First-time voters will have an important say in European Parliament elections

With two months to go until 2024 elections for the European Parliament take place on June 8 in Latvia (and June 6-9 across Europe as a whole), 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. 

Voting populations in EU, 2024
Voting populations in EU, 2024

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). Latvia will have 1,551,270 eligible voters.

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. In Latvia there will be 105,047 first-time voters, accounting for nearly 7% of the total electorate.

First-time voters, 2024
First-time voters, 2024

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