Parliamentary candidates. In Spain v United Kingdom, the European Court of Justice held that member states are permitted to extend the franchise to non-EU citizens. Every EU citizen residing in an EU country of which he/she is not a national has the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in European Parliamentary elections in his/her country of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that country – this right is enshrined in Article 39 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In addition, the right to vote is included in Articles 20(1) and 22(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. To this extent all EU countries keep electoral registers containing the names of all eligible voters in the specific region, to which eligible newcomers to the area can apply at any time to have their names added. EU citizens are then eligible to vote for the duration of their stay in that country. It is therefore possible for a person to have the choice of voting in more than one EU member state. For example, a Portuguese citizen who studies at university in France and lives at home outside term-time in the family home in the Netherlands has the option of voting in the European Parliamentary election in France, Portugal or the Netherlands. In this scenario, although the Portuguese citizen qualifies to vote in three EU member states, he/she is only permitted to cast one vote in one of the member states. See also Democratic legitimacy of the European Union History of the European Union Appointment of the European Commission References External links EU-NED dataset: subnational election data in European Parliament elections, 1990-2020 Section devoted to the 2009 election on the European Parliament website Adam Carr's Election Archive European Election Studies The European Parliament and Supranational Party System (Cambridge University Press 2002) Archive of European Integration (AEI) > Institutional Administration, Developments & Reform > Parliament > Elections EPP Juncker 2014 campaign site Election Results 2016 European Parliament elections Politics of the European Union Quinquennial events