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BBC news: EU nations await huge vote result

The results of the largest election in the history of the European Union are due within an hour, as voting draws to a close after four days.

Nineteen EU countries voted on Sunday, with eight others having voted in the past few days.

All 736 parliament seats are up for grabs. Provisional figures suggest the lowest turnout on record, at 43.01%.



The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 03:41:42 PM EST
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First results from BBC:
LAB 25.0%(-9.1%) 1 seat
CON 19.8%(+1.2%) 1 seat
LD  17.6%(-0.2%) 1 seat
I don't know which constituency that is for.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 04:56:16 PM EST
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UKIP 4th at 15.4%(+3.2%)

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 04:56:55 PM EST
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BNP at 8.9% (+2.5%)

And this isn't even their strongest region, is it?

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 05:03:55 PM EST
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North-East.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 04:59:42 PM EST
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From BBC:
Conservative	      500,331 votes 31.2% (+0.4%) 3 seats
UK Independence Party 313,921 votes 19.6% (+0.0%) 2 seats
Liberal Democrats     221,235 votes 13.8% (-0.2%) 1 seat
Labour		      167,833 votes 10.5% (-5.8%) 1 seat
Greens 5th with 8.8%.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jun 7th, 2009 at 06:15:48 PM EST
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