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10th Dec 2023

2019 European election results

With 427 million possible voters, across 28 EU countries, electing 751 MEPs, it's the second-biggest democratic vote in the world. The results will come thick and fast - follow them as they come in here, via the European Parliament's official results site.

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All about the European Parliament elections 2019

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