European election results 2024: live from across the EU

Latest estimated, provisional and official results from the European parliament as they come in from the 27 member states. In addition to to their own rivalry, the parliament’s traditional centre-right and centre-left groups, the EPP and S&D, face challenges from populist groups on both left and right. First national results expected around 18.15CEST / 17.15BST

Live reports and reaction from the Guardian team

This is the 10th election for the EU parliament, in which all 720 seats will be contested and 361 seats are needed for a majority. No single political group is likely to achieve this target.

Estimate, when when voting is finished and there is an estimate of a country’s results based on polling institutes;

Projection, for when there is an estimate of the full EU parliament composition;

Provisional, for when a country’s official election authority has published its first voting results but the final result is not known, and when the full EU parliament’s composition depends on such provisional national figures;

Final, for when a country’s official election authority has published full results;

Constitutive, for when the full EU parliament’s composition is officially confirmed.