European Parliament election turnout 1979 – 2009

The chart below shows the percentage of registered UK voters who actually voted at European Parliament elections from 1979–2009, and the average turnout across the European Union. This is followed by a table showing voter turnout percentage for each EU country.

Table: European Parliament election turnout % by country 1979 - 2009
Member States	1979	1984	1989	1994	1999	2004	2009
Belgium	91.36	92.09	90.73	90.66	91.05	90.81	90.39
Denmark	47.82	52.38	46.17	52.92	50.46	47.89	59.54
Germany	65.73	56.76	62.28	60.02	45.19	43	43.3
Ireland	63.61	47.56	68.28	43.98	50.21	58.58	58.64
France	60.71	56.72	48.8	52.71	46.76	42.76	40.63
Italy	85.65	82.47	81.07	73.6	69.76	71.72	65.05
Luxembourg	88.91	88.79	87.39	88.55	87.27	91.35	90.75
Netherlands	58.12	50.88	47.48	35.69	30.02	39.26	36.75
United Kingdom	32.35	32.57	36.37	36.43	24	38.52	34.7
Greece		80.59	80.03	73.18	70.25	63.22	52.61
Spain			54.71	59.14	63.05	45.14	44.9
Portugal			51.1	35.54	39.93	38.6	36.78
Sweden					38.84	37.85	45.53
Austria					49.4	42.43	45.97
Finland					30.14	39.43	40.3
Czech Republic						28.3	28.2
Estonia						26.83	43.9
Cyprus						72.5	59.4
Lithuania						48.38	20.98
Latvia						41.34	53.7
Hungary						38.5	36.31
Malta						82.39	78.79
Poland						20.87	24.53
Slovenia						28.35	28.33
Slovakia						16.97	19.64
Bulgaria							38.99
Romania							27.67
Average EU turnout	61.99	58.98	58.41	56.67	49.51	45.47	43

Source: www.europarl.europa.eu

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