European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
Poland European Parliament election, 2004
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| 54 seats to the European Parliament |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Donald Tusk |
Roman Giertych |
Jarosław Kaczyński |
| Party |
PO |
LPR |
PiS |
| Alliance |
EPP |
AEN |
AEN |
| Leader since |
1 June 2003 |
21 April 2001 |
18 January 2003 |
| Seats won |
15 seats |
10 seats |
7 seats |
| Popular vote |
1,467,775 |
969 689 |
771 858 |
| Percentage |
24,1% |
15,92% |
12,67% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Andrzej Lepper |
Krzysztof Janik |
Władysław Frasyniuk |
| Party |
Self-Defence |
SLD |
UW |
| Alliance |
AEN |
PES |
ALDE |
| Leader since |
10 January 1992 |
6 March 2004 |
14 October 2001 |
| Seats won |
6 seats |
5 |
4 |
| Popular vote |
656 782 |
569 311 |
446 549 |
| Percentage |
10,78% |
9,35% |
7,33% |
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Seventh party |
Eighth party |
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| Leader |
Janusz Wojciechowski |
Marek Borowski |
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PSL |
SDPL |
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| Alliance |
EPP |
PES |
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| Leader since |
16 March 2004 |
26 March 2004 |
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| Seats won |
4 |
3 |
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| Popular vote |
386 340 |
324 707 |
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| Percentage |
6,34% |
5,33% |
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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.
The radical populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
Results
Registered voters: 29,986,109
Votes cast: 6,265,062 (20.9%)
Invalid votes: 173,531 (2.8%)
Valid votes: 6,091,531 (97.2%)
Summary of the results of Poland's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
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| National party |
European party |
Leader(s) |
Votes |
% |
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Seats |
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Civic Platform (PO) |
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1,467,775 | 24.10 | — | 15 | — |
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League of Polish Families (LPR) |
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969,689 | 15.92 | — | 10 | — |
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Law and Justice (PiS) |
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771,858 | 12.67 | — | 7 | — |
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Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) |
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656,782 | 10.78 | — | 6 | — |
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Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union (SLD–UP) |
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561,311 | 9.35 | — | 5 | — |
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Freedom Union (UW) |
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446,549 | 7.33 | — | 4 | — |
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People's Party (PSL) |
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386,340 | 6.34 | — | 4 | — |
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Social Democracy (SDPL) |
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324,707 | 5.33 | — | 3 | — |
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Real Politics Union (UPR) |
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113,675 | 1.87 | — | 0 | — |
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National Electoral Committee (NKWW) |
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94,867 | 1.56 | — | 0 | — |
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Polish Initiative (IdP) |
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88,565 | 1.45 | — | 0 | — |
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Others |
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| Valid votes |
6,091,531 |
97.33 |
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| Blank and invalid votes |
167,019 |
2.67 |
| Totals |
6,258,550 |
100.00 |
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54 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout |
29,986,109 |
20.87 |
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| Source: |
- 9. Union of Real Politics (Unia Polityki Realnej) - 1,87 proc.,
- 10. National Electoral Committee of Electors (Narodowy Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców) - 1,56 proc.,
- 11. Initiative for Poland (Inicjatywa dla Polski) - 1,45 proc.,
- 12. Country Pensioners Party - People's Democratic Party (Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów) - 0,8 proc.,
- 13. Confederation Movement for Unemployed Protection (Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych) - 0,61 proc.,
- 14. All-Poland Citizen Committee "EYE" (Ogólnopolski Komitet Obywatelski "OKO") - 0,58 proc.,
- 15. Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) - 0,54 proc.,
- 16. Anti-Clerical Party of Progress "Reason" (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu "Racja") - 0,3 proc.,
- 17. Democratic Party of the Left (Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy) - 0,09 proc.
- 18. "Together for Future" ("Razem dla Przyszłości") - 0,05 proc.,
- 19. National Renaissance of Poland (Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski) - 0,04 proc.,
- 20. Polish National Party (Polska Partia Narodowa) - 0,04 proc.,
- 21. Greens 2004 (Zieloni 2004) - 0,27 proc.,
- Jerzy Buzek, ex-prime minister, professor of technical sciences
- Zdzisław Chmielewski, historian, rector of Szczecin University
- Małgorzata Handzlik, publisher and journalist
- Stanisław Jałowiecki, sociologist and politician
- Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist
- Bogdan Klich, expert on international politics
- Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law
- Janusz Lewandowski, economist, ex-minister of privatisation
- Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator
- Jacek Protasiewicz, philologist and politician
- Bogusław Sonik, lawyer and politician
- Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology
- Tadeusz Zwiefka, journalist
- Filip Adwent, physician and author
- Sylwester Chruszcz, architect and politician
- Maciej Giertych, politician and publicist
- Dariusz Grabowski, economist, politician and businessman
- Urszula Krupa, doctor of medicine, journalist
- Mirosław Piotrowski, professor of history
- Bogdan Pek, zootechnologist and politician
- Bogusław Rogalski, historian, farmer and political activist
- Witold Tomczak, physician and politician
- Wojciech Wierzejski, politician and sociologist
- Adam Bielan, politician
- Anna Fotyga, international trade expert, vice-mayor of Gdańsk (2002–2004)
- Mieczysław Janowski, doctor of technical sciences, local activist
- Michał Kamiński, journalist and politician
- Marcin Libicki, arts historian and politician
- Wojciech Roszkowski, historian, professor of politics
- Konrad Szymanski, lawyer, journalist and politician
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
- Adam Gierek, politician, son of Edward Gierek, communist leader of Poland in the 1970s
- Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg, economist and journalist
- Bogusław Liberadzki, economist, ex-minister of transport
- Marek Siwiec, journalist, politician, president's advisor
- Andrzej Szejna, economist, politician
- Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs
- Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz, mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defence
- Grazyna Staniszewska, politician, senator
- Zbigniew Kuzmiuk, politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
- Zdzisław Podkański, historian and politician, vicechairman of PSL, ex-viceminister of culture
- Czesław Siekierski, agriculture aconomist, ex-viceminister of agriculture
- Janusz Wojciechowski, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004
Social Democratic Party of Poland
Independent
See also
References
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r., Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.
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