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The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on on June 10, 2004.
The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.
[edit] Results
| Party |
Abbr. |
EU party |
Top Candidate |
Votes |
% |
Change |
Seats |
| Christian Democratic Appeal |
CDA |
EPP-ED |
Camiel Eurlings |
1,164,431 |
24.4 |
-2.5 |
7 |
-2 |
| Labour Party |
PvdA |
PES |
Max van den Berg |
1,124,549 |
23.6 |
+3.5 |
7 |
+1 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
VVD |
ALDE |
Jules Maaten |
629,198 |
13.2 |
-6.5 |
4 |
-2 |
| Green-Left |
GL |
EGP-EFA |
Kathalijne Buitenweg |
352,201 |
7.4 |
-4.4 |
2 |
-2 |
| Europe Transparent |
ET |
EGP-EFA |
Paul van Buitenen |
349,156 |
7.3 |
+7.3 |
2 |
+2 |
| Socialist Party |
SP |
EUL-NGL |
Erik Meijer |
332,326 |
7.0 |
+2.0 |
2 |
+1 |
| ChristenUnie-SGP |
CU-SGP |
IND/DEM |
Johannes Blokland |
279,880 |
5.9 |
-2.8 |
2 |
-1 |
| Democrats '66 |
D66 |
ALDE |
Sophie in 't Veld |
202,502 |
4.2 |
-1.6 |
1 |
-1 |
| Party for the Animals |
PvdD |
none |
Marianne Thieme |
153,432 |
3,2 |
+3,2 |
0 |
0 |
| List Pim Fortuyn |
LPF |
none |
Jens van der Vorm-de Rijke |
121,509 |
2,6 |
+2,6 |
0 |
0 |
| Others |
331,434 |
1.1 |
-1.2 |
0 |
|
| Total |
4,765,677 |
|
|
27 |
-4 |
[edit] Preference votes and remainder seats
Several parties formed an electoral alliance: the liberal VVD and D66, the Christian CDA and ChristenUnie/SGP and pro-European left PvdA and GreenLeft.
Five seats are distributed as remainder seats these go to: Europe Transparant, VVD-D66 electoral alliance (which is alloted to the VVD), the SP, PvdA-GreenLeft electoral alliance (which is given to the PvdA) and the CDA-ChristenUnie/SGP electoral alliance (which is alloted to the ChristenUnie/SGP). In the last case the CDA actually lost a seat because of its electoral alliance, if the CDA and the ChristenUnie/SGP would not have entered into an alliance the CDA would have been alloted 8 seats and the ChristenUnie/SGP 1.
Several members were elected by preference vote: Ria Oomen-Ruijten of the CDA, Emine Bozkurt of the PvdA and Kartika Liotard of the SP.
[edit] Elected Members
- Bert Doorn
- Camiel Eurlings, top candidate
- Esther de Lange
- Maria Martens
- Lambert van Nistelrooij
- Ria Oomen-Ruijten
- Corien Wortmann-Kool
- Max van den Berg, top candidate
- Thijs Berman
- Emine Bozkurt
- Ieke van den Burg
- Dorette Corbey
- Edith Mastenbroek
- Jan-Marinus Wiersma
- Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
- Jules Maaten, top candidate
- Toine Manders
- Jan Mulder
[edit] GreenLeft
- Kathalijne Buitenweg, top candidate
- Joost Lagendijk
[edit] Europe Transparent
- Paul van Buitenen, top candidate
- Els de Groen
- Kartika Liotard
- Erik Meijer, top candidate
[edit] ChristenUnie-SGP
- Johannes Blokland (ChristenUnie), top candidate
- Bastiaan Belder (SGP)
- Sophie in 't Veld
