Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament, during the EP plenary session (16-19 January) in Strasbourg. Vote and final results&nbsp;are : Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, DE) 393, Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA, AT) 441, Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/ NGL, EL) 469, Ioan Mircea Pas&ccedil;u (S&amp;D, RO) 517, Indrek TARAND (Greens, Estonia) 271. Out of these Pas&ccedil;u, Papadimoulis, Lambsdorff, Lunacek have obtained the absolute majority of the votes expressed, and are elected.

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

Strasbourg

plenary session

vote

LUNACEK, Ulrike (Greens/EFA, AT)

PAPADIMOULIS, Dimitrios (The Left, EL)

LAMBSDORFF, Alexander Graf (ALDE, DE)

PASCU, Ioan Mircea (S&D, RO)

election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (T)

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament: extracts from the vote and results

Arrival of EP President Antonio TAJANI in the Chamber

Announcement of the result of the first ballot: <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28372/RYSZARD_CZARNECKI_home.html" target="_blank">Czarnecki</a> (ECR, PL) 328, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/102886/mep_home.html" target="_blank">Gall-Pelcz (EPP, HU)</a> 310, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1913/EVELYNE_GEBHARDT_home.html" target="_blank">Gebhard</a>t (S&amp;D, DE) 315, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/fr/96952/SYLVIE_GUILLAUME_home.html" target="_blank">Guillaume (S&amp;D, FR)</a> 335, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/28242/ALEXANDER+GRAF_LAMBSDORFF_home.html" target="_blank">Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, DE)</a> 308, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/23768/BOGUSLAW_LIBERADZKI_home.html" target="_blank">Liberadzki</a> (S&amp;D, PL) 378, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/97017/ULRIKE_LUNACEK_home.html" target="_blank">Lunacek (Greens/EFA, AT)</a> 291, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28115/MAIREAD_MCGUINNESS_home.html" target="_blank">McGuinness (EPP, IE)</a> 466, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/2323/RAINER_WIELAND_home.html" target="_blank">Wieland (EPP, DE)</a> 336, Papadimoulis (GUE/ NGL, EL) 274, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/ro/33984/IOAN+MIRCEA_PASCU_home.html" target="_blank">Mircea Pas&ccedil;u (S&amp;D, RO)</a> 282, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96864/mep_home.html" target="_blank">Sassoli (S&amp;D, IT)</a> 377 , TARAND (Greens, Estonia 220), Telička (ALDE, CZ) 313, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/125032/RAMON+LUIS_VALCARCEL+SISO_home.html" target="_blank">Valcarcel Siso (EPP, ES)</a> 323, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/2323/RAINER_WIELAND_home.html" target="_blank">Wieland (EPP, DE)</a> 336.

Announcing that the following have obtained absolute majority: McGuinness, Bogusław <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/23768/BOGUSLAW_LIBERADZKI_home.html" target="_blank">Liberadzki</a>, David Sassoli, Rainer Wieland, Sylvie Guillaume, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ram&oacute;n Luis Valcarcel Siso, Evelyne <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/1913/EVELYNE_GEBHARDT_home.html" target="_blank">Gebhard</a>t, <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124706/PAVEL_TELICKA_home.html" target="_blank">Pavel </a>Telička, Ildik&oacute; Gall-Pelcz. The elected candidates are congratulated.

EP Vice-President David-Maria SASSOLI announing the opening of the second ballot.

Atmosphere during the second ballot (9 shots)

EP President Antonio TAJANI announcing the results of the second ballot: voting in the second ballot: 672, Blank or void: 34, Valid votes cast: 638, Absolute majority: 320. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, DE) 393, Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA, AT) 441, Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/ NGL, EL) 469, Ioan Mircea Pas&ccedil;u (S&amp;D, RO) 517, Indrek TARAND (Greens, Estonia) 271. Out of these Pas&ccedil;u, Papadimoulis, Lambsdorff, Lunacek have obtained the absolute majority of the votes expressed, and are elected. The colleagues are congratulated. The order of precedence of Vice-Presidents reflects the scores achieved by the 14 best-scoring candidates.