European Parliament constituencies in France

France
European Parliament constituency
Location among the current constituencies
Member state	France
Created	1979
MEPs	79 (2019)
Sources
[1][2]

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]

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
	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

European Parliament constituencies in France 2004-2019 (seat numbers effective from 2014).

Notes

^ Following the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by France on 14 February 2008, and entering into application on 1 December 2009 (after the last instruments were deposited by Italy, too late for the 2009 European elections), 2 additional seats were assigned to France and were finally appointed by the French Parliament in 2011.
^ The 2 additional seats for the elections in 2014, previously appointed by the French Parliament, were finally assigned to the Île-de-France constituency as it was enlarged in 2014 to include also the votes for French citizens living abroad (and not registered for the European elections in another member state of the European Union).

References

^ Chloé Lourenço, Natacha Da Rocha (31 January 2019). "France: What electoral list for the European elections?". The New Federalist. Translated by Lorène Weber, Voix d’Europe, Wassila Zouag. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019.

European Parliament former constituencies

Nationwide

Poland

Denmark

Greenland

France

East France
Île-de-France
Massif-central–Centre
North-West France
Overseas Territories of France
South-East France
South-West France
West France

Ireland

Connacht–Ulster
East
Leinster
Munster
North-West

United
Kingdom

Between
1979 and 1999

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