France 13 Ireland 6 Italy 9 Portugal 2 5 31 NI amp TGI Independents Belgium 2 France 5 Italy 12 UK 1 Spain 1 Austria 5 4 26 18 8 EDD Eurosceptics Denmark 4 France 6 Netherlands 3 UK 3 3 16Sources 30 100 626References edit http 66 249 91 104 translate c hl en amp u http www europe politique eu democrates europeens htm permanent dead link http 66 249 91 104 translate c hl en amp u http www europe politique eu rassemblement des democrates europeens htm permanent dead link http 66 249 91 104 translate c hl en amp u http www europe politique eu groupe arc en ciel htm permanent dead link http 66 249 91 104 translate c hl en amp u http www europe politique eu groupe independance democratie htm permanent dead link a b The Week 20 07 99 s www europarl europa eu Retrieved 8 April 2018 The Week 13 09 99 s www europarl europa eu Retrieved 8 April 2018 The Week 13 09 99 s www europarl europa eu Retrieved 8 April 2018 External links editEuropean Election Studies www europeanelectionstudies net Outgoing parliament as of January 1999 also includes June 1994 Outgoing parliament as of May 4th 1999 last session of Fourth Parliament 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