From 2004 to 2019, there were eight European Parliament constituencies in France. Since the
2019 European Parliament election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peop ...
, there has been
a single constituency covering the whole country.
The constituencies all used the
party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be us ...
with the
highest average method from their creation to their abolition. French citizens living abroad were added to the Île-de-France constituency in 2014.
The table below shows the changes to France's
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
constituencies
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
over time, listing the numbers of
Members of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
each elected at each
European Parliamentary election.
File:Circonscriptions françaises européennes 2014.svg, European Parliament constituencies in France 2004-2019 (seat numbers effective from 2014).
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