The turnout at European Parliament elections is often the subject of debate. Whilst turnout has declined in successive European elections since the first in 1979 to the most recent in 2004, the charts in this briefing put that into the context of the parallel declines in turnout in national parliamentary elections in EU Member States and in the United States. It also looks in more detail at the differences in turnout between EU Member States.
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Trends in national and EP elections
Turnout in national elections in the EU
Change in turnout at most recent elections
Turnout in Member States at European Parliament elections
Turnout in Member States at European Parliament elections since 1979
Voters and EU population, 1979-2009
[…] of the European Commission to the Parliament. Another goal is to reverse the declining turnout trend by giving voters’ a say on future EU policies and making the European elections […]