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Photo slideshow - voting and preparations for the results

2009 elections - Institutions - 04-06-2009 - 16:41

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A man votes in Zaanstad in the Netherlands, 4 June. The Dutch have said they will announce the results three days before voting ends across Europe. All States are supposed to wait until Sunday to declare the results. ©BELGA_EPA_KOEN VAN WEEL

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A voter enters the polling station with her two children to cast her vote in the European and English council elections at the Dryburgh Hall in Putney, West London, Britain, 04 June ©Belga/EPA/D.Deme
An earnest voter studies a list of German candidates and parties. There are 650 party lists across the whole European Union. Once elected national parties sit in cross-national groups in the European Parliament.
Young and first time voters could be crucial to the outcome of the election. In Brussels, a Dutch mother lets her daughter cast her postal vote for her home country. Unlike Belgium, the Netherlands does not have compulsory voting.
Dresden, Germany. Returning officers and polling officials prepare ballot boxes for distribution throughout the city for voting on Sunday 7 June. ©Belga/ R Hirschberger
European Parliament, Brussels, 3 June. Lighting and rigging crews ready the Chamber for the election night results special on Sunday.
2 June, technical staff install some of the IT equipment for journalists and other media organisations.
"It's your choice" has been the rallying cry of the election campaign. An estimated 375 million people are entitled to vote in elections spanning 4 days in June.
Plugged in: An estimated 8 km of fibre optic cable will be used by TV and audiovisual media for Sunday's results evening.
Pigeon holes where people leave documents and information for MEPs. Who will have their names on them come Monday morning?

As voting gets underway in the UK and the Netherlands here in this slideshow we capture some voters casting their ballot as well as others preparing to vote in the coming days. An estimated 375 million people are entitled to vote in the coming days to elect a new European Parliament for five years. Here we look at some of the preparations underway in Brussels for the night of the results.

On Sunday come and join us online for all the results, debate reaction and analysis.

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