Seats by political group - 1999-2004 Ireland - Constitutive session

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Total seats

Political groups in the European Parliament

  • EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
  • PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists
  • ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
  • Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
  • UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group
  • TDI - Technical Group of Independent Members - mixed group
  • EDD - Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
  • NI - Non-attached Members

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Seats by political group
Political groups in the European Parliament Number of seats
PSE 1
Verts/ALE 2
ELDR 1
EPP-ED 5
UEN 6

Political groups in the European Parliament

  • EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
  • PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists
  • ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
  • Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
  • UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group
  • TDI - Technical Group of Independent Members - mixed group
  • EDD - Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
  • NI - Non-attached Members

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Source: European Parliament

Breakdown of national parties and political groups - 1999-2004 Ireland - Constitutive session

Composition of national seats in the European Parliament, divided into Political Groups and National parties
National Parties
EPP-ED
PSE
ELDR
Verts/ALE
GUE/NGL
UEN
TDI
EDD
NI
Seats
FF 6
FG 4
GP 2
Ind. 2
LAB 1
Other parties 0
5 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 15

National Parties

  • FF - Fianna Fáil - An Páirtí Poblachtánach
  • FG - Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party
  • GP - Comhaontas Glas
  • Ind. - Independent
  • LAB - Páirtí an Lucht Oibre
  • Other parties - Other parties

Political groups in the European Parliament

  • EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
  • PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists
  • ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
  • Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
  • GUE/NGL - Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
  • UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group
  • TDI - Technical Group of Independent Members - mixed group
  • EDD - Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
  • NI - Non-attached Members

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Composition of national seats in the European Parliament, divided into Political Groups and National parties
Political groups in the European Parliament Number of seats
UEN - Union for Europe of the Nations Group 6
National parties which are members of this Political Group
FF Fianna Fáil - An Páirtí Poblachtánach 6
EPP-ED - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 5
National parties which are members of this Political Group
FG Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party 4
Ind. Independent 1
Verts/ALE - Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance 2
National parties which are members of this Political Group
GP Comhaontas Glas 2
PSE - Group of the Party of European Socialists 1
National parties which are members of this Political Group
LAB Páirtí an Lucht Oibre 1
ELDR - Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1
National parties which are members of this Political Group
Ind. Independent 1

According to Parliament's rules of procedure, a political group shall consist of at least 23 Members elected in at least seven Member States.

Source: European Parliament

MEPs' gender balance by year Ireland - Constitutive session

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National and European gender balance of MEPs by year
Ireland European Union EU
Year Women Men Women Men
1979 13% 87% 16% 84%
1984 13% 87% 18% 82%
1989 7% 93% 19% 81%
1994 27% 73% 26% 74%
1999 33% 67% 30% 70%
2004 38% 62% 31% 69%
2009 15% 85% 35% 65%
2014 55% 45% 37% 63%
2019 45% 55% 41% 59%

Source: European Parliament

Turnout by year Ireland - Final results

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National and European turnout by year, in percentage points
Year IE- Ireland EU - European Union
1979 63.61% 61.99%
1984 47.56% 58.98%
1989 68.28% 58.41%
1994 43.98% 56.67%
1999 50.21% 49.51%
2004 58.58% 45.47%
2009 58.64% 42.97%
2014 52.44% 42.61%
2019 49.70% 50.66%

Source: European Parliament