European Parliament constituency

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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.

Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom are divided into constituencies, while the other member states have a single national constituency. In Germany, political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.

Currently, all member states hold elections to the European Parliament (EP) using various forms of proportional representation.^{[note 1]}

The number of representatives per head of population varies widely across constituencies. For example, 77,000 German speaking Belgians have one representative, while Greater London have one seat for every 980,000 people. The quantity of MEPs representing each country, anyway, is approximately proportional to the population of that member state within the European Union.

Data are for the 2014–2019 legislature.

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Constituency	Member State	Area/Community	Seats	Population, 2012^[1] (thousands)		Area^[2] (km²)		GDP, 2011^[3] (million €)
Constituency	Member State	Area/Community	Seats	Total	Per seat	Total	Per seat	Total	Per seat
Austria	Austria	Austria	18	8,430	468	83,879	4,660	299,127	16,618
Dutch-speaking electoral college	Belgium	Flemish Community	12	6,389	532	13,521	1,127	212,354	17,696
French-speaking electoral college	Belgium	French Community of Belgium	8	4,663	583	16,152	2,019	156,661	19,583
German-speaking electoral college	Belgium	German-speaking Community of Belgium	1	77	77	854	854	na	na
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	17	7,306	430	110,900	6,524	38,505	2,265
Cyprus	Cyprus	Cyprus	6	864	144	9,251	1,542	17,979	2,997
Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	11	4,269	388	56,594	5,145	44,384	4,035
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	21	10,511	501	78,866	3,756	155,486	7,404
Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	13	5,592	430	42,916	3,301	230,978	17,768
Estonia	Estonia	Estonia	6	1,323	220	45,227	7,538	16,216	2,703
Finland	Finland	Finland	13	5,414	416	338,435	26,033	188,656	14,512
North-West France	France	Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy	10	9,298	930	61,720	6,172	229,998	23,000
West France	France	Brittany, Pays-de-la-Loire, Poitou-Charentes	9	8,683	965	85,099	9,455	222,722	24,747
East France	France	Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine	9	8,365	929	105,218	11,691	213,317	23,702
South-West France	France	Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées	10	8,941	894	114,032	11,403	228,573	22,857
South-East France	France	Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes	13	11,619	894	83,778	6,444	345,312	26,562
Loire, Massif Central	France	Auvergne, Centre, Limousin	5	4,665	933	82,106	16,421	115,987	23,197
Île-de-France	France	Île-de-France	15	11,948	797	12,012	801	608,648	40,577
Overseas Territories of France	France	French overseas departments and territories	3	2,714	905	112,447	37,482	50,962	16,987
Germany	Germany	Germany	96	81,932	853	357,162	3,720	2,609,898	27,186
Greece	Greece	Greece	21	11,093	528	131,957	6,284	208,530	9,930
Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	21	9,920	472	93,024	4,430	98,921	4,711
Dublin	Ireland	Counties Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; and the city of Dublin	3	1,271	424	921	307	65,925	21,975
Midlands–North-West	Ireland	Counties Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Westmeath; and the city of Galway	4	1,635	409	37,282	9,321	40,416	10,104
South	Ireland	Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford; and the cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford	4	1,675	419	31,935	7,984	50,147	12,537
North-West	Italy	Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont	20	15,807	790	57,928	2,896	511,484	25,574
North-East	Italy	Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto	14	11,482	820	62,327	4,452	364,561	26,040
Central	Italy	Latium, Marche, Tuscany, Umbria	14	11,637	831	58,084	4,149	340,669	24,334
Southern	Italy	Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise	17	13,975	822	73,800	4,341	243,895	14,347
Islands (Italy)	Italy	Sardinia, Sicily	8	6,639	830	49,932	6,242	117,031	14,629
Latvia	Latvia	Latvia	8	2,034	254	64,573	8,072	20,182	2,523
Lithuania	Lithuania	Lithuania	11	2,988	272	65,300	5,936	30,958	2,814
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	6	531	88	2,586	431	41,730	6,955
Malta	Malta	Malta	6	420	70	316	53	6,631	1,105
Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	26	16,755	644	41,540	1,598	593,258	22,818
Pomeranian	Poland	Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,287	762	18,310	6,103	20,921	6,974
Kuyavian-Pomeranian	Poland	Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,097	699	17,972	5,991	16,597	5,532
Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian	Poland	Podlaskie Voivodeship and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship	2	2,651	1,326	44,360	22,180	18,407	9,204
Warsaw	Poland	City of Warsaw and part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Legionowo, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Otwock, Piaseczno, Pruszków, Warsaw West and Wołomin)	5	2,795	559	11,205	2,241	65,215	13,043
Masovian	Poland	The remaining part of the Masovian Voivodeship (powiats: Ciechanów, Gostyń, Mława, Płock, Płońsk, Przasnysz, Sierpc, Sochaczew, Żuromin, Żyrardów, Białobrzegi, Grójec, Kozienice, Lipsko, Przysucha, Radom, Szydłowiec, Zwoleń, Garwolin, Łosice, Maków, Mińsk, Ostrołęka, Ostrów Mazowiecka, Pułtusk, Siedlce, Sokołów, Węgrów, Wyszków and the cities of Płock, Radom, Ostrołęka and Siedlce)	3	2,499	833	24,353	8,118	17,715	5,905
Łódź	Poland	Łódź Voivodeship	2	2,529	1,265	18,219	9,110	22,631	11,316
Greater Poland	Poland	Greater Poland Voivodeship	5	3,350	670	15,183	3,037	27,653	5,531
Lublin	Poland	Lublin Voivodeship	2	2,169	1,084	25,122	12,561	14,208	7,104
Subcarpathian	Poland	Subcarpathian Voivodeship	3	2,129	710	17,846	5,949	13,840	4,613
Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie	Poland	Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship	7	4,735	676	41,537	5,934	43,750	6,250
Silesian	Poland	Silesian Voivodeship	7	4,621	660	12,333	1,762	48,124	6,875
Lower Silesian and Opole	Poland	Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship	6	3,928	655	29,359	4,893	39,645	6,608
Lubusz and West Pomeranian	Poland	Lubusz Voivodeship and West Pomeranian Voivodeship	3	2,745	915	36,880	12,293	22,145	7,382
Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	21	10,515	501	92,212	4,391	170,942	8,140
Romania	Romania	Romania	32	21,385	668	238,391	7,450	131,359	4,105
Slovakia	Slovakia	Slovakia	13	5,408	416	49,036	3,772	68,975	5,306
Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	8	2,057	257	20,273	2,534	36,150	4,519
Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	20	9,519	476	438,576	21,929	385,342	19,267
Spain	Spain	Spain	54	46,773	866	505,991	9,370	1,045,263	19,357
London	United Kingdom	Greater London	8	7,836	980	1,595	199	394,759	49,345
South East England	United Kingdom	South East	10	8,520	852	19,405	1,941	255,188	25,519
South West England	United Kingdom	South West, Gibraltar	6	5,303	884	24,395	4,066	131,444	21,907
West Midlands	United Kingdom	West Midlands	7	5,456	779	13,004	1,858	126,337	18,048
North West England	United Kingdom	North West	8	6,983	873	14,920	1,865	166,395	20,799
North East England	United Kingdom	North East	3	2,606	869	8,676	2,892	53,604	17,868
Yorkshire and the Humber	United Kingdom	Yorkshire and the Humber	6	5,301	884	15,564	2,594	120,310	20,052
East Midlands	United Kingdom	East Midlands	5	4,481	896	15,811	3,162	103,712	20,742
East of England	United Kingdom	Eastern	7	5,832	833	19,572	2,796	148,692	21,242
Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Northern Ireland	3	1,799	600	14,130	4,710	37,813	12,604
Scotland	United Kingdom	Scotland	6	5,223	871	80,239	13,373	137,863	22,977
Wales	United Kingdom	Wales	4	3,007	752	21,225	5,306	60,428	15,107
Total			751	507,403	676	4,487,367	5,975	12,665,528	16,865

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v t e 2009–2014 ← European Parliament constituencies 2014–2019 → 2019–2024
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East Île-de-France Massif central–Centre North-West Overseas South-East South-West West
Ireland	Dublin Midlands–North-West^† South
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian Kuyavian-Pomeranian Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Warsaw Masovian Łódź Greater Poland Lublin Subcarpathian Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Silesian Lower Silesian and Opole Lubusz and West Pomeranian
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden
Key: ^† Constituency created in 2014

v t e 2004–2009 ← European Parliament constituencies 2009–2014 → 2014–2019
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East Île-de-France Massif central–Centre North-West Overseas South-East South-West West
Ireland	Dublin East^†2 North-West^†2 South^†2
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian Kuyavian-Pomeranian Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Warsaw Masovian Łódź Greater Poland Lublin Subcarpathian Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie Silesian Lower Silesian and Opole Lubusz and West Pomeranian
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria Croatia^¤1 Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 2013; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2014

v t e 1999–2004 ← European Parliament constituencies 2004–2009 → 2009–2014
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
France	East^* Île-de-France^* Massif-central–Centre^* North-West^* Overseas Territories^* South-East^* South-West^* West^*
Ireland	Dublin East North-West South
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
Poland	Pomeranian^* Kuyavian-Pomeranian^* Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian^* Warsaw^* Masovian^* Łódź^* Greater Poland^* Lublin^* Subcarpathian^* Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie^* Silesian^* Lower Silesian and Opole^* Lubusz and West Pomeranian^*
United Kingdom	East Midlands East of England London North East England Northern Ireland North West England Scotland South East England South West England (including Gibraltar) Wales West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber
National	Austria Bulgaria^‡ Cyprus^* Czech Republic^* Denmark Estonia^* Finland Germany Greece Hungary^* Latvia^* Lithuania^* Luxembourg Malta^* Netherlands Portugal Romania^‡ Slovakia^* Slovenia^* Spain Sweden
^* Constituency created 2004; ^‡ Constituency created 2007

v t e 1994–1999 ← European Parliament constituencies 1999–2004 → 2004–2009
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking German-speaking
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster^†2 Dublin Leinster^†2 Munster^†2
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	East Midlands^¤1 East of England^¤1 London^¤1 North East England^¤1 Northern Ireland North West England^¤1 Scotland^¤1 South East England^¤1 South West England^¤1 Wales^¤1 West Midlands^¤1 Yorkshire and the Humber^¤1
National	Austria Denmark Finland France^†2 Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1999 ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 2004

v t e 1989–1994 ← European Parliament constituencies 1994–1999 → 1999–2004
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking^¤1 German-speaking^¤1
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes^¤1^†4 Birmingham East^†4 Birmingham West^†4 Bristol^†4 Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire East^¤1^†4 Cambridgeshire^¤1^†4 Cheshire East^†4 Cheshire West and Wirral^¤1^†4 Cleveland and Richmond^¤1^†4 Cornwall and West Plymouth^¤1^†4 Cotswolds^†4 Coventry and North Warwickshire^¤1^†4 Cumbria and Lancashire North^†4 Devon and East Plymouth^¤1^†4 Dorset and East Devon^¤1^†4 Durham^†4 East Sussex and Kent South^¤1^†4 Essex North and Suffolk South^¤1^†4 Essex South^¤1^†4 Essex West and Hertfordshire East^¤1^†4 Glasgow^†4 Greater Manchester Central^†4 Greater Manchester East^†4 Greater Manchester West^†4 Hampshire North and Oxford^¤1^†4 Herefordshire and Shropshire^¤1^†4 Hertfordshire^†4 Highlands and Islands^†4 Humberside^†4 Itchen, Test and Avon^¤1^†4 Kent East^†4 Kent West^†4 Lancashire Central^†4 Lancashire South^¤1^†4 Leeds^†4 Leicester^†4 Lincolnshire and Humberside South^¤1^†4 London Central^†4 London East^†4 London North^†4 London North East^†4 London North West^†4 London South and Surrey East^†4 London South East^†4 London South Inner^†4 London South West^†4 London West^†4 Lothians^†4 Merseyside East and Wigan^¤1^†4 Merseyside West^†4 Mid and West Wales^†4 Mid Scotland and Fife^†4 Midlands West^†4 Norfolk^†4 North East Scotland^†4 North Wales^†4 North Yorkshire^¤1^†4 Northamptonshire and Blaby^¤1^†4 Northern Ireland Northumbria^†4 Nottingham and Leicestershire North West<^¤1sup>†4 Nottinghamshire North and Chesterfield^¤1^†4 Peak District^¤1^†4 Sheffield^†4 Somerset and North Devon^¤1^†4 South Downs West^¤1^†4 South of Scotland^†4 South Wales Central^¤1^†4 South Wales East^†4 South Wales West^¤1^†4 Staffordshire East and Derby^¤1^†4 Staffordshire West and Congleton^¤1^†4 Strathclyde East^†4 Strathclyde West^†4 Suffolk and South West Norfolk^¤1^†4 Surrey^¤1^†4 Sussex South and Crawley^¤1^†4 Thames Valley^†4 Tyne and Wear^†4 Wight and Hampshire South^¤1^†4 Wiltshire North and Bath^¤1^†4 Worcestershire and South Warwickshire^¤1^†4 Yorkshire South^†4 Yorkshire South West^†4 Yorkshire West^†4
National	Austria^¤3 Denmark Finland^¤3 France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Sweden^¤2
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1994; ^¤2 Constituency created in 1995; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1996; ^†4 Constituency dissolved in 1999

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v t e 1984–1989 ← European Parliament constituencies 1989–1994 → 1994–1999
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking^†1
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire South^†1 Birmingham East Birmingham West Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^†1 Cheshire East Cheshire West^†1 Cleveland and Yorkshire North^†1 Cornwall and Plymouth^†1 Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North Derbyshire^†1 Devon^†1 Dorset East and Hampshire West^†1 Durham Essex North East^†1 Essex South West^†1 Glasgow Greater Manchester Central Greater Manchester East Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^†1 Hereford and Worcester^†1 Hertfordshire Highlands and Islands Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East^†1 Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire^†1 London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East London South East London South Inner London South West London West Lothians Merseyside East^†1 Merseyside West Mid and West Wales Mid Scotland and Fife Midlands Central^†1 Midlands West Norfolk North East Scotland North Wales Northamptonshire^†1 Northern Ireland Northumbria Nottingham^†1 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^†1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^†1 Somerset and Dorset West^†1 South of Scotland South Wales^†1 South Wales East Staffordshire East^†1 Strathclyde East Strathclyde West Suffolk^†1 Surrey West^†1 Sussex East^†1 Sussex West^†1 Thames Valley Tyne and Wear Wight and Hampshire East^†1 Wiltshire^†1 York^†1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West^†1 Yorkshire West
National	Denmark France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain
Key: ^†1 Constituency dissolved in 1994

v t e 1979–1984 ← European Parliament constituencies 1984–1989 → 1989–1994
Belgium	Dutch-speaking French-speaking
Denmark	Denmark Greenland^†2
Ireland	Connacht–Ulster Dublin Leinster Munster
Italy	Central Islands North-East North-West Southern
United Kingdom	Bedfordshire South^¤1 Birmingham East^¤1 Birmingham West^¤1 Bristol Cambridge and Bedfordshire North^¤1 Cheshire East Cheshire West Cleveland and Yorkshire North^¤1 Cornwall and Plymouth Cotswolds Cumbria and Lancashire North^¤1 Derbyshire Devon Dorset East and Hampshire West^¤1 Durham Essex North East Essex South West Glasgow Greater Manchester Central^¤1 Greater Manchester East^¤1 Greater Manchester West Hampshire Central^¤1 Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Highlands and Islands Humberside Kent East Kent West Lancashire Central Lancashire East Leeds Leicester Lincolnshire London Central London East London North London North East London North West London South and Surrey East^¤1 London South East London South Inner London South West London West Lothians Merseyside East^¤1 Merseyside West^¤1 Mid and West Wales Mid Scotland and Fife Midlands Central Midlands West Norfolk North East Scotland North Wales Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumbria Nottingham Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire^¤1 Sheffield Shropshire and Stafford^¤1 Somerset and Dorset West^¤1 South of Scotland South Wales South Wales East^¤1 Staffordshire East Strathclyde East Strathclyde West Suffolk Surrey West^¤1 Sussex East Sussex West Thames Valley Tyne and Wear^¤1 Wight and Hampshire East Wiltshire^¤1 York^¤1 Yorkshire South Yorkshire South West Yorkshire West
National	France Germany Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal^¤3 Spain^¤3
Key: ^¤1 Constituency created in 1984; ^†2 Constituency dissolved in 1985; ^¤3 Constituency created in 1987