European Parliament Elections: voter turnout in the 2019 EP election by country

In the 2019 elections for the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union, the share of registered voters who exercised their right to vote was on average 50.66 percent across the EU. This differed dramatically between different EU member states, with over 80 percent of voters turning out in Belgium and Luxembourg, while less than 30 percent voted in Slovakia, Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia. Low voter turnout has been a persistent problem in EP elections, with this being seen as harmful to the legitimacy of the parliament. Nevertheless, the turnout in 2019 marked a dramatic increase from the previous election in 2014, when turnout was a full 8 percentage points less, at 42.61 percent.