EP elections 2014 - Results Thread

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Pretty good results for the left and center-left parties, except in France, which is a horror.

Has there been a UK exit yet that I've missed?

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The differences between the national parliaments and the European Parliament delegations of France and the UK is a great argument for how Proportional Representation leads to vastly different seat outcomes with the same electorate compared to single member districts.  In France the largest party in the European election has practically no seats in the national parliament.

But it isn't (really) the same electorate, given that turnout is so much lower in the Euros than in more important national elections. All the Euros are is a chance for individual electorates to let off a bit of steam and be 'creative' with their votes.

True, but the criticism still holds. Front National got 13% of the first round vote but only won two seats. UKIP could conceivably win 15% of the popular vote and no seats in 2015.

Yes, but this is a good thing and the point of that electoral system.

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This is apparently the vote share in Wales:

Labour 32%
UKIP 29%
Conservative 19%
Plaid Cymru 17%

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You pronounce UKIP as a word? I've been saying the letters individually. Oops.

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Where are the UKIP votes coming from?  The Conservatives don't appear to be losing more than 2-3%, Labour gaining a few points (probably from LD), Lib Dems tanking - but those votes aren't going to UKIP.  BNP appears to be down and clearly those votes are going to UKIP, but where else are they coming from?

Lib Dem voters going to Labour and Tories are masking the Labour and Tory voters going to UKIP?

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How many authorities are there to count in the UK? BBC says 205 have been counted. Are they the same as parliamentary constituencies?

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BBC projects Wales as 1 Con, 1 Lab, 1 UKIP, 1 Plaid.

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http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/europeennes/italie-le-parti-democrate-de-matteo-renzi-33-devance-les-listes-de-beppe-grillo-26-5-et-silvio-berlusconi-18_609311.html

Great news . The worst rightwing party in Europe (after Fiedesz) just gets 18%

Yes, the Italian results are very nice!

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Looks like Lib Dems will have zero seats in the Southwest.

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Still no authorities counted from London...

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Wow, that Italian result is beautiful!

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Some London results finally coming in! Looks like the good people of London are rejecting all this UKIP nonsense.

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UK media a bit slow on publishing nice flashy maps of the local authority level results. Don't make us do the work

They were showing them on their big interactive TV screen during the BBC broadcast, so they clearly have them. Just not putting them online for some reason!