European Parliament election concludes with gains for right-wing parties

Voting in the 2024 European Parliament election concluded on 9 June after ballots were cast across the European Union over four days. The centre-right European People's Party remained the largest group, while right-wing and nationalist parties made notable gains in several member states.

Citizens elect national lists under different electoral rules, and members then organize into transnational political groups. A party's national label and its eventual parliamentary group are not always identical. Preliminary projections therefore changed as counts and affiliations were confirmed.

Mainstream pro-EU groups retained enough combined seats to influence the majority, but losses for liberals and greens changed bargaining. Results in France prompted President Emmanuel Macron to call an early national election, while other governments faced different domestic consequences.

The European Parliament does not directly choose national governments. It shares EU lawmaking and budget authority and elects the Commission president on a proposal from the European Council. Describing the vote as one continent-wide presidential contest would misstate the institution.

Official national counts and the Parliament's consolidated results establish the outcome. This record marks completion of voting and the broad balance, separate from later group formation and appointment negotiations. It avoids treating varied national protest votes as one unified European ideology.

Turnout and party performance varied sharply among member states because voting days, national issues and candidate lists differed. Aggregating results is necessary for the chamber, but it cannot erase those country-level electoral contexts.