European Parliament election, 2004 (France)

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Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on June 13, 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.

Registered voters:                                 41,518,036
Votes cast:                                        17,764,049  42.8
Invalid votes:                                        595,054   3.3
Valid votes:                                       17,168,995  96.7
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Party                                             Votes        %     Change  Seats
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Socialist Party (PS)                                4,960,245  28.9   +7.0   31  +9
Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)                  2,856,186  16.6   +3.8   17  +5
Union for French Democracy (UDF)                    2,051,142  11.9   +2.6   11  +2
National Front (FN)                                 1,684,868   9.8   +4.1    7  +2
Movement for France (MPF)                           1,304,843   7.6   -5.4    3  -10
Greens (Verts)                                      1,271,059   7.4   -2.3    6  -3
French Communist Party (PCF)                          900,396   5.2   -1.6    2  -4
Others                                              2,140,246  12.5           1  -10
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Total                                              17,168,995                78  -9
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[edit] Seats

The elections were conducted in 7 regional mainland constituencies, plus an eighth consisting of all Overseas Departments and Overseas Territories. Allocation of seats was by proportional representation, with closed lists and no preferential voting, using the rule of the highest average, with a threshold of 5% of the votes in each constituency.

French districts for European Parlimentary Elections. Multiple MEPs are elected by proportional representation from each district. The outre-mer district is not shown.
French districts for European Parlimentary Elections. Multiple MEPs are elected by proportional representation from each district. The outre-mer district is not shown.
Constituency Departements Seats
Nord-Ouest Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie 12
Ouest Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes 10
Est Alsace, Bourgogne, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine 10
Sud-Ouest Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées 10
Sud-Est Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes 13
Massif-Central - Centre Auvergne, Centre, Limousin 6
Île-de-France Île-de-France 14
outre-mer
(not shown)
French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna 3

[edit] Members elected

See MEPs for France 2004 - 2009 for a national list in alphabetical order.

[edit] Nord-Ouest

[edit] Ouest

[edit] Est

[edit] Sud-Ouest

[edit] Sud-Est

[edit] Massif-Central - Centre

[edit] Île-de-France

[edit] outre-mer

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