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Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009.〔(UK Office Calendar )〕 A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA — The World Factbook — European Union )〕 Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history. An additional 18 observers ("virtual MEPs") were (supposed to be) pre-elected. ==Overview== The majority of MEPs were elected on Sunday 7 June, but because of traditional polling days varying from country to country according to local custom, some countries held their elections in the three preceding days: *Thursday 4 June: United Kingdom (including Gibraltar), Netherlands (including Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles)〔(Telegraaf.nl ) 1500 votes on the Antilles〕 *Friday 5 June: Ireland, Czech Republic (day 1) *Saturday 6 June: Cyprus, France (for part of Outre-mer),〔In the order of the time zones: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, French Polynesia〕 Italy (day 1), Latvia, Malta, Slovakia, Czech Republic (day 2) *Sunday 7 June: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy (day 2), Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden In seven EU member-states, other votes occurred alongside the elections to the European Parliament: a general election in Luxembourg; local government elections in Latvia, part of the United Kingdom, parts of Germany, Italy, Malta, and Ireland〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News — Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government ) 〕 (as well as two by-elections in Dublin South and Dublin Central); regional elections in Belgium; and a referendum on reforming the monarchical rules of succession in Denmark that would give women the same rights through equal primogeniture. This was the first European Parliament election that Bulgaria and Romania participated in at the same time as the other member states. When they joined the EU in 2007, they held elections for MEPs outside the normal electoral calendar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Parliament election, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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