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Compare countries in Europe

How do countries in Europe compare at their latest election?

We rank 30 countries in Europe on turnout, the largest party's share of the vote and its share of the seats.

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How do the countries in Europe rank on each measure?

As of , we rank 30 countries in Europe on turnout, the largest party's share of the vote and its share of the seats.

A rank here is a place among the 30 countries of Europe with a result in our data, not among all countries.

Measure

Turnout

The ballots cast, blank and invalid ones included, as a share of the registered voters. 29 of 30 countries have a figure.

RankCountryElectionTurnout, %
1Luxembourg2018 general election
89.7
2Belgium2019 federal election
88.4
3Malta2022 general election
85.6
4Sweden2026 general election
84.9
5Denmark2022 general election
84.2
6Germany2025 federal election
82.5
7Norway2025 parliamentary election
80.0
8Iceland2021 parliamentary election
79.2
9Netherlands2025 general election
78.3
10Austria2019 legislative election
75.6
11Finland2023 parliamentary election
72.7
12Slovenia2022 parliamentary election
71.0
13Hungary2022 parliamentary election
70.2
14Czechia2025 parliamentary election
68.9
15France2024 legislative election
66.7
16Spain2019 general election
66.2
17Slovakia2020 parliamentary election
65.8
18Italy2022 parliamentary election
63.8
19Estonia2023 parliamentary election
63.5
20Ireland2020 general election
62.9
21Poland2019 parliamentary election
61.8
22United Kingdom2024 general election
60.0
23Latvia2022 parliamentary election
59.4
24Greece2023 parliamentary election
53.7
25Portugal2022 legislative election
51.5
26Lithuania2020 parliamentary election
47.8
27Switzerland2019 federal election
45.1
28Bulgaria2023 general election
40.7
29Romania2020 parliamentary election
31.9

Vote share

The largest party's share of the valid votes. The largest party is the one with the most seats where the chamber's seats are in our data, else the one with the most votes, and parties that stand together, such as CDU and CSU, count as one. 29 of 30 countries have a figure.

RankCountryElectionLargest partyVote share, %
1Malta2022 general electionLabour Party
55.1
2Hungary2022 parliamentary electionFidesz–KDNP
54.1
3Poland2019 parliamentary electionLaw and Justice
43.6
4Portugal2022 legislative electionSocialist Party
42.5
5Greece2023 parliamentary electionNew Democracy
40.6
6Austria2019 legislative electionAustrian People's Party
37.5
7Croatia2020 parliamentary electionCroatian Democratic Union
37.3
8Czechia2025 parliamentary electionANO 2011
34.5
8Slovenia2022 parliamentary electionFreedom Movement
34.5
10United Kingdom2024 general electionLabour
33.7
11Estonia2023 parliamentary electionEstonian Reform Party
31.2
12France2024 legislative electionRassemblement National
29.3
13Romania2020 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party
28.9
14Germany2025 federal electionCDU/CSU
28.5
15Norway2025 parliamentary electionLabour Party
28.0
15Spain2019 general electionSpanish Socialist Workers' Party
28.0
15Sweden2026 general electionArbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna
28.0
18Denmark2022 general electionSocial Democrats
27.5
19Luxembourg2018 general electionChristian Social People's Party
27.1
20Italy2022 parliamentary electionBrothers of Italy
26.0
21Lithuania2020 parliamentary electionHomeland Union
25.8
22Switzerland2019 federal electionSwiss People's Party
25.6
23Bulgaria2023 general electionGERB
25.4
24Slovakia2020 parliamentary electionOrdinary People and Independent
25.0
25Iceland2021 parliamentary electionIndependence Party
24.4
26Ireland2020 general electionFianna Fáil
22.2
27Finland2023 parliamentary electionNational Coalition Party
20.8
28Latvia2022 parliamentary electionUnity
19.0
29Belgium2019 federal electionNew Flemish Alliance
16.0

Seat share

The largest party's share of the chamber's seats, for the countries whose result counts the whole chamber. 29 of 30 countries have a figure.

RankCountryElectionLargest partySeatsSeat share, %
1Hungary2022 parliamentary electionFidesz–KDNP135 of 199
67.8
2United Kingdom2024 general electionLabour411 of 650
63.2
3Malta2022 general electionLabour Party44 of 79
55.7
4Greece2023 parliamentary electionNew Democracy158 of 300
52.7
5Portugal2022 legislative electionSocialist Party120 of 230
52.2
6Poland2019 parliamentary electionLaw and Justice235 of 460
51.1
7Slovenia2022 parliamentary electionFreedom Movement41 of 90
45.6
8Croatia2020 parliamentary electionCroatian Democratic Union66 of 151
43.7
9Czechia2025 parliamentary electionANO 201180 of 200
40.0
10Austria2019 legislative electionAustrian People's Party71 of 183
38.8
11Estonia2023 parliamentary electionEstonian Reform Party37 of 101
36.6
12Lithuania2020 parliamentary electionHomeland Union50 of 141
35.5
13Slovakia2020 parliamentary electionOrdinary People and Independent53 of 150
35.3
14Luxembourg2018 general electionChristian Social People's Party21 of 60
35.0
15Spain2019 general electionSpanish Socialist Workers' Party120 of 350
34.3
16Romania2020 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party110 of 330
33.3
17Germany2025 federal electionCDU/CSU208 of 630
33.0
18Norway2025 parliamentary electionLabour Party53 of 169
31.4
19Italy2022 parliamentary electionBrothers of Italy118 of 400
29.5
20Bulgaria2023 general electionGERB69 of 240
28.8
21Sweden2026 general electionArbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna99 of 349
28.4
22Denmark2022 general electionSocial Democrats50 of 179
27.9
23Switzerland2019 federal electionSwiss People's Party53 of 200
26.5
24Latvia2022 parliamentary electionUnity26 of 100
26.0
25Iceland2021 parliamentary electionIndependence Party16 of 63
25.4
26Finland2023 parliamentary electionNational Coalition Party48 of 200
24.0
27Ireland2020 general electionFianna Fáil38 of 160
23.8
28Netherlands2025 general electionD66 and PVV (Partij voor de Vrijheid) tied26 of 150
17.3
29Belgium2019 federal electionNew Flemish Alliance25 of 150
16.7

Each country is shown at its latest national parliament election in our data, so the dates differ. A rank is a place on one measure, not a verdict on an election.

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