European Parliament election, 2009 (France)
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European elections to elect 72 French MEPs will be held in mid-June 2009, on a Sunday.
Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, thus a loss of 6 seats. France now represents only 9,8% of all European MEPs compared to 12,5% in 2004 and 19,8% in 1979, following the first European election.
Participation in European elections in France has almost (one exception of increase from 1989 to 1994) always declined, falling from 60,7% participation in the 1979 election to 43,1% in the latest election in 2004.
[edit] Results
| Parties and coalitions | Abbr. | Votes | % | Difference | Seats | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (Parti socialiste) | PS | ||||||
| Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire) | UMP | ||||||
| Democratic Movement (Mouvement Démocrate) | MoDem | ||||||
| New Centre (Nouveau Centre) | NC | ||||||
| National Front (Front national) | FN | ||||||
| Movement for France (Mouvement pour la France) | MPF | ||||||
| The Greens (Les Verts) | |||||||
| French Communist Party (Parti communiste français) | PCF | ||||||
| Others | |||||||
| Total | 72 | -6 | |||||
| Abstention: - | |||||||
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