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Election of the Commission

Effect
Commission elected
Result
370 for · 282 against · 36 abstained roll call
Date
27 November 2024, 12:24
Kind
Other decision
More facts (5)
Margin
by a small majority
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Final vote
170611
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 370 for, 282 against, 36 abstained (roll call).

Commission elected by a small majority.

Parliament elected the Commission, which can now take office.

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by The Left, ECR, Patriots and ESN.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 0Against 43Abst. 0No vote 3 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 27Against 19Abst. 6No vote 1 of 53Majority line ForClear line Divided Cohesion 0.28
S&DFor 90Against 25Abst. 18No vote 3 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.52
RenewFor 67Against 0Abst. 6No vote 4 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
EPPFor 151Against 25Abst. 2No vote 10 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.77
ECRFor 33Against 39Abst. 4No vote 2 of 78Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.27
PatriotsFor 0Against 84Abst. 0No vote 2 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 23Abst. 0No vote 2 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 2Against 24Abst. 0No vote 4 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 76

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria108110.29
Belgium79600.11
Bulgaria114200.47
Cyprus3300—
Czechia811110.33
Germany51281340.33
Denmark122100.70
Estonia6100—
Spain2137020.46
Finland105000.50
France1861020.66
Greece99030.25
Croatia92010.73
Hungary614010.55
Ireland84200.36
Italy5223010.54
Lithuania82100.59
Luxembourg3210—
Latvia7101—
Malta5001—
Netherlands235120.69
Poland2726000.26
Portugal164100.64
Romania166290.50
Sweden135300.43
Slovenia3411—
Slovakia86010.36

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Election election of the commission Final vote Election of the Commission Roll call370 for, 282 against, 36 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Parliament’s vote records link no text to this decision.

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Von der Leyen Commission

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/7
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “Election of the Commission”. Decision, 27 November 2024. votingId 170611. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/7 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 27 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 27 November 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-27, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-11-27/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-11-27-7,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Election of the Commission}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-11-27},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/7}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-11-27/7},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 170611. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-11-27-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-11-27 (CC BY 4.0)}
}