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Rates of participation in European elections (1979-2009)
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Rates of participation in European elections (1979-2009)

Participation in European elections expressed in percentages (1979-2009).

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Title Rates of participation in European elections (1979-2009)
Document type Table of figures
Source EUROPARL - Results of the 2009 European elections. [ON-LINE]. [Brussels]: European Parliament, [24.08.2009]. Disponible sur http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/turnout_en.html.
Keywords European election, European Parliament, turnout of voters
Copyright © European Parliament
Caption Participation in European elections expressed in percentages (1979-2009).
Location in the digital library EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS >> European Union >> The EU institutions >> European Parliament >> Composition >> Election of Members
Document extract   1979 (%) 1981 (%) 1984 (%) 1987 (%) 1989 (%) 1994 (%) 1995 (%) 1996 (%) 1999 (%) 2004 (%) 2007 (%) 2009 (%) Germany 65.7   56.8   62.3 60.0     45.2 43   43.3 France 60.7   56.7   48.7 52.7     46.8 42.76   40.63 Bel (...) Read more in ENA
See also Political statement from the Socialist parties of the European Community (Brussels, 24 June 1978)
Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (20 September 1976) — Consolidated version 1997
Cartoon by Mussil on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (June 1979)
Cartoon by Gibbard on the United Kingdom and the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage (8 June 1979)
Luxembourg campaign poster for the first direct elections to the European Parliament
Direct elections to the European Parliament (1979-2009)
Pamphlet published by the British Labour Party (1977)
European Parliament Resolution on the adoption of a draft convention introducing elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (14 January 1975)
Cartoon by Behrendt on Eurocommunism (28 May 1979)
European Parliament Resolution on a draft electoral procedure incorporating common principles (15 July 1998)
Cartoon by Piem on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (9-10 June 1979)
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