6-461: West France was a European Parliament constituency . Created in 2003, it initially consisted of the French regions of Brittany and Pays de la Loire , with four departments of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ( Charente , Charente-Maritime , Deux-Sèvres , and Vienne ) being added in 2016. West France was made up of 6,177,138 electors in 2009. From 2004 until 2009, the constituency elected 10 Members of
12-589: A whole is not PR, because seats are apportioned between member states by degressive proportionality . Denmark had a separate constituency for Greenland until 1985, when the autonomous territory withdrew from the EEC (later expanded to become the EU). Between 2004 and 2019, France was divided into 8 constituencies: Ireland's constituencies have changed several times: Before the United Kingdom's withdrawal from
18-567: The EU , there was a 3-member single transferable vote constituency covering Northern Ireland . The constituencies covering England , Scotland , and Wales changed several times: On May 3, 2022, the European Parliament passed (323 votes to 262) a "legislative resolution on the reform of European electoral law". Among the proposals is the creation of a 28-member pan-Union constituency elected by party-list proportional representation on
24-725: The European Parliament , while from 2009 until its abolition in 2019 it elected only 9. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won. 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 allows member states the choice to allocate electoral subdivisions or constituencies ( French : circonscriptions électorales ; German : Wahlkreise ; Italian : circoscrizioni elettorali ; Swedish : valkretsar ) for
30-412: The European Parliament elections in several different ways. Most EU countries operate a single national constituency which elects MEPs for the whole country. Belgium and Ireland are each subdivided into constituencies, with electoral results calculated separately in each constituency. Germany, Italy and Poland are each subdivided into electoral districts, with the number of representatives determined at
36-470: The national level after each election in proportion to the votes cast in each district. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level. Currently, all constituencies use various forms of proportional representation (PR), except the single-seat German-speaking electoral college in Belgium, which uses first-past-the-post . The parliament as
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