Since we’re named after the number of votes you need for an absolute majority in the European Parliament, we wanted to take a closer look at the people who will be casting those votes after the election.

Two thirds of the next Parliament is likely to be first-time MEPs, so understanding what motivates them and making friends early will be crucial for influencing policy in the next mandate.

Here’s how it works:

As political parties announce their candidate lists, we’ll be compiling names of the candidates from all the major parties, their contact details and links to their social media accounts. 

We will then apply the results of Europe Elects seat projectionpredictor algorithm, which will be based on the latest polling in all Member States, to that list, taking account of the electoral system in each country. The result will be a probability estimatepercentage change of any particular candidate becoming an MEP in the next institutional mandate. 

We’ll provide regular updates during the run up to the election; and once it’s over, we’ll be able to look at who actually gets elected and see how we did.

Three Six One clients will have access to the full dataset at no additional cost. But we’ll also make this service available to others for a fee through a dynamic lookup facility on our website. This will be constantly updated by Europe Elects when we get information on new candidates or polling.