Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

European Parliament Elections, 4-7 June 2009

Following invitations from the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) to observe the 4-7 June elections to the European Parliament, ODIHR deployed an expert group to 15 EU member states from 11 to 30 May. The scale and nature of these elections – essentially 27 separate national elections to a supra-national body - dictated the need for an innovative activity beyond ODIHR's existing methodology.

Headed by Vadim Zhdanovich of Russia, the mission consisted of 23 experts from 19 OSCE participating States.