The main difference between the composition of the electoral bureaus applicable to local elections and GEO 21/2024 is that, in 2024, political parties and organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities that had won seats in the previous European Parliament elections were represented in the electoral bureaus while some parties without a parliamentary group were not. The main difference between the composition of the electoral bureaus applicable to European Parliament elections and GEO 21/2024 was that, in 2024, parties that obtained seats in national elections were represented in the electoral bureaus.