European Parliament election, 2004

European Parliament election, 2004

1999 ← members June 10, 2004 (2004-06-10) - June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13) Members elected → 2009 members

All 736 seats to the European Parliament 369 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Enrique Barón Crespo Pat Cox Party EPP–ED PES ELDR Leader's seat Germany Spain Ireland South Last election 233, 37.2% 180, 28.8% 50, 8.0% Seats won 268 200 88* Seat change 35 20 38 Popular vote 52,567,771 43,327,099 Percentage 36.6% 25.3% 12.0% Swing 1.6% 3.5% 4.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Monica Frassoni/ Daniel Cohn-Bendit (pictured) Francis Wurtz Jens-Peter Bonde/ Nigel Farage (pictured) Party Greens–EFA EUL–NGL ID Leader's seat North-West Italy/ Germany Île-de-France Denmark/ South East England Last election 48, 7.7% 42, 6.7% 16, 2.6% Seats won 42 41* 37 Seat change 6 1 21 Percentage 5.7% 5.6% 5.1% Swing 2.0% 1.1% 3.5%

Majority Leader before election Hans-Gert Pöttering EPP–ED Majority Leader-Elect Hans-Gert Pöttering EPP–ED

European Parliament Election
Area	EU-25
Dates	10–13 June 2004
Seats	732
Electorate	342 million
Turnout	45.6%
Previous	1999
Next	2007
Election methods
All Proportional representation

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Elections to the European Parliament were held from 10 June 2004 to 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. Votes were counted as the polls closed, but results were not announced until 13 and 14 June so results from one country would not influence voters in another where polls were still open; however, the Netherlands, voting on Thursday 10, announced nearly-complete provisional results as soon as they were counted, on the evening of its election day, a move heavily criticized by the European Commission.

342 million people were eligible to vote, the second-largest democratic electorate in the world after India. It was the biggest transnational direct election in history, and the 10 new member states elected MEPs for the first time. The new (6th) Parliament consisted of 732 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

Results showed a general defeat of governing parties and an increase in representatives from eurosceptic parties. No majority was achieved. The balance of power in the Parliament remained the same (largest party EPP-ED, second largest PES) despite the 10 new member states.

Contents 1 Final results 2 Statistics 3 Results by country 4 Results by EU party (2004 estimated result) 5 Results by EU party (2007 national result) 6 New parties in the 2004 election 7 New inclusion 8 Political group reshuffle after the 2004 election 9 Other elections 10 See also 11 References 12 External links 12.1 Results 12.2 European Election information sites 12.3 Candidates

Final results

European Parliament election, 2004 - Final results at 20 July 2004
Group		Description	Chaired by	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Hans-Gert Pöttering	268
	PES	Social Democrats	Martin Schulz	200
	ALDE	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Graham Watson	88
	G–EFA	Greens and Regionalists	Daniel Cohn-Bendit Monica Frassoni	42
	EUL– NGL	Communists, Democratic Socialists and the Far Left	Francis Wurtz	41
	ID	Eurosceptics	Jens-Peter Bonde Nigel Farage	37
	UEN	National Conservatives	Brian Crowley Cristiana Muscardini	27
	NI	Independents	none	29	Total: 732	Sources: [1][2][3][4][5]

Statistics

Area	European Union (EU-25)	Sources
Dates	• Thursday 10 June: Netherlands, United Kingdom,  • Friday 11 June: Czech Republic, Ireland  • Saturday 12 June: Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Malta  • Sunday 13 June: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden	[6]
Seats	732	[7][8]
Candidates	over 14,600	[9]
Electorate	342 million	[10][11][12]
Turnout	45.6%	[13]
Previous	European Parliament election, 1999	n/a
Next	European Parliament election, 2009	n/a
Election methods	All proportional representation.	[14]
Preference voting allowed?	• Yes, via open list: Austria, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg (with panachage), Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden.  • Yes, via STV: Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom (NI only)  • No: the rest	[15][16][17]
Cutoff?	• 5%: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia  • 4%: Austria, Sweden  • 3%: Greece  • none: the rest	[18][19][20]
Seat allocation	• Sainte-Laguë method: Latvia, Sweden  • STV method: Ireland, Malta, United Kingdom (NI only)  • Highest averages method: France  • Largest remainder method: Italy  • Pro-rata: Greece  • Droop method: Slovakia  • Hare-Niemeyer method: Germany  • Hare-Niemeyer method and D'Hondt method: Poland  • D'Hondt method: the rest	[21][22][23][24][25]
Constituency boundaries	• Member state subdivided into multiple constituencies: Belgium (3), France (8), Ireland (4), Italy (5), Poland (13), United Kingdom (12)  • Mixture: Germany (candidate lists at Länder or national level)  • Member state as single constituency: the rest	[26][27][28]
Minimum voting age	18	[29]
Presidential election	• First round: Josep Borrell, 388 votes; Bronisław Geremek, 208 votes; Francis Wurtz, 51 votes  • Josep Borrell, having achieved a majority of valid votes in the first round, was elected President of the European Parliament	[30]

Fifth Parliament				2004 Election		Regrouping		Sixth Parliament
Groups		Pre-enlargement April 30	Pre-elections May 5	Change	Results June 30	Change	Results July 20	New Groups		First session July 20
	EPP-ED	232	295	-16	279	-11	268		EPP-ED	268
	PES	175	232	-33	199	+1	200		PES	200
	ELDR	52	67	0	67	+21	88		ALDE	88
	G/EFA	45	47	-7	40	+2	42		G/EFA	42
	EUL-NGL	49	55	-16	39	+2	41		EUL-NGL	41
	EDD	18	18	-3	15	+22	37		ID	37
	NI	32	44	22	66	-37	29		NI	29
	UEN	23	30	-3	27	0	27		UEN	27
Total		626	788	-56	732	0	732	Total		732
Sources: [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

Group		Description	Details	%	MEPs
	EPP-ED	Conservatives and Christian Democrats	Germany 49, Belgium 6, Denmark 1, France 17, Ireland 5, Italy 24, Luxembourg 3, Netherlands 7, UK 28, Greece 11, Spain 24, Portugal 9, Austria 6, Finland 4, Sweden 5, Cyprus 3, Estonia 1, Hungary 13, Latvia 3, Lithuania 2, Malta 2, Poland 19, Czech Republic 14, Slovakia 8, Slovenia 4	37%	268
	PES	Social Democrats	Germany 23, Belgium 7, Denmark 5, France 31, Ireland 1, Italy 16, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 7, UK 19, Greece 8, Spain 24, Portugal 12, Austria 7, Finland 3, Sweden 5, Estonia 3, Hungary 9, Lithuania 2, Malta 3, Poland 8, Czech Republic 2, Slovakia 3, Slovenia 1	27%	200
	ALDE	Liberals and Liberal Democrats	Germany 7, Belgium 6, Denmark 4, France 11, Ireland 1, Italy 12, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 5, UK 12, Spain 2, Finland 5, Sweden 3, Cyprus 1, Estonia 2, Hungary 2, Latvia 1, Lithuania 7, Poland 4, Slovenia 2	12%	88
	G/EFA	Greens and Regionalists	Germany 13, Belgium 2, Denmark 1, France 6, Italy 2, Luxembourg 1, Netherlands 4, UK 5, Spain 3, Austria 2, Finland 1, Sweden 1, Latvia 1	6%	42
	EUL/NGL	Communists and the Far Left	Germany 7, Denmark 1, France 3, Ireland 1, Italy 7, Netherlands 2, UK 1, Greece 4, Spain 1, Portugal 3, Finland 1, Sweden 2, Cyprus 2, Czech Republic 6	6%	41
	IND/DEM	Eurosceptics	Denmark 1, France 3, Ireland 1, Italy 4, Netherlands 2, UK 11, Greece 1, Sweden 3, Poland 10, Czech Republic 1	5%	37
	NI	Independents	Belgium 3, France 7, Italy 4, UK 2, Austria 3, Poland 6, Czech Republic 1, Slovakia 3	4%	29
	UEN	National Conservatives	Denmark 1, Ireland 4, Italy 9, Latvia 4, Lithuania 2, Poland 7	4%	27
Sources: [40] [41] [42] [43]				100%	732

Results by country

The national results as at 21 July 2004 are as follows:

Party group Country	EPP-ED	PES	ELDR	Greens-EFA	EUL-NGL	ID	UEN	others	MEPs	%	Turnout
Austria (details)	6 (ÖVP)	7 (SPÖ)		2 (GRÜNE)				2 (Liste Dr. Hans-Peter Martin) 1 (FPÖ)	18	2.5%	42.43%
Belgium (details)	4 (CD&V/N-VA) 1 (CDH) 1 (CSP-EVP)	4 (PS) 3 (SP.A, within the SP.A-Spirit coalition)	3 (VLD, within the VLD-Vivant coalition) 3 (MR)	1 (Groen!) 1 (Ecolo)				3 (VB)	24	3.3%	90.81%
Cyprus (details)	2 (DISY) 1 (GTE)		1 (DIKO)		2 (AKEL)				6	0.8%	71.19%
Czech Republic (details)	9 (ODS) 2 (SNK, within the SNK-ED coalition) 2 (KDU–ČSL) 1 (ED, within the SNK-ED coalition)	2 (ČSSD)			6 (KSČM)	1 (Nezávislí, independents)		1 (Nezávislí, independents)	24	3.3%	28.32%
Denmark (details)	1 (Konservative)	5 (S)	3 (V) 1 (RV)	1 (SF)	1 (Folk B.)	1 (Juni B.)	1 (DF)		14	1.9%	47.9%
Estonia (details)	1 (IL)	3 (SDE)	1 (K) 1 (ER)						6	0.8%	26.83%
Finland (details)	4 (Kok.)	3 (SDP)	4 (Kesk.) 1 (SFP)	1 (Vihr.)	1 (VAS)				14	1.9%	41.1%
France (details)	17 (UMP)	31 (PS)	11 (UDF)	6 (Les Verts)	3 (PCF)	3 (MPF)		7 (FN)	78	10.7%	42.76%
Germany (details)	40 (CDU) 9 (CSU)	23 (SPD)	7 (FDP)	13 (GRÜNE)	7 (PDS)				99	13.5%	43.0%
Greece (details)	11 (ND)	8 (PASOK)			3 (KKE) 1 (SYN)	1 (LAOS)			24	3.3%	63.4%
Hungary (details)	12 (FIDESZ) 1 (MDF)	9 (MSZP)	2 (SZDSZ)						24	3.3%	38.5%
Ireland (details)	5 (FG)	1 (Labour Party)	1 (Marian Harkin, indep.)		1 (SF)	1 (Kathy Sinnott, indep.)	4 (FF)		13	1.8%	59.7%
Italy (details)	16 (FI) 5 (UDC) 1 (SVP, within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition) 1 (AP-UDEUR) 1 (PP)	12 (DS, within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition) 2 (SDI, within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition) 2 (indep. within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition)	7 (DL, within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition) 2 (Lista Emma Bonino) 2 (Società Civile Di Pietro–Occhetto) 1 (MRE, within the Uniti nell'Ulivo coalition)	2 (Verdi)	5 (RC) 2 (PdCI)	4 (LN)	9 (AN)	2 (NPSI, within the Socialisti Uniti per l'Europa coalition) 1 (AS) 1 (MSFT)	78	10.7%	73.1%
Latvia (details)	2 (JL) 1 (TP)		1 (LC)	1 (PCTVL)			4 (TB/LNNK)		9	1.2%	41.34%
Lithuania (details)	2 (TS)	2 (LSDP)	5 (DP) 2 (LiCS)				1 (VNDPS) 1 (LDP)		13	1.8%	48.38%
Luxembourg (details)	3 (CSV)	1 (LSAP)	1 (DP)	1 (Déi Gréng)					6	0.8%	90.0%
Malta (details)	2 (PN)	3 (PL)							5	0.7%	82.37%
Netherlands (details)	7 (CDA)	7 (PvdA)	4 (VVD) 1 (D66)	2 (GL) 2 (ET)	2 (SP)	2 (CU-SGP)			27	3.7%	39.3%
Poland (details)	15 (PO) 4 (PSL)	5 (SLD) 3 (SDPL)	4 (UW)			10 (LPR)	7 (PiS)	6 (SRP)	54	7.4%	20.87%
Portugal (details)	7 (PSD) 2 CDS-PP	12 (PS)			2 (PCP, within the CDU coalition) 1 (BE)				24	3.3%	38.6%
Slovakia (details)	3 (SDKÚ) 3 (KDH) 2 (MKP)	3 (SMER)						3 (ĽS-HZDS)	14	1.9%	16.96%
Slovenia (details)	2 (NSi) 2 (SDS)	1 (ZLSD)	2 (LDS)						7	1.0%	28.3%
Spain (details)	24 (PP)	24 (PSOE)	1 (CDC, within the Galeusca coalition) 1 (EAJ-PNV, within the Galeusca coalition)	1 (Los Verdes, included in the PSOE list following an agreement between both parties) 1 (ICV, within the IU-ICV-EUiA coalition) 1 (ERC, within the EdP coalition)	1 (IU, within the IU-ICV-EUiA coalition)				54	7.4%	45.1%
Sweden (details)	4 (M) 1 (KD)	5 (SAP)	2 (FP) 1 (C)	1 (MP)	2 (V)	3 (Junilistan)			19	2.6%	37.8%
United Kingdom (details), including  Gibraltar (details)	27 (Conservatives) 1 (UUP)	19 (Labour Party)	12 (Lib Dems)	2 (GPEW) 2 (SNP) 1 (PC)	1 (SF)	11 (UKIP)		1 (UKIP) 1 (DUP)	78	10.7%	38.9%
Total	268	200	88	42	41	37	27	29	732	100.0%	45.6%

Results by EU party (2004 estimated result)

The estimated votes by EU party are as follows:

European Parliament Election 2004: Estimated Votes by EU Party

Group		Votes	% Votes	Seats	+/-	Party/Subgroup		Votes	% Votes	Seats	+/-
	EPP-ED	52,534,612	34.0%	277			EPP	44,670,810	28.9%	227
							ED	5,189,196	3.4%	37
							Independents	2,674,606	1.7%	13
	PES	37,271,453	24.1%	198			PES	36,716,593	23.8%	193
							Independents	554,860	0.4%	5
	ELDR	13,732,594	8.9%	66			ELDR	10,835,213	7.0%	59
							Independents	2,897,381	1.9%	7
	EUL/NGL	9,999,413	6.5%	41			PEL	5,512,904	3.6%	17
							NGLA1	623,401	0.4%	4
							EACL²	529,782	0.3%	0
							Independents	3,333,327	2.2%	20
	G/EFA	9,742,287	6.3%	40			EGP	8,290,609	5.4%	33
							EFA	946,834	0.6%	4
							Independents	504,844	0.3%	3
	NI	13,745,847	8.9%	68			Independents	13,745,847	8.9%	68
	UEN	6,141,614	4.0%	27			UEN	6,141,614	4.0%	27
	EDD	3,611,803	2.3%	15			ECPM³	341,895	0.2%	1
							Independents	3,269,908	2.1%	14
Not elected		7,094,142	4.6%	0		Not elected		7,094,142	4.6%	0
Total		154,317,718	100%	732		Total		154,317,718	100%	732

Registered voters: 353,460,958 (est.)
Votes cast: 154,317,718 (43.66%) (est.)
Total seats: 732

Notes
1. The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and the European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left.
2. See above.
3. The figures for the European Christian Political Movement exclude a number of members who hold concurrent membership of the European Peoples Party.

Notes on accuracy:

• These estimated voting figures, using the believed configurations of EU groupings at the time of the 2004 elections, have been compiled by totalling national party figures, using official results where they are available.
• Where national lists are alliances between more than one political party, attempts have been made to divide that list proportionally, using preferential voting totals where available and, in other circumstances, dividing vote totals equally between candidates (if party membership available) or the MEPs elected (if not).

Results by EU party (2007 national result)

The notional results by EU party as at 8 January 2007 are as follows:

European Parliament Election 2004: Estimated Notional Results, January 2007

Group		Votes	% Votes	Seats	+/-	Party/Subgroup		Votes	% Votes	Seats	+/-
	EPP-ED	52,567,771	34.1%	277	0		EPP	46,183,932	27.5%	232	+5
							ED1	5,628,052	3.3%	39	+2
							Independents	755,786	1.6%	6	-7
	PES	43,327,099	25.8%	218	+20		PES	41,598,383	24.7%	211	+18
							Independents	1,728,716	1.0%	7	+2
	ALDE	21,375,247	12.7%	106	+40		ELDR	14,106,116	8.4%	76	+17
							EDP	6,037,453	3.6%	25	+25
							Independents	1,231,678	0.7%	5	-2
	EUL/NGL	9,873,587	5.9%	41	0		PEL	6,842,489	4.1%	28	+10
							NGLA²	623,401	0.4%	4	0
							EACL³	345,962	0.2%	0	0
							Independents	2,061,735	1.2%	9	-10
	G/EFA	10,182,153	6.1%	42	+2		EGP	8,457,969	5.0%	33	0
							EFA	1,277,042	0.8%	6	+2
							Paul van Buitenen	174,578	0.1%	1
							Independents	272,564	0.2%	2	-1
	NI	10,218,366	6.1%	14	-54		Hans-Peter Martin	262,272	0.2%	1	1
							Roger Helmer	185,681	0.1%	1	1
							Jim Allister	175,761	0.1%	1	1
							Independents	1,658,374	1.0%	11	-57
	UEN	8,934,925	5.3%	44	+17		AEN	5,457,115	3.2%	26	+26
							EUD4	547,318	0.3%	5	+5
							Independents	2,980,491	1.8%	13	-14
	IND/DEM	5,265,991	3.1%	23	+8		ADIE5	1,687,718	1.0%	7	7
							ECPM6	341,895	0.2%	1	0
							EUD7	294,887	0.2%	2	2
							Independents	2,941,491	1.7%	13	-1
	ITS	6,135,671	3.6%	20	0		Euronat8	5,465,545	3.2%	17	0
							Ashley Mote	215,556	0.1%	1	0
							Independents	454,570	0.3%	2	0
Not elected		8,107,746	4.8%	0		Not elected		8,107,746	4.8%	0
Total		168,222,513	100%	785	+53	Total		168,222,513	100%	785	+53

Registered voters: 378,106,633 (est.)
Votes cast: 168,317,718 (44.49%) (est.)
Total seats: 785 (+53)

Notes
1. Roger Helmer was expelled from the EPP-ED group in 2005, but retains the whip of the British Conservative Party.
2. The figures for the Nordic Green Left Alliance and the European Anticapitalist Left include only those members that are not full members of the Party of the European Left.
3. See 2 above.
4. The EUDemocrats, while having a preference for the IND/DEM group, is currently split between UEN and IND/DEM.
5. In addition to the majority of AIDE MEPs which sit in the IND/DEM group, AIDE also includes Non-Inscrit MEP, Jim Allister, as an individual member.
6. The figures for the European Christian Political Movement exclude a number of members who hold concurrent membership of the European Peoples Party.
7. See 4 above.
8. These figures include parties listed on the Euronat page which appear to have links with Euronat short of full membership.

Other notes

• These figures estimate 'notional' voting figures based on changes in the configuration of EU political groupings since the 2004 elections and the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Their purpose is to better estimate the position which the groups will have to defend for the next European Parliament election.
• These figures incorporate the results of the 2004 Romanian Chamber of Deputies election and the 2005 Bulgarian National Assembly election, on which the distribution of Bulgarian and Romanian MEPs is temporarily based. These figures will consequentially change after the 2007 European Parliament elections in those countries.
• These figures include the ITS group.

New parties in the 2004 election

• In the United Kingdom, RESPECT The Unity Coalition was established to fight this election with the intention to use it as a springboard for a campaign against Tony Blair's government. The English Democrats Party appeared in England for the first time in 5 of the 9 English Constituencies, campaigning for an English Parliament and against English 'European' regions.

• A European Union-wide political party, the European Greens, was established in Rome on 21 February 2004 to contest this election.

• Swedish Junilistan (the June list) formed early in the year, meant to provide social democratic and right wing voters an EU sceptic alternative.

• In the Netherlands Europa Transparant of Paul van Buitenen got two seats.

• In Austria the Liste Hans-Peter Martin obtained two seats.

New inclusion

Gibraltar participated as a result of the judgement in Matthews v. United Kingdom

Political group reshuffle after the 2004 election

• Liberals: The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party created a new grouping by allying with MEPs from the French party Union for French Democracy (previously part of the EPP-ED), the Margherita Party (Italy) (previously part of the EPP-ED), other Italian members, the Lithuanian Labour Party and the Belgian MR-MCC (previously EPP-ED). The new allies formed the EDP and a new combined group, between the ELDR and the EDP, was formed with the name ALDE: the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

• Eurosceptics: Sweden's Junilistan, the pro-life League of Polish Families, and the French Combats Souverainistes joined the existing Europe of Democracies and Diversities group, which already includes the United Kingdom Independence Party. The group renamed itself Independence and Democracy (ID).

Other elections

The elections coincided with legislative elections in Luxembourg and presidential elections in Lithuania. They also coincided with local and regional elections in England and Wales, Irish local elections, regional elections in Belgium, local or regional elections in most of Italy, and state parliament elections in the German state of Thuringia.

See also

• List of Members of the European Parliament 2004-2009

References

External links

• European Union's site for the European Parliament election, covering all of the European Union
• National Information offices and national election web sites
• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• Election days in the 25 countries
• Czech Republic and the European Parliament elections 2004
• Evaluation of the European Parliament Elections (2004)

Results

• BBC News: EU-wide results
• Guardian: results in the United Kingdom
• Irish results from RTE
• Polish official results
• Full Danish official results
• Predicting the Future: the next European Parliament (pre-election prediction)

European Election information sites

• Ireland: European Parliament Office in Ireland election information
• Information from the Finnish Justice Ministry on the election
• attendance and voting records; software patents (see article software patent) and environmental issues (see articles green/environmental issues) collect data on how MEPs voted, in order that the electorate may have a better idea on how to vote on them.
• European Election Studies www.europeanelectionstudies.net

Candidates

• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• France
• Netherlands
• Sweden
• UK
• See German version of this article for the German and Austrian candidates

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