1979 European Parliament election
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The 1979 European Parliament election was a series of parliamentary elections held across all 9 (at the time) European Community member states. They were the first European elections to be held, allowing citizens to elect 410 MEPs to the European Parliament, and also the first international election in history.
Quick Facts All 410 seats to the European Parliament 206 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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Turnout | 114,340,366 / 184,414,900 (62.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seats in the Parliament had been allocated to the states according to population, and in some cases were divided into constituencies, but members sat according to political groups.