Spain (European Parliament constituency)
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| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the 2007 constituencies
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| Member state | Spain |
| Created | 1987 |
| MEPs | 54 (2012) |
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In European elections, Spain is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by fifty-four MEPs. It covers the entirety of Spain and is the largest European Parliament constituency in terms of geographic area.
Current MEPs
As of July 2012
1987
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The first European election in Spain was a by-election held after it joined the European Communities in 1987. The rest of the EC had voted in 1984. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
1989
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The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament and the first time Spain voted with the rest of the Community. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
1994
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The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament and the third European election in Spain. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
1999
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The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
2004
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The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament.
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | Josep Borrell | 6,741,112 | 43.46 | 8.13  |
25 / 54
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| People's Party (PP) | Jaime Mayor Oreja | 6,393,192 | 41.21 | 1.47 |
24 / 54
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| Galeusca - Peoples of Europe (GALEUSCA) | Ignasi Guardans | 798,816 | 5.15 | new |
2 / 54
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| United Left (IU-ICV-EUIA) | Willy Meyer | 643,136 | 4.15 | 1.06 |
2 / 54
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| Europe of the Peoples (EDP) | Bernat Joan | 380,709 | 2.45 | new |
1 / 54
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| European Coalition (CE) | Alejandro Rojas-Marcos | 197,231 | 1.27 |
0 / 54
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| Others | 263,072 | 1.70 | — |
0 / 54
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| Valid votes | 15,512,282 | 99.02 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 154,209 | 0.98 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15,666,491 | 100.00 | — |
54 / 54
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 34,706,044 | 45.14 | ||||||||
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2009
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |||
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| People's Party (PP) | 6,670,377 | 42.12 | 0.91 |
23 / 50
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| Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) | 6,141,784 | 38.78 | 4.68 |
21 / 50
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| Coalition for Europe (CEU) | 808,246 | 5.10 | 0.05 |
2 / 50
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| United Left (IU) | 588,248 | 3.71 | 0.44 |
2 / 50
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| Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) | 451,866 | 2.85 | new |
1 / 50
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| Europe of the Peoples–Greens (EdP–V) | 394,938 | 2.49 | 0.04 |
1 / 50
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| Internationalist Initiative (II) | Alfonso Sastre | 178,121 | 1.12 |
0 / 50
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| Others | 381,716 | 2.42 | — |
0 / 50
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| Valid votes | 15,615,296 | 97.99 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 319,851 | 2.01 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15,935,147 | 100.00 | — |
50 / 50
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 35,492,567 | 44.90 | 0.24 |
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| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||||||
References
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
