France (European Parliament constituency)

For elections in the European Union, France is a European Parliament constituency. The boundaries of this constituency are the same as the member state of France. Its MEPs can be found in Category:MEPs for France (constituency).

France
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2019 constituencies
Member state	France
Created	1979
Dissolved	2004
MEPs	87 (1999)
Recreated
Created	2019
MEPs	79
Sources

The national constituency of France was replaced by subdivided constituencies in 2004. The national constituency was reconstituted for the 2019 elections.[1]

Results

1979

 Summary of the results of France's 1979 election to the European Parliament

1979 • 1984 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Union for French Democracy (UDF)	LDR	Simone Veil	5,588,851	27.61	—	25	—
	Socialist Party (PS) + Movement of Left Radicals (MRG)	SOC	François Mitterrand	4,763,026	23.53	—	22	—
	Communist Party (PCF)	COM	Georges Marchais	4,153,710	20.52	—	19	—
	Rally for the Republic (RPR)	EPD	Jacques Chirac	3,301,980	16.31	—	15	—
	Movement of Political Ecology (MEP)	TGI	Solange Fernex	888,134	4.39	—	0	—
	Others				7.68	—	0	—
Valid votes				20,242,347	94.78
Blank and invalid votes				1,114,613	5.22
Totals				21,356,960	100.00	—	81	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				35,180,531	60.71	—
Source: France-politique.fr

1984

 Summary of the results of France's 1984 election to the European Parliament

← 1979 • 1984 • 1989 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/−	Seats	+/−
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Simone Veil	8,683,596	43.03		41
	Socialist Party (PS)		Lionel Jospin	4,188,875	20.76		20
	Communist Party (PCF)		Georges Marchais	2,261,312	11.21		10
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,210,334	10.95		10
	The Greens (VERTS)		Didier Anger	680,080	3.37		0
	UCR + Ecologists + MRG		François Doubin Brice Lalonde Olivier Stirn	670,474	3.32		0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	417,702	2.07		0
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDF diss.)		Francine Gomez	382,404	1.89		0
	Others					—	0	—
Valid votes				20,180,934	96.47
Blank and invalid votes				737,838	3.53
Totals				20,918,772	100	—	81	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				36,880,688	56.72
Source: France-politique.fr

1989

 Summary of the results of France's 15 June 1989 election to the European Parliament

← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	5,242,038	28.88		26	15
	Socialist Party (PS)		Laurent Fabius	4,286,354	23.61		22	2
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,129,668	11.73		10	0
	The Greens (VERTS)		Antoine Waechter	1,922,945	10.59		9	9
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDFD)		Simone Veil	1,529,346	8.43		7	7
	Communist Party (PCF)		Philippe Herzog	1,401,171	7.72		7	3
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT)		André Goustat	749,741	4.13		0	0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	258,663	1.43		0	0
	Ecologists (LAPAE)		Arlette Alessandri	188,573	1.04		0	0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)					—	0	—
Valid votes				18,151,416	97.11
Blank and invalid votes				539,276	2.89
Totals				18,690,692	100.00	—	81	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				38,297,496	48.80
Source: France-politique.fr

1994

 Summary of the results of France's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament

← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Union for French Democracy (UDF) + Rally for the Republic (RPR)		Dominique Baudis	4,985,574	25.58		28	2
	Socialist Party (PS)		Michel Rocard	2,824,173	14.49		15	7
	Union for French Democracy dissidents (UDF diss.)		Philippe de Villiers	2,404,105	12.34		13	6
	Movement of Radicals of the Left (MRG)		Bernard Tapie	2,344,457	12.03		13	13
	National Front (FN)		Jean-Marie Le Pen	2,050,086	10.52		11	1
	Communist Party (PCF)		Francis Wurtz	1,342,222	6.89		7	0
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (CPNT)		André Goustat	771,061	3.96		0	0
	The Greens (VERTS)		Marie Anne Isler-Béguin	574,806	2.95		0	9
	Citizens' Movement (MDC) & other left-wing parties		Jean-Pierre Chevènement	494.986	2.54		0
	Workers' Struggle (LO)		Arlette Laguiller	442,723	2.27		0
	Ecology Generation (GE)		Brice Lalonde	392,291	2.01		0
	Europe Begins in Sarajevo		Léon Schwartzenberg	305,633	1.57		0
	Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the national vote and no seats)					—	0	—
Valid votes				19,487,470	94.67
Blank and invalid votes				1,097,510	5.33
Totals				20,584,980	100.00	—	87	6
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				39,019,797	52.76	3.96

1999

 Summary of the 13 June 1999 European Parliament election results in France

Parties and coalitions		Top Candidate	EP Group	Votes	%	Seats
	Socialist Party (Parti socialiste)	François Hollande	PES	3,873,901	21.95	22
	Rally for France (Rassemblement pour la France) Movement for France (Mouvement pour la France)	Charles Pasqua Philippe de Villiers	UEN	2,304,285	13.05	13
	Rally for the Republic (Rassemblement pour la République) Liberal Democracy (Démocratie libérale)	Nicolas Sarkozy Alain Madelin	EPP-ED	2,263,476	12.82	12
	The Greens (Les Verts)	Daniel Cohn-Bendit	G-EFA	1,715,450	9.72	9
	Union for French Democracy (Union pour la démocratie Française)	François Bayrou	EPP-ED	1,638,680	9.28	9
	French Communist Party (Parti communiste français)	Robert Hue	GUE-NGL	1,196,310	6.78	6
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions)	Jean Saint-Josse	EDD	1,195,727	6.77	6
	National Front (Front national)	Jean-Marie Le Pen	TGI	1,005,225	5.69	5
	Workers' Struggle (Lutte ouvrière) - Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue communiste révolutionnaire)	Arlette Laguiller	GUE-NGL	914,680	5.18	5
	National Republican Movement (Mouvement national républicain)	Bruno Mégret	None	578,774	3.28	0
	Others			966,176	5.48	0
	Total			17,652,684	100.00	87
Abstention: 53.00% (1st round)

2019

Party/alliance		List	Lead candidate	Votes			Seats (79/74)				Group
				#	%	+/–	#	+/–	#	+/–
	RN	Prenez le pouvoir, liste soutenue par Marine Le Pen	Jordan Bardella	5,286,939	23.34	–1.52	23	–1	22	–2	ID
	LREM–MoDem	Renaissance soutenue par La République en Marche, le MoDem et ses partenaires	Nathalie Loiseau	5,079,015	22.42	New	23	+19	21	+17	RE
	EELV	Europe Écologie	Yannick Jadot	3,055,023	13.48	+3.08	13	+7	12	+6	Greens/EFA
	LR–LC	Union de la droite et du centre	François-Xavier Bellamy	1,920,407	8.48	–12.33	8	–12	8	–12	EPP
	FI	La France Insoumise	Manon Aubry	1,428,548	6.31	New	6	+5	6	+5	GUE/NGL
	PS–PP–ND	Envie d'Europe écologique et sociale	Raphaël Glucksmann	1,403,170	6.19	–10.69	6	–7	5	–8	S&D
	DLF–CNIP	Le courage de défendre les Français avec Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. Debout la France ! – CNIP	Nicolas Dupont-Aignan	795,508	3.51	–0.31	0	–	0	–
	G.s	Liste citoyenne du Printemps Européen avec Benoît Hamon soutenue par Génération.s et DémE-DiEM 25	Benoît Hamon	741,772	3.27	New	0	–	0	–
	UDI	Les Européens	Jean-Christophe Lagarde	566,057	2.50	New	0	–3	0	–3
	PCF	Pour l'Europe des gens, contre l'Europe de l'argent	Ian Brossat	564,949	2.49	New	0	–3	0	–3
	PA	Parti animaliste	Hélène Thouy	490,074	2.16	New	0	–	0	–
	GE–MEI–MdP	Urgence écologie	Dominique Bourg	412,136	1.82	New	0	–	0	–
	UPR	Ensemble pour le Frexit	François Asselineau	265,469	1.17	+0.77	0	–	0	–
	LO	Lutte Ouvrière – Contre le grand capital, le camp des travailleurs	Nathalie Arthaud	176,339	0.78	–0.40	0	–	0	–
	LP	Ensemble, Patriotes et Gilets jaunes : pour la France sortons de l'Union européenne !	Florian Philippot	147,140	0.65	New	0	–	0	–
	AJ	Alliance jaune, la révolte par le vote	Francis Lalanne	121,209	0.54	New	0	–	0	–
	CNDI	Les oubliés de l'Europe – Artisans, commerçants, professions libérales et indépendants – ACPLI –	Olivier Bidou	51,240	0.23	New	0	–	0	–
	PP	Parti pirate	Florie Marie	30,105	0.13	–0.07	0	–	0	–
	UDMF	Une Europe au service des peuples	Nagib Azergui	28,469	0.13	New	0	–	0	–
	EDE	Espéranto – langue commune équitable pour l'Europe	Pierre Dieumegard	18,587	0.08	–0.09	0	–	0	–
	PFE	Parti fédéraliste européen – pour une Europe qui protège ses citoyens	Yves Gernigon	12,146	0.05	–0.04	0	–	0	–
	AdOC	Décroissance 2019	Thérèse Delfel	10,352	0.05	+0.02	0	–	0	–
	AE	Allons enfants	Sophie Caillaud	8,062	0.04	New	0	–	0	–
	AVE	À voix égales	Nathalie Tomasini	7,825	0.03	New	0	–	0	–
	PACE	PACE – Parti des citoyens européens	Audric Alexandre	6,663	0.03	New	0	–	0	–
	RIC	Mouvement pour l'initiative citoyenne	Gilles Helgen	5,882	0.03	New	0	–	0	–
	UDLEF	Union démocratique pour la liberté, égalité, fraternité (UDLEF)	Christian Luc Person	4,912	0.02	New	0	–	0	–
	DF	Liste de la Reconquête	Vincent Vauclin	4,569	0.02	New	0	–	0	–
	AR	Une France royale au cœur de l'Europe	Robert de Prévoisin	3,150	0.01	–0.00	0	–	0	–
	LREEM	Démocratie représentative	Hadama Traoré	3,084	0.01	New	0	–	0	–
	EC	Évolution citoyenne	Christophe Chalençon	2,061	0.01	New	0	–	0	–
	SIEL–PI	La ligne claire	Renaud Camus	1,578	0.01	–0.00	0	–	0	–
	PRC	Parti révolutionnaire communistes	Antonio Sanchez	1,413	0.01	–0.02	0	–	0	–
	N&A	Neutre et actif	Cathy Denise Ginette Corbet	1,321	0.01	New	0	–	0	–
Total				22,655,174	100.00	–	79	+5	74	–
Valid votes				22,655,174	95.47	–0.52
Blank votes				555,033	2.34	–0.43
Null votes				520,533	2.19	+0.95
Turnout				23,730,740	50.12	+7.69
Abstentions				23,614,588	49.88	–7.69
Registered voters				47,345,328
Source: Journal officiel de la République française

References

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)