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A total of 50,1% of MEPs were re-elected in June, with the largest proportion coming from Malta with 80%. Thus, 49,8% of all the MEPs have been chosen for the first time, the highest proportion of them being from Lithuania with 75%.
The youngest MEP is Denmark's Emilie Turunen who is just 25. The oldest Member is Ciriaco De Mita of Italy who is 81.
Women & men
Women - 35,3 % (31,2 % in the outgoing Parliament)
Men - 64,6 % (68,7 % in the outgoing Parliament)
Highest proportion of women - 61,5 % (Finland)
Lowest proportion of women - 0,0 % (Malta)
Most votes
The MEPs who got the most votes personally was Silvio Berlusconi of Italy with 2,7 million ballots and Indrek Tarand of Estonia with 25,8 % of the votes.
Former Prime Ministers elected as MEPs
Jerzy Buzek, Poland
Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgium
Ciriaco De Mita, Italy
Ivars Godmanis, Latvia
Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Finland
Lojze Peterle, Slovenia
Theodor Stolojan, Romania
Guy Verhofstadt, Belgium