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20120113PHT35260_originalOn Tuesday afternoon (30 June), all 14 European Parliament vice presidents were elected in three rounds of voting. Six vice presidents were elected in the first ballot, three in the second and the remaining five by a relative majority in the third.
The list of new vice presidents in the order as elected:

Antonio TAJANI (EPP, IT) 452 votes, 1st round
Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP, IE) 441 votes, 1st round
Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE) 437 votes, 1st round
Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES) 406 votes, 1st round
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ (EPP, HU) 400 votes, 1st round
Adina Ioana VALEAN (EPP, RO) 394 votes, 1st round
Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D, FR) 406 votes, 2nd round
Corina CREŢU (S&D, RO) 406 votes, 2nd round
David SASSOLI (S&D, IT) 394 votes, 2nd round
Olli REHN (ALDE, FI) 377 votes, 3rd round
Alexander GRAF LAMBSDORFF (ALDE, DE) 365 votes, 3rd round
Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT) 319 votes, 3rd round
Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS (GUE/NGL, EL) 302 votes, 3rd round
Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) 284 votes, 3rd round

First ballot result

Votes cast: 729

Blank or invalid votes: 12

Valid votes cast: 717

Absolute majority of votes cast required to be elected: 359

Six vice presidents elected in the first ballot:

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Antonio TAJANI (EPP, IT) 452 votes
Mairead MCGUINNESS (EPP, IE) 441 votes
Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE) 437 votes
Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO (EPP, ES) 406 votes
Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ (EPP, HU) 400 votes
Adina Ioana VALEAN (EPP, RO) 394 votes

Second ballot result

Votes cast: 704

Blank or invalid votes: 13

Valid votes cast: 691

Absolute majority of votes cast required to be elected: 346

Three vice presidents were elected by an absolute majority in in the second ballot:

Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D, FR) 406 votes
Corina CREŢU (S&D, RO) 406 votes
David SASSOLI (S&D, IT) 394 votes

Third ballot result

Votes cast: 706

Blank or invalid votes: 16

Valid votes cast: 690

Five vice presidents were elected in the third ballot, which required a relative majority:

Olli REHN (ALDE, FI) 377 votes
Alexander GRAF LAMBSDORFF (ALDE, DE) 365 votes
Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT) 319 votes
Dimitris PAPADIMOULIS (GUE/NGL, EL) 302 votes
Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) 284 votes

Role of vice presidents

Vice presidents can replace the president in performing his duties when necessary, including chairing plenary sittings. They are also members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament’s preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organizational matters.

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