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The election of members to the European Parliament is held every five years in the EU Member States. Denmark elects 13 of the 736 MEPs in total.
The last election of Danish members to the European Parliament was held on Sunday, 7 June 2009. On the same day, a referendum was held on an Act to amend the Danish Act of Succession.
The next elections to the European Parliament will be held in 2014.
Who can vote?
Any person who
- has attained the age of 18 years,
- is a national of Denmark and resident in Denmark or one of the other EU Member States or
- a national of one of the other EU Member States and resident in Denmark
may vote in the election to the European Parliament in Denmark. People under guardianship who have been deprived of legal capacity, however, are ineligible to vote.
People living in the Faroe Islands or Greenland, are also ineligible to vote in the election to the European Parliament because the Faroe Islands and Greenland are not members of the EU.
Who can stand for elections?
People who are eligible to vote are normally also eligible to stand for election to the European Parliament unless they have been convicted of an action which in the public opinion makes them unworthy of being a member of the European Parliament. Moreover, nationals of the other EU Member States may not have lost their eligibility to stand for election in their home country by way of a decision in civil or criminal proceedings in the relevant home country.
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