Voter Turnout in Elections
to the European Parliament (% of eligible voters)
1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004
Belgium 91.4 92.2 90.7 90.7 91.0 90.8
Denmark 47.8 52.4 46.2 52.9 50.5 47.9
France 60.7 56.7 48.7 52.7 46.8 42.8
Germany 65.7 56.8 62.3 60.0 45.2 43.0
Ireland 63.6 47.6 68.3 44.0 50.2 58.8
Italy 84.9 83.4 81.5 74.8 70.8 73.1
Luxembourg 88.9 88.8 87.4 88.5 87.3 89.0
Netherlands 57.8 50.6 47.2 35.6 30.0 39.3
UK 32.2 32.6 36.2 36.4 24.0 38.8
Greece   77.2 79.9 71.2 75.3 63.2
Portugal   72.4 51.2 35.5 40.0 38.6
Spain   68.9 54.6 59.1 63.0 45.1
Austria       67.7 49.4 42.4
Finland       60.3 31.4 39.4
Sweden       41.6 38.8 37.8
Cyprus           71.2
Czech R.           28.3
Estonia           26.8
Hungary           38.5
Latvia           41.3
Lithuania           48.4
Malta           82.4
Poland           20.9
Slovakia           17.0
Slovenia           28.3
All EU 63.0 61.0 58.5 56.8 49.8 45.7