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The 2024 elections for the European Parliament are set for 6-9 June 2024. Eurostat has asked the National Statistical Institutes of the EU Member States for a dedicated data collection on the number of people eligible to vote. 

National estimates show that, on the election dates, the highest numbers of eligible voters are expected in Germany (64.9 million persons), France (49.7 million) and Italy (47 million).  The lowest numbers are expected in Malta (0.4 million), Luxembourg (0.5 million) and Cyprus (0.7 million).

bar chart: total population eligle to vote in the 2024 elections for the European Parliament (in millions, all data are estimated)

Source dataset: demo_popep

When it comes to first-time voters (persons who have reached voting age since the last European elections in 2019), the highest numbers are expected in Germany (5.1 million persons), France (4 million) and Italy (2.8 million). The lowest numbers are expected in Malta (20 000 persons), Cyprus (37 000) and Estonia (70 000). The highest shares of first-time voters are expected in Belgium, France and Germany with 9.7%, 8.0% and 7.9% of all eligible voters, respectively.
 

bar chart: population eligible to vote for the first time in the 2024 elections for the European Parliament (as % of total population eligible to vote)

Source dataset: demo_popep

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Methodological notes

  • This is a dedicated data collection implemented on a voluntary basis, based on an agreement between Eurostat and the National Statistical Institutes of EU Member States. European elections are organised in line with Council Directive 93/109/EC. The procedures for electing the European Parliament are governed both by European legislation laying down rules common to all EU members and by specific national provisions, which vary from one country to another. 
  • All data are estimates. 
  • Data for first-time voters are not available for Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland. 
  • Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Finland provided rounded data.
  • Updated estimates will be provided closer to the European elections.

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