European Parliament election, 2004 (Denmark)
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Denmark on June 13, 2004. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic parties such as the June Movement.
[edit] Results
Party | Votes | % | Change | Seats | ± |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democrats (A) | 618,412 | 32.6 | +16.1 | 5 | +2 |
Venstre (V) | 366,735 | 19.4 | -4.0 | 3 | -2 |
Conservative People's Party (C) | 214,972 | 11.3 | +2.8 | 1 | |
June Movement (J) | 171,927 | 9.1 | -7.0 | 1 | -2 |
Socialist People's Party (F) | 150,766 | 8.0 | +0.9 | 1 | |
Danish People's Party (O) | 128,789 | 6.8 | +1.0 | 1 | |
Danish Social Liberal Party (B) | 120,473 | 6.4 | -2.7 | 1 | |
People's Movement against the EU (N) | 97,986 | 5.2 | 1 | ||
Christian Democrats (K) | 24,286 | 1.3 | - | ||
Total | 1,894,346 | 14 | -2 | ||
Registered voters: | 4,012,663 | ||||
Votes cast: | 1,921,541 | 47.9 | |||
Invalid votes: | 27,195 | 1.4 | |||
Valid votes: | 1,894,346 | 98.6 |
Source: Final results, Danish Ministry of the Interior & Health.
Note - seats are allocated first by the D'Hondt method to Electoral coalitions, which were (A + F), (B + Q), (C + V), (J + N) with (O) by themselves; then subsequently between the parties in each coalition. Compared to straight allocation by party, The People's Movement Against the EU gained one seat at the expense of the Christian Democrats.