Presentation of the graphics of the updated official EP results projection during the European elections 2019 (23-26 May), in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Brussels

DUCH GUILLOT, Jaume (ES)

2019 European elections (T)

European Elections 2019 - Election night: First official results projection - Final European Elections turnout figure - Presentation of the updated official EP results projection (23:59)

Title: European Elections 2019 - Election night: First official results projection - - Final European Elections turnout figure - Presentation of the updated official EP results projection

Graphic panel of the European Parliament in Brussels

Jaume Duch Guillot, Spokesperson and Director-General for Communication of the EP, entering the stage at the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels

SOUNDBITE (English), Jaume DUCH GUILLOT, Spokesperson and Director-General for Communication of the EP, Explaining that all polling stations in Europe have now been closed, the turnout numbers are very positive, estimations for all 28 member states show a 50,5 percent turnout. This is 8 points higher than in 2014. These figures are the highest of the past 20 years and are the first significant raise in turnout since the first European elections in 1979. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Jaume DUCH GUILLOT, Spokesperson and Director-General for Communication of the EP, Explaining the first official results projection based on a mix of final results, provisional results and some exit polls and estimates. Reads out the first official result projections: European People's Party: 178 seats; Socialists and Democrats: 152 seats; European Conservatives and Reformists: 61; Alliance of Liberals and Democrats + 3 national parties: 108 seats; The Unites Left/Nordic Green Left: 39 seats; Greens/European Free Alliance: 67 seats; Europe for Freedom and Direct Democracy: 53 seats; Europe of Nations and Freedom: 55 seats; Non-attached Members: 7 seats; Others: 31 seats 

SOUNDBITE (English), Jaume DUCH GUILLOT, Spokesperson and Director-General for Communication of the EP, Saying that the choice of European voters will have a direct effect on the election of the next President of the European Commission because the newly elected MEPs will vote on these issue in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in July. 