From 2004 to 2019, there were eight European Parliament constituencies in France. Since the 2019 European Parliament election, there has been a single constituency covering the whole country.
The constituencies all used the party-list proportional representation with the highest average method from their creation to their abolition. French citizens living abroad were added to the Île-de-France constituency in 2014.
The table below shows the changes to France's European Parliament constituencies over time, listing the numbers of Members of the European Parliament each elected at each European Parliamentary election.
Election Constituencies Total seats France 1979 81 81 1984 81 81 1989 81 81 1994 87 87 1999 87 87 North-West West East South-West South-East Massif central–Centre Île-de-France Overseas 2004 12 10 10 10 13 6 14 3 78 2009 10 9 9 10 13 5 13 3 72Following the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon by France on 14 February 2008, and entering into application on 1 December 2009 (after the last instruments were deposited by Italy, too late for the 2009 European elections), 2 additional seats were assigned to France and were finally appointed by the French Parliament in 2011. 2014 10 9 9 10 13 5 15The 2 additional seats for the elections in 2014, previously appointed by the French Parliament, were finally assigned to the Île-de-France constituency as it was enlarged in 2014 to include also the votes for French citizens living abroad (and not registered for the European elections in another member state of the European Union). 3 74 France 2019 74 74 2024 81 81
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