European Parliament electoral system is proportional representation.
In six European Union Member States (Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom), the national territory is divided into a number of constituencies for European elections. In the remaining Member States the whole country forms a single electoral area. In Germany political parties are entitled to present lists of candidates either at Länder or national level.
The population of constituencies varies widely across the union. Currently, the German speaking community of Belgium are the most represented in the EU Parliament with one seat for their 71,000 population, while the people of Sardinia and Sicily are the least represented, with only one seat per 943,000 people.
The number of seats per constituency varies from 1 in the German speaking community of Belgium, to 23 in the north-west region of Italy. When counting countries without specific subdivisions as single constituencies for comparison, Germany has the most seats — 99 seats.
