European Parliament constituency

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU).  The European Electoral Act 2002 lets member states the choice to give electoral subdivisions or constituencies for the European Parliament elections in different ways.

 List of constituencies 
 Constituency Member State Area/Community SeatsSeats throughout the country Population, 2012 (thousands) Area (km2) At election CurrentCurrent Total Per current seat Total Per current seat Austria  Austria  (Full country)  18  19 19        Dutch-speaking electoral college  Belgium  Flemish Community  12  12 21         French-speaking electoral college  French Community of Belgium  8  8          German-speaking electoral college  German-speaking Community of Belgium  1  1          Bulgaria  Bulgaria  (Full country)  17  17 17         Croatia  Croatia  (Full country)  11  12 12         Cyprus  Cyprus  (Full country)  6  6 6         Czech Republic  Czech Republic  (Full country)  21  21 21        Denmark  Denmark  (Full country)  13  14 14         Estonia  Estonia  (Full country)  6  7 7        Finland  Finland  (Full country)  13  14 14         France  France  (Full country)  74  79 79         Germany  Germany  Full country, with the option for parties to opt for separate state lists in the 16 Bundesländer  96  96 96         Greece  Greece  (Full country)  21  21 21        Hungary  Hungary  (Full country)  21  21 21         Dublin  Ireland  Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin  3  4 15         Midlands–North-West  Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway  4  4         South  Counties Carlow, Clare, Cork, Kilkenny, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford 4  5          North-West  Italy  Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont 20  20 76         North-East  Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto 14  15          Central  Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria 14  15         Southern  Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise 17  18          Islands  Sardinia, Sicily  8  8         Latvia  Latvia  (Full country)  8  8 8        Lithuania  Lithuania  (Full country)  11  11 11         Luxembourg  Luxembourg  (Full country)  6  6 6        Malta  Malta  (Full country)  6  6 6        Netherlands  Netherlands  (Full country)  26  29 29         Pomeranian  Poland  Pomeranian Voivodeship  3  3 52        Kuyavian-Pomeranian  Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship  2  2          Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian  Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship  3  3          Warsaw  City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin)  6  6          Masovian  The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Ciechanów, Gostyń, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Płock, Radom, Ostrołęka and Siedlce)  3  3         Łódź  Łódź Voivodeship  3  3         Greater Poland  Greater Poland Voivodeship  5  5          Lublin  Lublin Voivodeship  3  3         Subcarpathian  Subcarpathian Voivodeship  3  3          Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie  Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship  5  6          Silesian  Silesian Voivodeship  7  7         Lower Silesian and Opole  Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship  4  4         Lubusz and West Pomeranian  Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship  4  4          Portugal  Portugal  (Full country)  21  21 21        Romania  Romania  (Full country)  32  33 33        Slovakia  Slovakia  (Full country)  13  14 14        Slovenia  Slovenia  (Full country)  8  8 8        Spain  Spain  (Full country)  54  59 59         Sweden  Sweden  (Full country)  20  21 21         Total  751  705 705        

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