8. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (continued)

Verbatim reports

The President read out the results of the second ballot:

- Members voting:      637

- Blank or void:   8

- Votes cast:      629

- Absolute majority:      315

(The list of Members voting is annexed to these Minutes: Annex 2 to the Minutes of 17 January 2012)

The votes obtained were as follows, in descending order:

- Gianni Pittella:      275 votes

- Georgios Papastamkos:      270 votes

- Alejo Vidal-Quadras:         262 votes

- Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez:      257 votes

- Anni Podimata:      253 votes

- Roberta Angelilli:      241 votes

- Othmar Karas:      231 votes

- Jacek Protasiewicz:      231 votes

- Rainer Wieland:      216 votes

- László Surján:      203 votes

- Edward McMillan-Scott:      192 votes

- Oldřich Vlasák:      184 votes

- Alexander Alvaro:      176 votes

- Isabelle Durant:      175 votes

- Indrek Tarand:       90 votes

The President noted that no candidate had obtained the absolute majority of the votes cast and therefore that all the seats remained to be filled.

The President noted that no nominations had been withdrawn and that a third round of voting was therefore necessary.

The vote would be held the next day.