European Parliament election, 2004 (Ireland)
Ireland European Parliament election, 2004
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| 13 seats to the European Parliament |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Enda Kenny |
Bertie Ahern |
Pat Rabbitte |
| Party |
Fine Gael |
Fianna Fáil |
Labour Party |
| Alliance |
EPP |
UEN |
PES |
| Leader since |
2 June 2002 |
19 December 1994 |
October 2002 |
| Last election |
24.6%, 4 seats |
38.6%, 6 seats |
8.7%, 1 seat |
| Seats won |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Seat change |
+1 |
–2 |
0 |
| Popular vote |
464,414 |
524,504 |
118,132 |
| Percentage |
27.8% |
29.5% |
10.5% |
| Swing |
+3.2 |
–9.1% |
+1.8% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Gerry Adams |
Trevor Sargent |
Joe Higgins |
| Party |
Sinn Féin |
Green Party |
Socialist Party |
| Alliance |
EUL–NGL |
Greens–EFA |
N/A |
| Leader since |
1983 |
6 October 2001 |
1996 |
| Last election |
6.3%, 0 seat |
6.7%, 2 seats |
0.8%, 0 seats |
| Seats won |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Seat change |
+1 |
-2 |
0 |
| Popular vote |
197,715 |
76,719 |
23,218 |
| Percentage |
4.3% |
4.3% |
1.3% |
| Swing |
+2.4% |
-2.4 |
+0.5 |
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Colours indicate winning party.
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The 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2004 European Parliament election. The voting was held on Friday, 11 June 2004. The election coincided with the 2004 local elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.
Since the 1999 European Parliament election Ireland's entitlement had fallen from 15 seats to 13 seats due to EU expansion and some constituencies boundaries and names were changed.
Results
Voting details
| Constituency |
Electorate |
Turnout |
Spoilt |
Valid Poll |
Quota |
Seats |
Candidates |
| Dublin |
821,723 |
435,136 (52.9%) |
13,239 (3.0%) |
421,897 |
84,380 |
4 |
12 |
| East |
806,598 |
471,895 (58.5%) |
18,717 (3.9%) |
453,178 |
113,295 |
3 |
13 |
| North-West |
688,804 |
435,910 (63.3%) |
14,487 (3.3%) |
421,423 |
105,356 |
3 |
9 |
| South |
802,359 |
498,394 (62.1%) |
14,124 (2.8%) |
484,270 |
121,068 |
3 |
10 |
| Total |
3,119,484 |
1,841,335 (59.0%) |
60,567 (3.3%) |
1,780,768 |
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13 |
44 |
Seats
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