European elections results 2019

Voter turnout across several European countries is much higher than the last election in 2014, according to officials.

Numbers were significantly higher in Spain, the Spanish interior ministry announced Sunday, where 34.68% had voted by 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. CET). In the last EU parliamentary elections only 23.87% had voted by then, the ministry says.

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during voting for the Spanish local, regional and European parliamentary elections on May 26.

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Meanwhile in Germany -- which sends the most Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to Brussels out of all the European countries -- was up at 29.4% compared to 25.6% in 2014, the German federal election commission said. That, too, was recorded at 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. CET).

In France, the Interior Ministry said voter turnout was on track to be 22% higher in this year's elections than it was five years ago. And in Italy, the Interior Ministry reported at noon local time that turnout was at 16.72% compared to 16.66% at the same time in 2014.

The Hungarian National Election Office also reported that voter turnout at 9 a.m. ET (3 p.m. CET) had already exceeded the turnout for the entire day in 2014's elections. It said voter turnout in Hungary was at 30.52%, compared to 2014 when the total voter turnout was 28.97%.

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