The Tally Room

Greece will elect 22 MEPs next weekend by a system of party-list proportional representation using a single nationwide constituency with a 3% threshold. Greece elected 24 MEPs in 2004. These were the 2004 results: New Democracy (European People's Party) - 43.02%, 11 seats Panhellenic Socialist Movement...

Guest post from our Benelux correspondent, Justin-Paul Sammons. Like its smaller neighbour Luxembourg, Belgium will elect its EU representatives on Sunday 7 June; voting is compulsory (as it also happens to be in Luxembourg), and polls are only open from 8:00am to 1:00pm (until 3:00pm if you're...

Slovakia elected 14 MEPs  as one single national constituency  for the first time in 2004, and will elect 13 in 2009. The following was the 2004 result: Slovak Democrat and Christian Union (European People's Party) - 17.1%, 3 seats People's Party - Movement for a Democratic...

Hungary elects its MEPs using proportional representation in one nationwide constituency. Hungary elected 24 MEPs in their first European election in 2004, and will elect 22 next weekend. The 2004 election produced the following result: Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union (European People's Party) - 47.4%, 12...

The EU's smallest country, Malta elects five MEPs by the Single Transferable Vote (like Ireland's MEPs). This same system is used to elect Malta's national parliament, with 13 5-member districts. Maltese politics is one of the strictest two-party systems in the world. The only country...

Slovenia elects 7 MEPs next weekend, the same number it elected in its first European election in 2004. The 2004 election result was as follows: New Slovenia (European People's Party) - 23.5%, 2 seats Liberal Democracy of Slovenia (European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) and Democratic...

Poland first elected MEPs in 2004, when they elected 54 MEPs. In 2009 they will elect 50 MEPs across thirteen constituencies, with each constituency electing between one and eight MEPs in 2004. Seats are allocated by proportional representation to parties that win at least...

The Czech Republic was part of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union when 8 Eastern European countries and 2 Mediterranean countries joined with the existing 15 EU member-states. This took place one month before the 2004 European Parliament elections, in which the Czech...

Austria elected 18 MEPs in 2004, and will elect 17 in 2009. All Austria's MEPs are elected to represent the entire country. MEPs are elected by party list, although there is some room for candidates to receive personal votes. Voters may vote for individual...

Italy will elect 72 MEPs (down from 78) in 2009, voting on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th June. Italy elects its MEPs via 5 constituencies (pictured below right), and seats are allocated by constituency for all parties who win over 4% of the national...