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European Parliament Vote Has Highest Turnout in 20 Years

European Parliament Vote Has Highest Turnout in 20 Years

European Parliament Vote Has Highest Turnout in 20 Years

(Bloomberg) -- Voter turnout at the European Parliament elections averaged 50.5% across European Union countries. That’s the highest number in 20 years, reversing a 35-year decline since the first direct elections to the EU assembly in 1979. Turnout in 2014 was 42.6%.

--With assistance from Jonathan Stearns.

To contact the reporters on this story: Viktoria Dendrinou in Brussels at vdendrinou@bloomberg.net;Zoe Schneeweiss in London at zschneeweiss@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Ben Sills at bsills@bloomberg.net

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