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United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
Permanent members
Non-permanent members
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The 2019 United Nations Security Council election was held on 7 June during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations HeadquartersinNew York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2020.
In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:
The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2020–21 period.
Notably, St. Vincent and the Grenadines set a new record as the smallest ever Security Council member.[2] Both St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Estonia were elected to the Council for the first time.
| African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[10] | |
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| Member | Round 1 |
 Vietnam |
192 |
 Niger |
191 |
 Tunisia |
191 |
| abstentions | 0 |
| required majority | 129 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[10] | |
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| Member | Round 1 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
185 |
 El Salvador |
6 |
| abstentions | 2 |
| required majority | 128 |
| Eastern European Group election results[10] | ||
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| Member | Round 1 | Round 2 |
 Estonia |
111 | 132 |
 Romania |
78 | 58 |
 Georgia |
1 | – |
 Latvia |
1 | – |
| abstentions | 2 | 1 |
| required majority | 128 | 127 |
