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What are the meta rules of the EP elections? | 22 comments (22 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Checking on Wikipedia and elsewhere,

smallest sub-national district in Italy: Isole (the islands), 9 MEPs (largest: Nord-Ovest, 20);
smallest full-country district: Malta, 5 MEPs;
smallest sub-national district in France: Outre-Mer, 3 MEPs (largest: Île-de-France, Sud-Est (tied), 13);
smallest sub-national district in the UK: Northern Ireland, North East England (tie), 3 MEPs (largest: Southeast England, 10);
sub-national districts in Ireland: 3 MEPs (all four, if I read it right);
smallest sub-national district in Belgium: the German-speaking region sends 1 MEP (the two main ones 13 and 8);
smallest sub-national district in Poland: ? In 2004, Bydgoszcz sent just 1 MEP (the largest districts sent 8).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 08:34:34 AM EST
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Ah. I find that in Poland, the seats accredited to the sub-national constituencies aren't pre-set based on population numbers, but will be determined by the national election commision based on the number of votes cast! However, I guess 1 for Bydgoszcz will remain the record low.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Mar 5th, 2009 at 08:47:55 AM EST
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