2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
Venstre also lost a seat, getting two seats with 16.7% of the votes, while the Social Liberal Party won back a seat they lost in the previous election.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
Voter turnout was 56.4% which was lower than in 2009, but still the second highest ever for a Danish election to the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results
Morten Messerschmidt from the Danish People's Party got 465,758 preference votes, the highest ever for a Danish politician in an election to the EP.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Results, Elected
The seats were given out within the parties to the candidates who received the preference votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
With about one third of the votes for Eurosceptic parties, the election was regarded by political commentators as strengthening this position, with a possibility that also the Europositive parties would become more critical to certain EU policies, such as sending welfare checks abroad. The support in the referendum of Denmark being part of Unified Patent Court was on the other side seen as evidence that a majority of Danes still favoured giving the EU more influence in certain areas.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
Political commentators saw the good result for the Danish People's Party as also reflecting that the party since Kristian Thulesen Dahl became leader in 2012 has become less controversial and has put more focus on welfare issues. At the same time, some of the votes for the party were considered to be protest votes in relation to EU matters and not believed to transfer into votes for the party in the next Danish general election.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
The Social Liberal Party was regarded as another winner, winning a seat which they lost in the prior election.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
The result was also seen as positive for the Socialist People's Party and the Conservative People's Party which polled low at the start of the campaign but managed to keep their respective seats.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
The bad result for Venstre was seen as partly a result of the debate over Lars Røkke Rasmussen's clothing and holiday expenses and led to a discussion in the party about his positions with several local party groups and individual politicians requesting that he resigned. After a special meeting on 3 June, the party concluded that he still had the party's trust and would continue as party leader and candidate for prime minister.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
Internationally the election result was seen as part of a wider trend of electoral gain for eurosceptic and far right parties in the election.


2014 European Parliament election in Denmark, Reactions and aftermath
On 4 June, the Danish People's Party was admitted into the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the EP, thus leaving the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group.


2014 European Parliament election in Estonia
The 2014 European Parliament election in Estonia was the election of the delegation from Estonia to the European Parliament in 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Estonia, Opinion polls
1 Not running independently in the elections. 2 Not running in the elections. 3 As People's Union of Estonia


2014 European Parliament election in Finland
The 2014 European Parliament election in Finland for the election of the delegation from Finland to the European Parliament took place on 25 May 2014 with advance voting from 14 to 20 May. Finnish voters elected thirteen members to the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Finland, MEPs elected
* Note: Alexander Stubb was chosen to be National Coalition Party chairman in June, and was subsequently appointed Prime Minister. Stubb did not take his seat in the European Parliament. The seat went to Petri Sarvamaa, who had the fourth most votes (37,862) on the NCP list.


2014 European Parliament election in France
The 2014 European Parliament election in France for the election of the 8th delegation from France to the European Parliament took place on 24 May 2014 in the overseas territories of France, and on 25 May 2014 in metropolitan France. The number of seats allocated to France increased to 74, compared to 72 in the 2009 election, as a result of the 2013 reapportionment of seats in the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in France
The members of the European Parliament for France, 2014–2019 were elected.


2014 European Parliament election in Germany
The European Parliament election, 2014 was held on 25 May 2014 in Germany. Under the Lisbon Treaty, Germany lost three seats and elected 96 members of the European Parliament, instead of the previous 99.


2014 European Parliament election in Germany, Electoral threshold
The previous electoral threshold of 5% was ruled unconstitutional in 2011, leading the major parties to implement a 3% threshold instead. However the Constitutional Court ruled on 26 February 2014 that this threshold was illegal as well. Under this circumstances a vote share of 0.6% proved sufficient to win an EP seat (result of Die PARTEI) and seven parties won single seats; the seats were allocated according to the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method.


2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar was a part of the European Parliament constituency combined region of South West England and Gibraltar. For elections to the European Parliament in 2014, the vote in the region took place on 22 May 2014, with the results announced on 25 May 2014. On the previous two occasions Gibraltar has participated in European elections, the Conservative Party had topped the poll. The Liberal Democrats won the popular vote in the territory for the first time. They opposed British withdrawal from the European Union and were the only party to include a Gibraltar resident on their list of candidates, Lyana Armstrong-Emery of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar.


2014 European Parliament election in Gibraltar
The result was notable as one of only four counting areas in which the Liberal Democrats topped the poll, the others being South Lakeland in Cumbria and Orkney and Shetland in Scotland. Despite the result in Gibraltar, the Liberal Democrat vote fell across the South West region (and the whole of the UK), and the sitting Liberal Democrat MEP, Graham Watson, described as a "stalwart" and "advocate" of Gibraltar, lost his seat.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece
The 2014 European Parliament election in Greece for the election of the delegation from Greece to the European Parliament took place on 25 May 2014, coinciding with local elections. The number of seats allocated to Greece declined from 22 to 21, as a result of the 2013 reapportionment of seats in the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece
According to Jim Yardley of The New York Times, "the vote has become a de facto referendum on the governing coalition and a test of whether ordinary citizens believe the government's assertion that the country is finally on the upswing."


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Opinion polling
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by press
In the press, the conservative Kathimerini newspaper said that citizens had expressed displeasure, but didn't give SYRIZA "true momentum." The SYRIZA-linked daily I Avgi said SYRIZA's win was "historic" and a "milestone in the political history of Greece." Eleftherotypia criticised the government for trying to downplay SYRIZA's win, and said the result showed voters want "radical policy change." Left-leaning Efimerida ton Syntakton said the big loser was the government, and criticised Prime Minister Antonis Samaras for being more critical of SYRIZA than Golden Dawn. Ethnos said all parties were equally punished by the vote.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians
Following his party's victory, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras called for snap elections to be called "as soon as possible." Tsipras noted that if the results were replicated in a national election, the governing ND-PASOK coalition would have only 94 seats, in contrast to the 152 seats they had at the time of the election. SYRIZA warned that the result meant there was a disharmony between public opinion and the composition of parliament, and that the government lacked a mandate to proceed with any new austerity measures, particularly warning against water privatisation. On 26 May, the day after the election, Tsipras met with President Karolos Papoulias about the potential to hold new elections.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (ND) insisted the vote was not a cause for snap elections. In a televised address in the immediate aftermath of the vote, Samaras said that "those who tried to turn the EU election into a plebiscite failed." High-ranking ND officials held a meeting on 3 June to discuss how to woo back voters who had left the party, but were unable to come to a conclusion.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians
Evangelos Venizelos, leader of junior coalition party PASOK, came under fire from several MPs of his own party, who called on him to quit as leader following PASOK's mediocre result. In an editorial in Ta Nea, which criticised Venizelos' strategy, PASOK MP Costas Skandalidis said "nobody has the legitimacy to decide the fate of a historic party on his own." Skandalidis also urged Venizelos to develop closer contacts with SYRIZA. Venizelos hit back at his intra-party critics, calling them "fifth columnists" who were trying to "consciously undermine" him.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians
DIMAR leader Fotis Kouvelis announced on 28 May that he would offer his resignation as leader of his party, due to its poor result. However, DIMAR's central committee rejected his resignation. DIMAR and SYRIZA eyed closer co-operation following the vote, although a significant minority of DIMAR MPs support co-operating with PASOK instead. DIMAR decided to choose its political direction at a party conference, scheduled to be held 12–14 September 2014. Until then it was agreed Kouvelis would stay on as leader.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians
Panos Kammenos, leader of ANEL, also called a party conference due to his party's poor result, although he did not offer his resignation. Instead, Kammenos planned to discuss the possibility of co-operating with other right-wing anti-austerity groups, and offered invitations to several such parties to participate in ANEL's congress. Two ANEL MPs left the party after the election, with one saying the party had "lost its direction."


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians, Cabinet reshuffle
While Prime Minister Samaras vowed to "stay the course," he acknowledged the government must "fix injustices" and planned a "radical" cabinet reshuffle in response to the vote. Key chances included having Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras replaced with former prime-ministerial adviser Gikas Hardouvelis, and ND MP Argyris Dinopoulos replacing Yiannis Michelakis as Interior Minister. Ex-LAOS MP Adonis Georgiadis was replaced as Health Minister by Makis Voridis, a fellow ex-LAOS member. Changes were also made to the Education Minister, Public Order Minister, Development Minister, Agricultural Development Minister, and government spokesperson.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians, Cabinet reshuffle
Makis Vordis' appointment to the cabinet was a subject of controversy, with the Anti- Defamation League objecting to his appointment. The ADL claimed his appointment was at odds with the Prime Minister's stance on Golden Dawn. In the 1980s Vordis led the National Political Union, a youth group founded by ex-dictator Georgios Papadopoulos from inside prison, before getting kicked out for engaging in extremist acts. In the 1990s Vordis founded the Hellenic Front, a party with close links to the National Front in France.


2014 European Parliament election in Greece, Reactions, Reactions by politicians, Cabinet reshuffle
Sofia Voultepsi, the newly appointed government spokesperson, was also considered a controversial choice. Prior to her appointment, she said the press was owned by "arms dealers, Rothschild, and bankers", and that undocumented migrants are "invaders" and "weapons in the hands of the Turks."


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary
The European Parliament election, 2014 for the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary
With the Lisbon Treaty coming into force, Hungary held 22 seats in the European Parliament. However, because Croatia joined the EU in 2013, it now holds 21 seats to the Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Parties contesting the election
Three parties were refused registration: Democratic Community of Welfare and Freedom (JESZ), Modern Hungary Movement (MoMa), and New Hungary Party (ÚMP).


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
Fidesz won with second highest proportion of votes in Europe, after the Labour Party in Malta. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated to all elected MEPs. He said "they will be outpost of the Hungarians as they will defend the home in foreign land". The ruling party received 12 seats, strongly enhancing the European People's Party (EPP) drive to achieve a majority in the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
Martin Schulz, S&D candidate for President of the European Commission, said the People's Party could win the election just because of the "eurosceptic and populist" Forza Italia and Fidesz results, which is "embarrassing for the conservatives". German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel also called the Fidesz "extremist". Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén rejected Gabriel's statements and noted "he does not remember that Gabriel had spoken against when Robert Fico's Smer entered into a coalition with the fascist Ján Slota-led Slovak National Party".


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
The Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) suffered its largest  defeat since the 1990 parliamentary election, while far-right Jobbik came to the second place for the first time since its establishment. Gábor Vona said his party, based on the results, could be the main challenger to the Fidesz in the 2018 parliamentary election. However, as political analyst Zoltán Lakner argued, Jobbik appeared in the election significantly worse than one month ago in the general election, because the party now gained only one-third of those votes, while the turnout was half of the previous one. The extremist party's second place was due to the fragmentation of the left-wing opposition.


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
After the obvious failure, chairman Attila Mesterházy and the entire presidium of the Socialist Party tendered their resignation. Nevertheless, Mesterházy said he wishes to keep his position of parliamentary group leader. However, three days later, Mesterházy resigned from both of his positions after criticism intensified against him. The Socialist Party lost its leading opposition stature in Budapest, dropping to fourth place there after the Democratic Coalition and the alliance of Together 2014–Dialogue for Hungary.


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
That rearrangement of the balance of power may affect the distribution of the candidates among the three parties for the 2014 local elections (primarily a possible joint candidate against Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós). Gábor Török, a popular political scientist in Hungary, called the election the "Mohács disaster of the Socialist Party".


2014 European Parliament election in Hungary, Results, Analysis and consequences
The two newer organisations, led by two former prime ministers, Ferenc Gyurcsány and Gordon Bajnai, could assess their strength for the first time during a single candidacy. According to Index.hu, successful results helped the political survival of Gyurcsány and Bajnai. The latter's party proved popular among the liberal voters in Budapest, while the DK weakened the Socialists' stronghold in countryside. However, the news portals' analysis pointed out that Gyurcsány's party has no more reserves, the relative good result was due to the dedicated "believers" and maximum mobilisation coupled with low turnout. According to the analysis, Politics Can Be Different (LMP) remained a party with 5%, narrowly meeting the electoral threshold.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland
The 2014 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2014 European Parliament election and was held on Friday, 23 May 2014, on the same day as the 2014 local elections and two by-elections (Dublin West and Longford–Westmeath). The election was conducted under the single transferable vote. Counting of the votes began on Sunday, 25 May and continued until Tuesday, 27 May.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, National and regional summaries
In contrast to a poor local election result, Fine Gael retained 4 seats, remaining the largest Irish party at a European level. Despite winning the largest number of first preference votes, Fianna Fáil lost 2 seats – a result of poor candidate selection and a reduction in the number of seats. The Labour Party, bearing the brunt of voter anger with the Coalition government, suffered a meltdown, losing all three of its seats, including its seat in Dublin which it had held since 1989. The Socialist Party also lost its sole seat. The big winners were Sinn Féin and Independents who won three seats each.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, National and regional summaries
In Dublin, Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin topped the poll and a tight four-way battle for the remaining two seats ensued between Brian Hayes of Fine Gael, ex-Labour MEP turned independent Nessa Childers, Fianna Fáil's Mary Fitzpatrick and the Green Party's Eamon Ryan. Hayes and Childers won with Hayes ahead of Ryan at the final count by a margin of 1,200 votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, National and regional summaries
In South, both Brian Crowley of Fianna Fáil and Seán Kelly of Fine Gael were re-elected while first time candidate Liadh Ní Riada of Sinn Féin won a seat. The last seat was taken by Fine Gael Senator Deirdre Clune ahead of her party colleague Simon Harris.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, National and regional summaries
In the new Midlands–North-West constituency, independent TD Luke 'Ming' Flanagan topped the poll while Mairead McGuinness of Fine Gael and Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy took the next two seats. Fianna Fáil's two-candidate strategy in the constituency backfired, with sitting MEP Pat "the Cope" Gallagher narrowly losing to independent Marian Harkin. For the first time, Ireland's delegation to the European Parliament had more women than men.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, Constituency changes
The Constituency Commission made changes to the constituencies of Ireland so as to reduce the total number of MEPs from 12 to 11, due to the accession of Croatia to the European Union.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, Constituency changes
The North-West and East constituencies were abolished. A new 4-seat constituency called Midlands–North-West was created. It comprised all the area of the previous North-West constituency, with the exception of County Clare which was moved to the South constituency; as well as the north Leinster part of the East constituency.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, Constituency changes
The South constituency was increased in size by the addition of counties Carlow, Clare, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow. and the number of seats increased from 3 to 4.


2014 European Parliament election in Ireland, Opinion polls, Party polling
The figures are for first-preference votes, as STV is a ranked voting system.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Italy took place on 25 May 2014. Italy elected 73 MEPs out of 751 European Parliament seats.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy
The governing Democratic Party (PD) won the election with 40.8% of the vote and 31 seats, followed by the Five Star Movement (21.2% and 17 seats) and Forza Italia (16.8% and 13 seats). As a result, the PD was the second largest national party in the European Parliament by number of seats after the German CDU/CSU and the largest among the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. The PD's score was also the best result for an Italian party in a nationwide election since the 1958 general election, when the Christian Democracy won 42.4% of the vote.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy
The other parties that have passed the national electoral threshold at 4% are Northern League (6.2% and 5 seats), New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre (4.4% and 3 seats) and The Other Europe (4.0% and 3 seats). The parties that haven't passed the electoral threshold and that haven't gained any seat are Brothers of Italy (3.7%), Green Italy – European Greens (0.9%), European Choice (0.7%), Italy of Values (0.7%) and I Change – Associative Movement Italians Abroad (0.2%).


2014 European Parliament election in Italy
The 4% threshold can be bypassed by parties representing linguistic minorities, provided they get more than 50,000 votes, in connection with a party gaining more than 4% of the vote. The South Tyrolean People's Party, representing the German-speaking minority of South Tyrol, won a seat thanks to its connection with the PD.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Electoral system
The party-list proportional representation was the traditional electoral system of the Italian Republic since its foundation in 1946, so it had been adopted to elect the Italian representatives to the European Parliament too. Two levels were used: a national level to divide seats between parties, and a constituency level to distribute them between candidates. Italian regions were united in 5 constituencies, each electing a group of deputies. At national level, seats were divided between party lists using the largest remainder method with Hare quota. All seats gained by each party were automatically distributed to their local open lists and their most voted candidates.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Electoral system
In the run-up to the 2009 election, the Italian Parliament introduced a national threshold of 4% in the electoral law for the European Parliament. However, the electoral law guarantees representation for linguistic minorities. The parties which represent minorities can be connected with the major parties for the purpose of elections, combining their votes. If the party of the linguistic minority gets more than 50,000 votes, it wins a seat.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Main parties and leaders, Outgoing MEPs
This is a list of Italian delegations sitting at the European Parliament before 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Main parties and leaders, Summary of parties
In the following table the twelve parties/lists participating in the election are listed.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Main parties and leaders, Top candidates
In the following table the top candidates of each party/list in the five constituencies are listed. In the case in which the party leader stands in all five of them as top candidate, also the second in the list is shown. The Five Star Movement's slates were compiled following the alphabetical order.


2014 European Parliament election in Italy, Opinion polling
Poll results are listed according to the date of publication of the survey. Detailed data are usually published in the official website of the Italian government. The publication of opinion polls during the last 15 days of the electoral campaign is forbidden by Italian law.


2014 European Parliament election in Latvia
The 2014 European Parliament election in Latvia was the election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament in 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Latvia, Background
At the previous European Parliament election in Latvia in 2009, the country elected 8 MEPs. Upon entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty Latvia was awarded 1 additional MEP, again bringing the total number of MEPs representing Latvia to 9. Calculated from the results of the 2009 election, this MEP came from the Civic Union. For this election however, the number of MEP's representing Latvia was again reduced to 8.


2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Lithuania was an election of the delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament in 2014. It was part of the wider 2014 European election.


2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania, Analysis
Although opinion polls and pundits claimed for large Social Democratic Party victory, but elections were won by the Homeland Union by around 2,000 votes.


2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania, Analysis
The Homeland Union won only in six municipalities (including Vilnius and Kaunas). The Social Democratic Party came at close second by the number of votes. The Liberal Movement came third, but it won in two municipalities only (Klaipėda and Neringa). The Order and Justice mainly won in northwest of the country.


2014 European Parliament election in Lombardy
The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Lombardy
In Lombardy the centre-left Democratic Party was by far the largest party with 40.3% of the vote, largely distancing Forza Italia (16.9%), the Five Star Movement (15.7%) and Lega Nord (14.6%). The centre-right's tally, including also the New Centre-Right (3.7), which ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre, and Brothers of Italy (2.8%), was 37.9%: it was the first time ever that the centre-left topped the centre-right in a regionwide election. The three most voted candidates in Lombardy were Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 180,844), Alessia Mosca (Democratic Party, 141,780) and Giovanni Toti (Forza Italia, 116,120).


2014 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
The 2014 European Parliament election in Luxembourg was held as part of the wider 2014 European Parliament elections. The Christian Social People's Party won three of Luxembourg's six seats.


2014 European Parliament election in Malta
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Malta elected Malta's delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the third such election held in Malta. The elections were held on Saturday, 24 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Malta
The parties that contested the election were:Labour Party,Nationalist Party,Democratic Alternative,Imperium Europa,Alleanza Bidla,Alleanza Liberali,Partit Ta' L-Ajkla.


2014 European Parliament election in Malta, Results
The Labour Party won the election with a little over 53% of the votes. The result was announced by the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat.


2014 European Parliament election in Malta, Results
The Nationalist Party won 40%, Democratic Alternative 2.9%, Imperium Europa 2.8% and others 0.96%.


2014 European Parliament election in Malta, Results
Despite receiving just 40% of the electors vote, the Nationalist Party won its third seat, previously held by the Labour Party. Therefore, the elected candidates are:  1. Alfred Sant (PL) (48739 votes)  2. Roberta Metsola (PN) (38442 votes) 3. Miriam Dalli (PL) (37533 votes) 4. David Casa (PN) (36371 votes) 5. Marlene Mizzi (PL) (35630 votes) 6. Therese Comodini Cachia (PN) (29580 votes).


2014 European Parliament election in Piedmont
The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Piedmont
In Piedmont the Democratic Party was by far the largest party with 40.8% of the vote, largely distancing the Five Star Movement (21.6%) and Forza Italia (15.8%). The three most voted candidates in the region were Mercedes Bresso (Democratic Party, 55,616), Alberto Cirio (32,310) and Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 31,947).


2014 European Parliament election in Poland
The 2014 European Parliament election in Poland elected the delegation from Poland to the European Parliament. It took place on 25 May 2014. The Polish electorate will elect 51 MEPs, compared to 50 in the 2009 election. (In December 2011, under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, one additional MEP from the People's Party entered the Parliament, bringing the number of Polish MEPs to 51). The number of MEPs is a result of the 2013 reapportionment of seats in the European Parliament. This means that Poland will have 6% of the total seats in the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Poland, Contesting committees
Political parties, coalitions of political parties, and nonpartisan citizens wishing to nominate candidates for the election were obliged to establish election committees and announce their creation to the State Electoral Commission until 7 April 2014. Establishment of an independent committee required signatures of at least 1,000 registered voters. 20 committees were established.


2014 European Parliament election in Poland, Contesting committees
The committees were able to register lists of 5 to 10 candidates in each electoral district until 15 April. Each list had to be supported by signatures of at least 10,000 voters residing in the district. However, a committee that had collected enough signatures in at least 7 electoral districts were allowed to register lists in the remaining districts regardless of local support.


2014 European Parliament election in Poland, Contesting committees
As of 24 April, the State Electoral Commission has confirmed that 9 committees registered candidates in all 13 constituencies.


2014 European Parliament election in Poland, Contesting committees
Additionally 3 committees of political parties registered lists of candidates in fewer electoral districts:


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
The European Parliament election of 2014 in Portugal elected the Portuguese delegation to the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019. This was the seventh EP election held in Portugal. The elections were held on Sunday, 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
The Socialist Party (PS) was the winner of the elections, scoring 31.5% of the votes. The Socialists increased their share of vote by almost 5%, and won one more seat compared with 2009. However, the PS victory was much more weaker than what polls predicted, as the margin between them and the PSD/CDS coalition was below 4%. Because of this worse than expected result, the PS would enter in a leadership contest just weeks after the election.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
The PSD/CDS contested the election in a coalition called "Portugal Alliance". The coalition achieved one of the worst results ever, as PSD+CDS never polled below 30%, but the weak result by the coalition was softened by the close margin between them and the Socialists.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
The Democratic Unity Coalition (CDU) scored their best result since 1989, polling almost 13% of the vote and winning one more seat compared with 2009. On the other hand, the Left Bloc (BE) suffered a huge defeat by erasing their 2009 historic results. The BE won 4.6% of the votes, a drop of more than 6%, and was only able to elect their top candidate Marisa Matias, compared with the 3 seats they won in 2009.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
The big surprise of the elections was the extraordinary result of the Earth Party (MPT). Headed by the former bar association chairman António Marinho e Pinto, MPT won 7.2% of the votes and was able to elect 2 members to the European Parliament. To add also, that LIVRE, headed by BE dissident Rui Tavares, wasn't able to win a seat, although scoring 2.2%.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal
Turnout fell to the lowest level ever, with only 33.7% of voters casting a ballot.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal, Electoral System
The voting method used, for the election of European members of parliament, is by proportional representation using the d'Hondt method, which is known to benefit leading parties. In the 2014 EU elections, Portugal had 21 seats to be filled. Deputies are elected in a single constituency, corresponding to the entire national territory.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal, Parties and candidates
The major parties that participated in the election, and their EP list leaders, were:


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal, Parties and candidates
The Social Democratic Party and the People's Party have contested this election in a coalition.


2014 European Parliament election in Portugal, National summary of votes and seats, Maps
Strongest party by municipality. Pink: PS; Darkblue: PSD-CDS; Red: CDU


2014 European Parliament election in Romania
The European Parliament election of 2014 was held in Romania on 25 May, 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia
Elections to the European Parliament took place in Slovakia on 24 May 2014. It was the third European election which took place in Slovakia.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia
Thirteen MEPs were elected from Slovakia using a proportional list system joining the other candidates elected as part of the wider 2014 European Parliament election


2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia
The 'faster processing of interim results' was promised by the Slovak Office for Statistics because of a new electronic counting system.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovakia
Turnout, at 13% of registered voters, was the lowest across the EU.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia
European Parliament elections were held in Slovenia on 25 May 2014. It was the first in the series of three elections held in the 2014, and the major test leading up to the parliamentary elections in July. The political atmosphere was in a crisis that started with the fall of Borut Pahor's government, then Janez Janša's government in 2013, the latter coming after Janša was accused of corruption.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia
The cabinet of Alenka Bratušek was breaking up, as the former leader of the Positive Slovenia Zoran Janković, who was under the suspicion of corruption, announced his candidature for party president, even though the coalition parties threatened to leave the government if he was to be elected, which later he was.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia
The main characteristic of the elections was the participation of several new parties, founded during the recent years of crisis. Verjamem was among the last parties to be founded before the elections, and surprisingly finished in third place, winning one seat in the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. Poll results use the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Results
The election was severely won by the right pole parties, winning 5 of the 8 seats for the European People's Party (EPP). Igor Šoltes won one seat for The Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens-EFA), whose member the party became after the election. Ivo Vajgl won a seat for the new Slovenian European party Democratic Party of Pensioners (DeSUS), which became member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, after election in the European Parliament. The leader of the Social Democrats (SD) Igor Lukšič, was not elected in the parliament even though he was the president of the party and its main candidate. He was beaten by Tanja Fajon by preferential voting with 11.691 against 6.882 votes for her party colleague.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
A candidate for the presidency of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker wished to have a name of the candidate for the new Slovenian commissioner until 1 August 2014. A huge debate took place right after the election and was a played a part of the pre-election time. Bratušek, who was still a prime minister at the moment, wished to send a name of the candidate by herself, which was strongly opposed by the leader of SMC Miro Cerar.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
After his victory on the parliamentary elections, he proposed the current commissioner Janez Potočnik as a potential common candidate of the government and the potential new coalition parties. The government placed his proposal on the list of candidates along with the Prime Minister Alenka Bratušek (ZaAB), Karl Erjavec (DeSUS-ALDE) and Tanja Fajon (SD-PES). The actual commissioner withdrew his candidature, as he did not agree with the multitude of the candidates. The self nomination of Alenka Bratušek caused even bigger storm in Slovenian political atmosphere, as many saw her move as an act of private interest.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
Her action is now under investigation by Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia (KPK). Driven by decisive victory on the election to European parliament, the Slovenian MEP's members of the EPP, Milan Zver (SDS), Alojz (Lojze) Peterle (NSi), Franc Bogovič (SLS), Romana Tomc (SDS) and Patricija Šulin (SDS) wrote a letter of complaint and concern to Jean-Claude Juncker expressing regret as none of the proposed potential commissioner is not a member of the triumphant EPP.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
Miro Cerar was displeased with the expulsion of Janez Potočnik from the race for the European commissioner, and announced his reaction as soon as he will be named and confirmed as a Prime Minister-designate on 25 August 2014. Cerar, as the newly named Prime Minister-designate, declared his first action will be a letter to Juncker in which he shall consult the candidate for the new leader of European Commission. In the background a big lobbying battle took place, as Tanja Fajon, strongly supported by PES, has been invited to formal conversation with Juncker.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
Karl Erjavec also announced a meeting with potential leader of the Commission after the appointment of presidents of the European Council on 30 August. Janez Potočnik returned to the race, after SMC refused co-operation with ZaAB in the new coalition, but was soon backed out by the original trio of candidates (Bratušek, Erjavec and Fajon). Prime minister designate Cerar announced his support to Fajon and Erjavec, but ex prime minister Bratušek did not back down and continued lobbying in the European parliament, looking for support among the European parties.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
Juncker soon named Bratušek a Vice-President of the European Commission designate and a European Commissioner for Energy designate, but she faced big opposition both in European parliament and in Slovenia, as the people did not support her candidature. She faced a hearing in front of the representatives of the European Parliament on 6. of October. European MP's were not impressed by her presentation and vision for the Energy Union so they refused her as a candidate for the named position and asked Juncker to replacer her or name her on a new position.


2014 European Parliament election in Slovenia, Aftermath
Under an investigation of Commission for the Prevention of Corruption of the Republic of Slovenia and huge pressure from Slovenia, Bratušek finally resigned as the candidate for Commissioner from Slovenia on 9. of October 2014. New Cerar's government named ex Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion Violeta Bulc, who was confirmed as a candidate for European Commissioner for Transport and later also passed the hearing in front of the European MP's. Bulc assumed her new position on 1 November 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain
The 2014 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 25 May 2014, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 8th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were up for election.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain
The People's Party (PP) emerged as the largest party overall, albeit with its worst nationwide election result in 25 years with a mere 26.1% of the share and 16 seats, losing 2.6 million votes and 8 seats from its 2009 result. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) lost 9 seats and 2.5 million votes, obtaining just 23% of the total party vote and 14 seats. This would represent the party's worst election result in recent history until the 2015 general election, in which it scored a new low. Up to 8 additional political forces obtained representation.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain
Pablo Iglesias' newly formed Podemos party (Spanish for "We can") turned into the election night surprise by winning 5 seats and 1,253,837 votes (7.98% of the share), an unprecedented result for a party only 4 months old and contesting an election for the first time. Podemos's surge and the extent of PP and PSOE collapse were not foreseen by opinion polls during the campaign, which had predicted higher support for the two dominant parties and a weaker performance of Podemos.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain
United Left's Plural Left coalition and Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD) obtained some of their best historical results, with 10.0% and 6.5% of the vote and 6 and 4 seats, respectively. However, this was far from the major election breakthrough that polls had predicted throughout 2013 and in early 2014. From this point onwards both parties would lose support in opinion polls and in successive regional and local elections.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain
The Citizens (C's) party of Albert Rivera, then marginalised as a Catalonia-only party and after several failed attempts to jump into national politics, managed to obtain 3.16% of the share and 2 seats. Just as Podemos, it would grow in support in the run up to the next general election and become a major political actor by 2015.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Electoral system
The 54 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied in order to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over eighteen and in full enjoyment of their political rights. Amendments to the electoral law in 2011 required for Spaniards abroad to apply for voting before being permitted to vote, a system known as "begged" or expat vote (Spanish: Voto rogado). The use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Campaign, Development
The electoral campaign started at 12:00 am on 9 May. However, a traffic accident in Badajoz resulting in the deaths of 5 people (1 adult and 4 children) and 12 injured forced the suspension of the start of the campaign in Extremadura.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Campaign, Development
On Monday 12 May, Isabel Carrasco, president of the provincial government of Leon and member of the PP, was shot dead in the street. Policial investigation concluded that the crime's motive were of vengeance, since the two women arrested for committing the crime, wife and daughter of the Chief Inspector of the Police of the nearby town of Astorga, were affiliated to the PP; one of them having been previously fired from the Provincial Deputation presided by Carrasco.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Campaign, Development
This event forced another suspension of the campaign for 24 hours by most major political parties, except for some minoritary parties who chose not to stop their campaigns.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Opinion polls
Poll conducted after legal ban on opinion polls  Exit poll


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
The election resulted in a massive loss of support for the two main political parties of Spain, which together fell from a combined total of 80.9% in the previous European election to a record-low 49.1% of the vote (a net total of −31.8 pp, about −16.0 each one). Podemos, a party founded four months previously running on an anti-austerity platform, won an unprecedented 8.0% of the vote and 5 out of 54 seats to the European Parliament; the best result ever scored in Spain by a newly created party in its first electoral test.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
The People's Party (PP) came out on top in most autonomous communities except in Andalusia, Asturias and Extremadura, where the PSOE won; the Basque Country, where the PNV prevailed; and Catalonia, where ERC scored first place for the first time in 80 years. In these last two communities the PP polled in fourth and fifth places, respectively.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
Significant were, however, their results in Madrid, Valencian Community and Murcia; in the first two it polled below the 30% mark for the first time in 25 years, while in the latter it experienced a spectacular drop in support, falling from the 60% mark it had maintained since the 2000 general election to below 40% of the vote. Also, except for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, it didn't surpass the 40% mark in any region, not even its strongholds of Galicia (where it polled a mere 35%), Castile and León or Castile-La Mancha (38% in both of them).


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), except for those communities where it won, experienced a significant drop in support. It suffered most notably in Catalonia and Basque Country (where it finished in 3rd place).


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
In Catalonia in particular, the PSOE's sister party, the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, had previously won all general and European elections held in the region–except for those of 1994 and 2011, where it polled second just behind Convergence and Union–. Until this election, the worst result of the party in this region in such elections had been the 2011 result of 26.7%; in this election it fell to 14.3%.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Results, Outcome
Other parties benefiting from the collapse in support for the PP and PSOE parties were United Left-led Plural Left (IP) coalition, which with a 10.0% obtained its best results nationally since 1996, and Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD), whose 6.5% would remain the highest the party would win in a nationwide election before their decline throughout 2015. The Citizens party (C's) entered the European Parliament with 2 seats and 3.2% of the vote.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath
The election backlash had immediate consequences on the Socialist party (PSOE), which scored its worst result ever in an election held at a nationwide scale: a bare 23.0% of the vote, compared to the already dismaying results the party had obtained in the general election of 2011, with 28.8%.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath
Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, which had won the party's leadership on a 2012 party federal congress, announced his intention to resign from his post after his party holds an extraordinary Federal Congress on 19–20 July to elect a new Secretary-General, ahead of the scheduled November Socialist primaries to elect the party's candidate for the 2015 election. Rubalcaba also announced his intention not to run in these primaries. Several regional party leaders followed suit and announced their intention to hold regional extraordinary party congresses as well.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath
On the other hand, People's Party (PP) leaders refused to publicly acknowledge the negative results of the party in the election, despite losing 40% of its 2009 vote and scoring the worst result the party has obtained in a national election since 1989, instead opting to highlight the fact that they had won the election. Despite this, the party had to cancel the victory celebration that was to be held in their national headquarters in Madrid due to the poor affluence of party supporters which went to the place, a result of election results much worse than expected. Concerns arose among party regional leaders on the prospects of such electoral results being displayed at the local and regional level in the May 2015 elections, something which could potentially force the PP out from the government of party strongholds' such as Madrid and Valencia.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath
On 26 May El País ran the headline "Harsh punishment to PP and PSOE", whilst El Mundo declared that "Bipartisanship crumbles". International media focused instead on the rise of Podemos party, with the BBC headlining that "Spain's 'we can' party proves it can" or "Spain's Podemos party challenges system", while others stated how the final election results "stunned analysts and pollsters".


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath, Abdication of King Juan Carlos I
One week after the election, Spanish King Juan Carlos I announced his intention to abdicate in favour of his son, Felipe. Allegedly, the election results had no influence in the King's abdication. Rather, the elderly monarch had taken the decision the day of his 76th birthday in January and had spoken about it with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on 31 March and with opposition leader Rubalcaba three days later, but it was not until after the election that he announced it in order not to affect the electoral process.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath, Abdication of King Juan Carlos I
However, abdication was not regulated under the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and thus required the approval of an Organic Law on the matter. PP, PSOE, UPyD, CC, FAC and UPN all pledged their support for the law's approval. Attention then turned to the PSOE leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba as rumours spread about him not resigning right away the day after the election to keep controlling the party so as to ensure the affirmative vote of its parliamentary group on the law. This was received with criticism from several of the party's regional federations but also from its members and the Socialist Youth, openly republican, who demanded the party ask for a referendum on the monarchy issue.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath, Abdication of King Juan Carlos I
Furthermore, there was speculation on the opportunity of the King abdicating at the time he did. In fact, due to the crisis of the bipartisanship self-evidenced by the European election results, the idea of the King announcing his decision before the 2015 general election, when the election results could translate into PP and PSOE losing a host of seats in the Congress of Deputies, making the building of large majorities more difficult, became extended among public opinion.


2014 European Parliament election in Spain, Aftermath, Abdication of King Juan Carlos I
The fact that the future of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's position on the monarchy, as well as the future of the party itself, looked uncertain after the debacle in the European election and Rubalcaba's resignation seemed to have also played a key part in precipitating the King's decision. PM Rajoy said, on the day the King announced he would abdicate, that "This is the best time [for it to happen], within a short time the Prince shall be proclaimed King".


2014 European Parliament election in Sweden
European Parliament elections in Sweden took place on 25 May 2014. At the election, twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were from the Swedish constituency. In the election, voters choose members of registered Swedish parties whose elected members then form political groups in the European Parliament, together with members of parties from other Member States with the same political affiliation.


2014 European Parliament election in Sweden, Previous result
Distribution of Sweden's mandate during the previous election, Turnout was 45.53% in 2009


2014 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
The Democratic Party (PD) was by far the most voted list in Trentino (42.4%), while the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) was by far the largest party in South Tyrol (48.0%). SVP's Herbert Dorfmann, outgoing MEP, was largely the most voted candidate in the region (86,879 preference votes) as well as in both provinces (16,588 in Trentino and 70,291 in South Tyrol). In the preferences' regional tally Dorfmann was followed by Alessandra Moretti (PD, 17,746) and Oktavia Brugger (Greens–The Other Europe, 17,270). Dorfmann was the only candidate from the region to be elected (in his case, re-elected) to the European Parliament.


2014 European Parliament election in Veneto
The European Parliament election of 2014 took place in Italy on 25 May 2014.


2014 European Parliament election in Veneto
In Veneto the centre-left Democratic Party came largely ahead with 37.5% of the vote, followed by the Five Star Movement, distant second at 19.9%. Among the parties of the governing coalition in the region, Lega Nord (whose regional wing is Liga Veneta) came first with 15.2% of the vote, followed by Forza Italia (14.7%) and the New Centre-Right (3.5), which ran in a joint list with the Union of the Centre. The centre-right's tally, including also Brothers of Italy (3.3%), was 36.7%: it was the first time ever that the centre-left topped the centre-right in a regionwide election. The five most voted candidates in Veneto were Alessandra Moretti (Democratic Party, 138,901 preference votes), Flavio Tosi (Lega Nord, 83,171), Flavio Zanonato (Democratic Party, 80,387), Matteo Salvini (Lega Nord, 67,148) and Mara Bizzotto (Lega Nord, 42,787).


2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on 23 and 24 May 2014. In total, 21 Members of the European Parliament were elected using proportional representation (single district D'Hondt with a 5% threshold).


2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
ANO won the election closely followed by the coalition of TOP 09 and STAN, themselves closely followed by ČSSD. A total of 7 parties gained seats, including the non-parliamentary Party of Free Citizens. Election turnout was 18.2%, the second lowest of all participating countries after Slovakia.


2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic, Elected
The seats were given out within the parties to the candidates who received the preference votes, if number of preference votes exceeds 5% of votes for party (highlighted by bold), otherwise to the candidates by its order on party candidate list. 8 of 21 elected candidates are non-partisans (4 elected for ANO, 3 for TOP 09 and STAN and 1 for ČSSD).


2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic, Threshold complaint
Green Party and Pirate Party narrowly failed to reach 5% threshold. Both parties decided to deliver a complaint to Supreme Administrative Court. They were inspired by Germany, where the threshold was abolished. The court did not decide about the complaint and sent it to the Constitutional Court. Constitutional Court rejected the complaint on 1 June 2015. According to the court, abolishing the threshold would lead to less effective European Parliament as it would be fragmented too much.


2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic, Threshold complaint
If the threshold was abolished for 2014 elections Green Party and Pirate Party would get 1 MEP. Social Democrats and Christian Democrats would have 1 MEP less on the other hand.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
The 2014 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014. This is the 8th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Active voting right
To cast a vote (for the right to vote) in elections for the European Parliament. The voter should:


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Active voting right
Non -Dutch citizens who are nationals of other Member States of the European Union may voteat the election of the European Parliament, provided that they:


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Active voting right
Dutch nationals abroad have to register to vote for the elections to the European Parliament. Upon registration request, they must indicate whether they are voting by letter,by proxy, or in person at a polling station in the Netherlands. Dutch nationals living in another EU Member State must make a statement that they have not voted in the Member State in which they reside.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Active voting right
Dutch residents of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten have the same required as other Dutch living abroad. Dutch residents on Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba have no need to register, because these islands are part of the Netherlands. They may, as in other Dutch municipalities, vote at their polling stations.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Active voting right
The number of granted requests for registration in 2014 was 23,799 individuals. This was down from 39,601 registered international voters in 2009. Of these registered voters, 21,017 indicated they wanted to vote by mail, 1,804 requested to vote in the Netherlands itself at a polling station, and 978 wanted to grant power of attorney to someone in the Netherlands.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Passive voting right
To stand for election (for the right to be elected), a candidate should:


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Passive voting right
Non -Dutch candidates from other Member States of the European Union must, in addition, be an actual resident in the Netherlands and not be excluded from the rightto be elected in the Member State of which they are a national.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Organisation of elections
In elections for the European Parliament, the national electoral districts play no role in the nomination. The Netherlands consists of a single electoral district. Political parties, therefore, take part in the elections with only a single candidate list.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Organisation of elections
Although the national electoral districts do play an important role in processing the election results. The principal polling station of each constituency determines the vote total of the constituency. The results of the vote are recorded in an official document and transferred to the Electoral Council. The Electoral Council, in its role as the central electoral committee, then determines the result of the Netherlands' distribution of seats.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Organisation of elections
The transfer of the official recorded votes to the Electoral Council took place in 18 constituencies on Monday, 26 May 2014. On Tuesday, 27 May, this transfer occurred for the two remaining constituencies where the municipalities Raalte, Kampen (constituency Zwolle), and Ouder-Amstel, (constituency Haarlem) experimented with a centralised counting of votes.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Casting a vote
A voter could cast their vote at a polling station of their choice within their own district. At thecasting their vote, they could identify themselves with an identity document which is considered valid even if it has expired within the last 5 years.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Casting a vote
Voters who voted in the election for the European Parliament in 2014 from outside the Netherlands experimented with a new model ballot. In this new ballot, parties were allowed to show the party logo above their candidates if it had been registered in advance with the Electoral Council.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Participation of political groups
On Monday, 14 April 2014, the Electoral Council had a public hearing on the validity of thelists of candidates for the election of the Dutch seats for the European Parliament. The candidate list of the Women's Party was declared invalid because the required deposit to participate (€11,250) was not paid. Furthermore, the following candidates of the Party for the Animals were deleted because their documentation was incomplete and, as such, could not participate in the election:


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Numbering of the candidates list
In the public hearing on April 14, 2014, the Electoral Council numbered the lists of candidates. The parties who had obtained one or more seats in 2009 at the last election to the European Parliament were given a number based on the number of votes that the parties had achieved in the previous election. These totaled 8 candidate lists. The party with the most votes got number 1 and the rest were listed accordingly. The list numbers for the remaining 11 candidates were decided by a lottery.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Common lists
A common list consists of 2 distinct parties which are sharing the same candidate list. The Christian Union and SGP formed a common list Christian Union-SGP for the European Parliament election.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Voting and election organisation, Election day
Traditionally, all elections are held on Wednesday in the Netherlands. Sunday is not an option because it's a resting day for Christians, while Friday and Saturday are impossible, because of the Sabbath. Monday is also impossible, because then all preparation for an election would need to happen on the weekend. That leaves Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as possible election days. Many polling stations are located in schools, therefore, Wednesday is chosen because it is usually the quietest day of the week for classes. However, the European Parliament Elections run from Thursday to Sunday across the entire European Union. Therefore, Thursday is the election day for the European Parliament Elections.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Background, Treaty of Lisbon
According to the Treaty of Lisbon, the Netherlands was awarded 26 seats in the European parliament. This is one more than the election of 2009. The last elections were held when the treaty was not yet in effect, because not all member states had ratified the treaty. The treaty came into effect during the last session of the European Parliament. The additional seat was then awarded to the Party of Freedom on 9 October 2011 based on the results of the 2009 election. This increased the numbers of seats for the PVV from 4 to 5 for the 2009–2014 session.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Campaign posters
CDA campaign poster "Vote CDA on 22 may. For the Netherlands, in Europe!"


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Campaign posters
PvdA campaign poster "Do something about banks and bonuses? - That's why PvdA in Europe!"


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Campaign posters
Christian Union - SGP campaign poster "Working together YES - Superstate NO"


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Campaign posters
Pirate Party campaign poster "Don't trust posters. Inform yourself. Pirate Party"


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Campaign posters
Liberal Democratic Party campaign poster "Perspective Europe, the people are not insane"


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Campaign, Polls
Poll results are listed in the tables below in reverse chronological order. The highest figure in each survey is displayed in bold type, and the background is shaded in the colour the party. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Turnout
Turnout was with 37.32%, which is a little higher than in 2009. (36.75%)A total of 12,815,496 people were entitled to vote. Of these 4,782,251 did participated in the election.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Electoral quota
The electoral quota is the number of votes needed for one seat. It is the total valid number of votes divided by the number of seats. For this election it was 4,753,746 valid votes, divided by 26 seats. The electoral quota was established as: 182.836


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Electoral alliances
The results of the electoral alliances. Both parties of both alliances reached the electoral quota and are eligible for remainder seats.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Assigning full seats
Full seats are assigned by number of votes divided by the electoral quota. Electoral alliances are marked as a letter, instead of a number. Any seats left over are not yet assigned to a specific party.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Remainder seats
The remaining, or left over, seats are awarded sequentially to the lists with the highest average number of votes per seat. Only lists that reached the electoral quota are eligible.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Remainder seats
The election committee also calculated what would have happened without electoral alliances. In that case the CDA – European People's Party would have 4 seats instead of 5 and the Socialist Party 3 seats instead of 2.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
To decide the seats per party for electoral alliances, the combination quota is first determined. Combination quota for electoral alliances are determined by the total number valid votes divided by the awarded seats. The party with the most votes left after the full seats are assigned gets the seat remaining.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
List AFor list A, there were 1,086,609 votes divided by 7 seats. The combination quota was established as: 155,229 votes


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Seat assignment, Awarding seats within electoral alliances
List BFor list B, there were 778,357 votes divided by 5 seats. The combination quota was established as: 155,671 votes


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Final results
The Christian Democratic Appeal got the most seats and was seen as the winner of the 2014 elections, although it lost the biggest percentage of votes and Democrats 66 received more votes. The Christian Democratic Appeal got an extra seat, thanks to their electoral alliance with Christian Union-SGP. The euro-sceptic PVV (Party for Freedom) was the biggest loser of the 2014 elections, though it only lost 1 seat. Contrary to other European countries, the euro-sceptic movement did worse than previous elections.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Elected members
23 members were directly elected by preference votes, though 28 members got enough preference votes. To be elected by preference votes, 10% of the electoral quota is needed. The electoral quota was 182,836. 10% of 182,836 = 18,284 votes. Not all candidates could be appointed because either, the party did not get enough seats, or they got no seats.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, Results, Elected members
Below are all the elected members of European parliament for the Netherlands. Members elected by preference votes are in bold. The following 26 MEPs were officially announced by the Central Electoral Commission.


2014 European Parliament election in the Netherlands, MEPs in 2014–2019
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2014–2019 as a result of this election.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on Thursday 22 May 2014, coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland. In total, 73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England, Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR (with the D'Hondt method), while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
Most of the election results were announced after 10pm on Sunday 25 May – with the exception of Scotland, which did not declare its results until the following day – after voting closed throughout the 28 member states of the European Union.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
The most successful party overall was the UK Independence Party (UKIP) which won 24 seats and 27% of the popular vote, the first time a political party other than the Labour Party or Conservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the 1906 general election. It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election. In addition, the 23.1% of the vote won by the Conservatives was the lowest recorded voteshare for the party in a national election until 2019.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
The Labour Party became the first Official Opposition party since 1984 to fail to win a European Parliament election, although it did gain 7 seats, taking its overall tally to 20. The governing Conservative Party was pushed into third place for the first time at any European Parliament election, falling to 19 seats, while the Green Party of England and Wales saw its number of MEPs increase for the first time since 1999, winning 3 seats. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party won the largest share of the vote, taking 29% of the vote and 2 MEPs. The Liberal Democrats, who were in coalition with the Conservatives at the time, lost 10 of the 11 seats they were defending, and won just 7% of the popular vote.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom
Figures released in December 2014 showed that the Conservatives and UKIP each spent £2.96m on the campaign, the Liberal Democrats £1.5m, and the Labour Party approximately £1m.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Voting system and regional representation
The United Kingdom elected 73 Members of the European Parliament using proportional representation. The United Kingdom was divided into twelve multi-member constituencies. The eleven of these regions which form Great Britain used a closed-list party list system method of proportional representation, calculated using the D'Hondt method. Northern Ireland used the Single Transferable Vote (STV). As a result of the Treaty of Lisbon coming into force, the UK became entitled to a 73rd MEP as from November 2011.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Voting system and regional representation
The Electoral Commission performed a reallocation in keeping with the same procedures it used to allocate 72 MEPs; an extra Conservative MEP was allocated to the West Midlands constituency, based on the 2009 vote, and was enshrined in the European Union Act 2011 as an amendment of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Voting system and regional representation
1 Includes Gibraltar, the only British overseas territory which was part of the European Union.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Voting system and regional representation, Returning officers
The European Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers) Order 2013 provides for the designated Returning Officer for each electoral region to be the council official responsible for elections in each of the following Westminster constituencies: Kettering for the East Midlands, Chelmsford for the Eastern region, Lewisham, Deptford for the London region, Sunderland Central for the North East region, Manchester Central for the North West region, Falkirk for Scotland, Southampton, Test for the South East region, Poole for the South West region, Preseli Pembrokeshire for Wales, Birmingham Ladywood for the West Midlands region, Leeds Central for the Yorkshire and Humber region, and Belfast South for the Northern Ireland Region.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, MEPs before the 2014 election, by European Parliament group
Between the 2009 and 2014 elections, there were various changes to the breakdown of UK members. In December 2011, a 73rd member from the UK (Anthea McIntyre, Conservative) was allocated to England because of the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon. There were also various defections:


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, MEPs before the 2014 election, by European Parliament group
The Ulster Conservatives and Unionists - New Force (UCUNF) electoral pact between the Conservatives and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) was dissolved.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, MEPs before the 2014 election, by European Parliament group
Thus, before the 2014 election, the following parties had MEPs representing UK constituencies:


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Parties and candidates
39 parties stood a total of 747 candidates. The Conservative Party and UKIP had candidates in every region, as did the three Green parties. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the BNP had a full slate of candidates in all the regions in Great Britain (i.e. excluding Northern Ireland). The English Democrats and An Independence from Europe had a full slate of candidates in all the English regions. No2EU had a full slate in seven regions, while Britain First and the Socialist Party of Great Britain had full slates in two regions each. The Harmony Party stood in four regions and the Christian Peoples Alliance in three regions. Other parties only stood in one region.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Debates
On 20 February, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg used his weekly phone-in show on LBC 97.3 to challenge the leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, to a live public debate on the UK's membership of the European Union. Clegg said, "he is the leader of the party of 'out'; I am the leader of the party of 'in'. I think it's time we now have a proper, public debate so that the public can listen to the two sides of the argument and judge from themselves." Farage accepted, but said he would also like to see Ed Miliband and David Cameron participate.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Debates
The first hour-long debate between the two men was held on 26 March 2014 and was broadcast live on television by Sky News and on the BBC News Channel. The debate was hosted by LBC and moderated by Nick Ferrari. After the first debate, a YouGov poll asked "Who performed better? ", with 57% saying Farage did better compared to 36% for Clegg.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Debates
The second debate was held on BBC Two on 2 April in a special programme called The European Union: In or Out, moderated by David Dimbleby. Farage was again seen as outperforming his rival, with a snap poll by YouGov showing 68% of people thought he did better in the debate compared to 27% for Clegg. A snap Guardian poll also showed that 69% thought Farage won the debate.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Debates
Despite David Cameron and Ed Miliband declining to participate in the leaders' debates, the Conservative and Labour parties were represented in a lower-profile debate on the BBC. On 13 February Andrew Neil hosted a four-way debate on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme. The Conservatives were represented by Syed Kamall MEP, Labour by Richard Howitt MEP, the Liberal Democrats by Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP and the UK Independence Party by Patrick O'Flynn, the party's Director of communications and an MEP candidate.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Opinion polls, Graphical summary
These opinion polls are for Great Britain and generally exclude Northern Ireland. The methodology used for these polls broadly corresponds to that used for opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election; see that article for the methodology used by each polling company. YouGov have experimented with different methods of polling for these elections, using their own method for their 8–9 January 2013 poll and another corresponding to that used by Survation and ComRes for their 10–11 January 2013 poll (both below) and argue that their method gives more accurate answers. Data for these polls are generally gathered at the same time as the data for General Election polling.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) came top of the poll, the first time a political party other than the Labour Party or Conservative Party had won the popular vote at a British election since the 1906 general election. It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election. However, by the end of 2018, following multiple departures and other changes, only 9 MEPs remained affiliated to UKIP. By February 2019, there were only 7 UKIP MEPs, while 7 former UKIP MEPs had joined the new Brexit Party.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
The Labour Party became the first Official Opposition party since 1984 to fail to win a European Parliament election, although it did gain 7 seats, taking its overall tally to 20. It concurrently won the largest share of the vote in 100 council areas, with its largest vote share recorded in Newham at 58.4%.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
The governing Conservative Party was pushed into third place for the first time at any European Parliament election; winning just 23.3% of the national vote share and losing 7 seats to fall to 19 overall, one behind Labour and won the largest share of the vote in just 89 council areas and its highest vote was recorded in Elmbridge at 43.1%.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
The Green Party of England and Wales saw its number of MEPs increase for the first time since 1999, winning a total of 3 seats. The party rose from fifth place to fourth, although its vote share declined slightly compared to 2009. This was the first time since 1989 that the Greens had outpolled the Liberal Democrats in a European election.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
In Scotland, the Scottish National Party won the largest share of the vote taking 28.9% of the vote and retained its two of the six Scottish seats.


2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, Results, Analysis
The Liberal Democrats, who were in coalition with the Conservatives at the time, lost ten of the eleven seats they were defending and won just 6.9% of the vote share nationally. Their highest vote share was recorded in Gibraltar where they won a 67.2% share of the vote.


2014 European Rally Championship
The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the second following the merger between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.


2014 European Rally Championship
The season started in Austria on January 3, with the Internationale Jänner Rallye and finished in November 8 in Tour de Corse. Esapekka Lappi (Škoda Fabia S2000) was the 2014 European Champion.


2014 European Rally Championship
In addition to the championship title, the series introduced three additional trophies, with one for each surface type. The "Ice Master" trophy was awarded to the driver who scores the most points on snow events, while the "Gravel Master" trophy was presented to the driver who scores the most points on gravel rallies, and the driver who scores the most points on tarmac events won the "Asphalt Master" trophy.


2014 European Rally Championship
For the Ice Master were accounted the result of winter rallies in Austria and Latvia. The Gravel Masters was composed by Acropolis (2nd sector only), Azores, Estonia and Cyprus while the Asphalt Master was contested in Acropolis (1st sector only), Ireland, Ypres, the Czech Republic, Valais and Corsica.


2014 European Rally Championship, Calendar
The calendar for the 2014 season initially featured twelve rallies.


2014 European Rally Championship, Championship standings, Other classifications, Ice Masters
Note: 14 more competitors have scored points for the Ice Masters


2014 European Rally Championship, Championship standings, Other classifications, Gravel Masters
Note: 30 more competitors have scored points for the Gravel Masters


2014 European Rally Championship, Championship standings, Other classifications, Asphalt Masters
Note: 30 more competitors have scored points for the Asphalt Masters


2014 European Rally Championship, Championship standings, Other classifications, Production Cup
Note: 63 more competitors have scored points for the Production Cup


2014 European Rally Championship, Championship standings, Other classifications, ERC Juniors
The ERC Junior Championship is awarded to drivers who had scored the highest number of points from the best results made on 4 eligible rallies, including one gravel. Strike-out text means classification not accounted.


2014 European Rallycross Championship
The 2014 European Rallycross Championship was the thirty-eighth season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consisted of five rounds, commencing on 24 May with the British round at Lydden Hill Race Circuit, and culminating on 28 September, at Italy at Franciacorta.


2014 European Rallycross Championship
The Supercar title was won by Sweden's Robin Larsson, while the supporting Super 1600 and Touringcar titles were won by Sergej Zagumennov and Daniel Lundh respectively.


2014 European Road Championships
The 2014 European Road Championships were held in Nyon, Switzerland, between 10 and 13 July 2014. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men and women under 23 and juniors. The championships were regulated by the European Cycling Union.


2014 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race
The Women's under-23 road race at the 2014 European Road Championships took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 12 July over a course of 129.6 km.


2014 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race, Race
The breakaway of three riders, with Sabrina Stultiens, Elena Cecchini and Annabelle Dreville,  were not caught by the bunch and sprinted for the European title. Dutchwomen Stultiens was the fastest of the three and won the second gold medal for the Netherlands at the 2014 European Road Championships ahead of Checchini and Dreville. Thalita de Jong from the Netherlands won the sprint of the peloton behind them.


2014 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 time trial
The Women's under-23 time trial at the 2014 European Road Championships took place on 18 July. The Championships were hosted by the Swiss municipality of Nyon. The course was 26.9 km long, and 28 cyclists competed in the time trial.


2014 European Rowing Championships
The 2014 European Rowing Championships was held in Belgrade, Serbia, between 30 May and 1 June 2014.


2014 European Sambo Championships
The 2014 European Sambo Championships were held in Bucharest, Romania from May 15 to 19 for men's and women's sport Sambo and the Combat Sambo championships was held in Polyvalent Hall.


2014 European Senior Tour
The 2014 European Senior Tour was the 23rd season of the European Senior Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.


2014 European Senior Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Senior Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


2014 European Senior Tour, Tournament results
For the tour schedule on the European Senior Tour's website, including links to full results, click .


2014 European Senior Tour, Leading money winners
There is a complete list on the official site .


2014 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2014 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 17 and 19 January 2014 in Dresden, Germany.


2014 European Shotgun Championships
The 2014 European Shotgun Championships was the 60th edition of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the European Shooting Confederation.


2014 European Speed Skating Championships
The 2014 European Speed Skating Championships, officially the Essent ISU European Speed Skating Championships 2014, were held in Hamar, Norway, from 11 to 12 January 2014.


2014 European Speed Skating Championships, Rules
All participating skaters are allowed to skate the first two distances. For the third distance, only the best 24 skaters are qualified. For the fourth distance, only the best 8 of the remaining skaters are qualified.


2014 European Stock 1000 Series
The 2014 European Stock 1000 Series season was a motorcycle racing series that started over 2–4 May 2014 in Navarra, Spain and ended over 4–6 July at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Slovakia. European Stock 1000, abbreviated as ACC 1000, was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.


2014 European Stock 1000 Series
Next to ACC 1000, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the MW-V6 Pickup Series, which used modified BRL V6 cars, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 600 Series, which featured slightly slower bikes and slightly younger riders than the ACC 1000. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.


2014 European Stock 1000 Series
Two different riders won the races that were held towards the championship. At Navarra, Juan Mari Olías won ahead of Oscar Borrajo Rodriguez and Rafael Samper Izco. While at the Slovakia Ring, Radoslav Dulík won ahead of Ladislav Miklánek and Roman Kučera.


2014 European Stock 1000 Series, Calendar
The 2014 calendar consisted of two races. Originally, seven were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014 and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014. Finally, during Acceleration in Assen, the European Stock 1000 Series was replaced by the national Open Wegrace Cup series, whose riders were not eligible to score points for the Acceleration championship.


2014 European Stock 1000 Series, Standings
Points were awarded to the top 15 classified riders. Riders did not have to finish to be eligible for points, but had to complete 75% of the race. At the end of the season, the ACC 1000 Riders' title was awarded to the rider with the highest number of points.


2014 European Stock 600 Series
The 2014 European Stock 600 Series season was a motorcycle racing series that started over 2–4 May 2014 in Navarra, Spain and ended over 4–6 July at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Slovakia. European Stock 600, abbreviated as ACC 600, was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.


2014 European Stock 600 Series
Next to ACC 600, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the MW-V6 Pickup Series, which used modified BRL V6 cars, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 1000 Series, which featured slightly faster bikes and slightly older riders than the ACC 1000. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.


2014 European Stock 600 Series
Two different riders won the races that were held towards the championship. At Navarra, Paco Morales Aibar won ahead of Jesus Ordás Aguado and Pedro Pérez Soto. While at the Slovakia Ring, only three riders competed in the class; here, Roman Kudlik won ahead of Pavol Grman and Jozef Bielik.


2014 European Stock 600 Series, Calendar
The 2014 calendar consisted of two races. Originally, seven were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014 and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014. Finally, during Acceleration in Assen, the European Stock 600 Series was replaced by the national Open Wegrace Cup series, whose riders were not eligible to score points for the Acceleration championship.


2014 European Stock 600 Series, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 15 classified riders. Riders did not have to finish to be eligible for points, but had to complete 75% of the race. At the end of the season, the ACC 600 Riders' title was awarded to the rider with the highest number of points.


2014 European Superstock 600 Championship
The 2014 European Superstock 600 Championship was the tenth season of the European Superstock 600 Championship. The season was contested over seven rounds, beginning on 12 April at Motorland Aragón in Spain, and concluding on 4 October at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France.


2014 European Superstock 600 Championship
The championship was comfortably won by Italian rider Marco Faccani, who won five of the seven races for the San Carlo Team Italia. He finished 43 points clear of his closest rival Wayne Tessels, riding for his eponymous Wayne Racing Team. Third place was taken by Faccani's team-mate Andrea Tucci, 10 points behind Tessels. Niki Tuuli, who finished fourth in the championship, and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu – making an appearance as a wildcard at Magny-Cours – were the only other riders to win races during the season.


2014 European Superstock 600 Championship, Entry list
A total of 35 riders were entered for the 2014 season, including female rider Rebecca Bianchi. A number of front runners moved on to pastures new for 2014; 2013 champion Franco Morbidelli moved into the Moto2 World Championship, title contenders Alessandro Nocco, Christian Gamarino and Tony Coveña all progressed to the Supersport World Championship and Bastien Chesaux left to ride in the FIM CEV International Moto2 Championship. This left the door open for many new riders to fight for podiums and victories.


2014 European Table Tennis Championships
The 2014 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Lisbon, Portugal from 24–28 September 2014. The venue for the competition was MEO Arena. The competition only had team events for men and women. The competition also served as qualification event for the 2015 European Games. The Portuguese team won the Championship for the first time.


2014 European Table Tennis Championships, Participating teams
Division groupings were based on placements in the 2013 European Championships.


2014 European Taekwondo Championships
The 2014 European Taekwondo Championships was the 21st edition of the European Taekwondo Championships, and was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from May 1 to May 4, 2014.


2014 European Tour
The 2014 European Tour was the sixth edition of the Race to Dubai and the 43rd season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.


2014 European Tour
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won the Race to Dubai for the second time, having won two majors, a WGC and the European Tour's flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, during the season. He was also named Golfer of the Year. Brooks Koepka of the United States was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year.


2014 European Tour
Miguel Ángel Jiménez twice broke his own record as the oldest winner in the history of the European Tour as he defended the Hong Kong Open title in December and won the Open de España the following May. With victory in his national open, he also became the tour's only winner over the age of 50.


2014 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 2014 European Tour schedule, which began with five events in late 2013. The schedule comprised 49 tournaments counting for the Race to Dubai, including the four major championships and four World Golf Championships, and concluded with four Final Series events culminating at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai at the end of November.


2014 European Tour, Schedule
New tournaments for the 2014 season were the Made in Denmark, D+D Real Czech Masters tournaments and the EurAsia Cup team event between the Europe Tour and the Asian Tour. Lost from the schedule were the Avantha Masters and the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, with the venue hosting the 2014 Ryder Cup. In addition, the Ballantine's Championship moved from South Korea to Singapore and was renamed as The Championship at Laguna National. A third new tournament, the NH Collection Open, a dual-ranking event with the second-tier Challenge Tour, was later added to the schedule.