Template:European Parliament election, 1999 - Statistics

v • d • e European Parliament election, 1999 - Statistics
Area	European Union (EU-15)	Sources
Dates	• Thursday June 10: Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark • Friday June 11: Ireland • Sunday June 13: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden	[1][2]
Seats	626	[3][4]
Candidates	over 10,000	[5]
Electorate	288 million	[6]
Turnout	49.8%	[7]
Previous	European Parliament election, 1994	n/a
Next	European Parliament election, 2004	n/a
Election methods	All proportional representation.	[8]
Preference voting allowed?	• Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Sweden. • Yes, via STV: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only) • No: the rest	[9][10]
Cutoff?	• 5%: France, Germany • 4%: Austria, Sweden • 3%: Greece • none: the rest	[11]
Seat allocation	• Sainte-Laguë method: Sweden • STV method: Ireland, United Kingdom (NI only) • Hare-Niemeyer method: Germany • Pro-rata: Greece • Largest remainder method: Italy • D'Hondt method: the rest	[12][13][14]
Constituency boundaries	• Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), Ireland (4), Italy (5), United Kingdom (12) • Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level), Finland (candidate lists at electoral district or national level) • Member state as single constituency: the rest	[15][16][17]
Minimum voting age	18	[18][19]