2024 elections in the European Union

2024 elections in the European Union

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European Parliament election

European Parliament election results map by member state, shaded by EP group popular vote winner

National elections

National elections in the Member States      Parliamentary or Presidential election      No election

The 2024 elections in the European Union include European, national and regional elections in the EU member states.^[1]

European Parliament election

Main article: 2024 European Parliament election

The 2024 European Parliament election was held between 6 and 9 June 2024 to elect 720 members of the Tenth European Parliament.^[2][3]

Results

Political groups formed at the first plenary session on 16–19 July 2024:^[4]
  EPP (188)
  S&D (136)
  PfE (84)
  ECR (78)
  Renew (77)
  Greens/EFA (53)
  The Left (46)
  ESN (25)
  Non-Inscrits (32)

Affiliation to the parties at the time of the election on 6–9 June 2024.

Party		Seats	+/–
	European People's Party	171	–6
	Party of European Socialists	129	–7
	European Conservatives and Reformists Party	58	+6
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party	58	–13
	Identity and Democracy Party	57	–19
	European Green Party	42	–12
	Party of the European Left	29	+1
	European Democratic Party	9	–1
	European Free Alliance	7	0
	Volt Europa	5	+4
	European Christian Political Movement	4	0
	European Communist Action	2	0
	Animal Politics EU	2	–1
	European Pirate Party	1	–3
	Others	146	+36
Total		720	+15[a]
Source: European Parliament Election 2024 Europe Elects[5]

National elections

Parliamentary elections

Member state	Election	Parliament before	Head of Government before	Party		EU Party		Parliament after	Head of Government after	Party		EU Party
Portugal	10 March		Antonio Costa		PS		PES		Luís Montenegro		PSD		EPP
Croatia	17 April		Andrej Plenković		HDZ		EPP		Andrej Plenković		HDZ		EPP
Belgium	9 June		Alexander De Croo		Open Vld		ALDE		Bart De Wever		N-VA		EFA[b]
Bulgaria	9 June		Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker)		Ind.		Ind.		Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker)		Ind.		Ind.
France	30 June 7 July		Gabriel Attal		RE		Ind.[c]		Michel Barnier		LR		EPP
Czech Republic (senate only)	20–21 September 27–28 September		Petr Fiala		ODS		ECR		Petr Fiala		ODS		ECR
Austria	29 September		Karl Nehammer		ÖVP		EPP		Christian Stocker		ÖVP		EPP
Lithuania	13 October		Ingrida Šimonytė		TS-LKD		EPP		Gintautas Paluckas		LSDP		PES
Bulgaria	27 October		Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker)		Ind.		Ind.		Rosen Zhelyazkov		GERB		EPP
Ireland	29 November		Simon Harris		Fine Gael		EPP		Micheál Martin		Fianna Fáil		ALDE
Romania	1 December		Marcel Ciolacu		PSD		PES		Marcel Ciolacu		PSD		PES

Presidential elections

Member state	Election	President before	Party		EU Party		President after	Party		EU Party
Lithuania	12 May 26 May	Gitanas Nausėda		Ind.		Ind.	Gitanas Nausėda		Ind.		Ind.
Romania	24 November	Klaus Iohannis		PNL		EPP	First round annulled due to alleged Russian meddling, second round cancelled, with new elections in 2025.

Presidential elections in parliamentary states

Member state	Election	President before	Party		EU Party		President after	Party		EU Party
Finland	28 January 11 February	Sauli Niinistö		National Coalition		EPP	Alexander Stubb		National Coalition		EPP
Hungary	26 February	László Kövér (acting)		Fidesz		Ind.[d]	Tamás Sulyok		Ind.		Ind.
Slovakia	23 March 6 April	Zuzana Čaputová		PS		ALDE	Peter Pellegrini		Hlas		PES (suspended)[6]
Malta	27 March	George Vella		Labour		PES	Myriam Spiteri Debono		Labour		PES
Croatia	29 December 12 January 2025	Zoran Milanović		SDP		PES	Zoran Milanović		SDP		PES

Referendums

• 2024 Irish constitutional referendums, 8 March
• 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum, 12 May
• 2024 Slovenian referendum, 9 June

Regional elections

Austria

• 2024 Vorarlberg state election, 13 October
• 2024 Styrian state election, 24 November

Belgium

Main article: 2024 Belgian regional elections

All three regions held elections on 9 June, also indirectly determining the composition of the Senate.

Czech Republic

Main article: 2024 Czech regional elections

All thirteen regions held elections on 20 and 21 September.

Germany

• 2024 Saxony state election, 1 September
• 2024 Thuringian state election, 1 September
• 2024 Brandenburg state election, 22 September

Hungary

Main article: 2024 Hungarian local elections § County assemblies

All nineteen counties and Budapest held elections on 9 June.

Italy

Main article: 2024 Italian regional elections

Seven regions held elections in February, March, April, June, October and November.

Ireland

Main article: 2024 Irish local elections

All 31 local authorities held elections on 7 June.

Poland

Main article: 2024 Polish local elections § Voivodeship councils

All sixteen provinces held elections on 7 April.

Portugal

• 2024 Azorean regional election, 4 February
• 2024 Madeiran regional election, 26 May

Spain

• 2024 Galician regional election, 18 February
• 2024 Basque regional election, 21 April
• 2024 Catalan regional election, 12 May

Notes

1. with respect of 705 seats in 2019
2. The New Flemish Alliance sits in the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament.
3. Renaissance is in the Renew Europe group of the European Parliament, but does not belong to any European party.
4. Fidesz did not belong to any European party until September of this year.

References

1. "Elections in Europe: 2024". Electoral Bulletins of the European Union (BLUE). Groupe d’études géopolitiques. 2025-01-05.
2. "Council confirms 6 to 9 June 2024 as dates for next European Parliament elections". www.consilium.europa.eu. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
3. "Elections". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
4. "MEPs by Member State and political group". European Parliament. 2024-07-16. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17.
5. "European Parliament Election 2024". Europe Elects.
6. "European socialists suspend Robert Fico's Smer party and its ally Hlas". Politico Europe. 12 October 2023.