From 2004 to 2019, there were eight European Parliament constituencies in France. Since the 2019 European Parliament election, there has been a single constituency covering the whole country.[1]
France | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Member state | France |
Created | 1979 |
MEPs | 79 (2019) |
Sources | |
[1][2] |
The constituencies all used the party-list proportional representation 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.[citation needed]
The table below shows the changes to France's European Parliament constituencies over time, listing the numbers of Members of the European Parliament each elected at each European Parliamentary election.
Election | Constituencies | Total seats | |||||||
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France | |||||||||
1979 | 81 | 81 | |||||||
1984 | 81 | 81 | |||||||
1989 | 81 | 81 | |||||||
1994 | 87 | 87 | |||||||
1999 | 87 | 87 | |||||||
North-West | West | East | South-West | South-East | Massif central–Centre | Île-de-France | Overseas | ||
2004 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 78 |
2009 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 72[Note 1] |
2014 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 15[Note 2] | 3 | 74 |
France | |||||||||
2019 | 79 | 79 |