2004 European Parliament election

none August 2025 May 2014 2004 European Parliament election European Union parliamentary 1993 no 1999 European Parliament election 1999 List of members of the European Parliament (1999–2004) 2009 European Parliament election 2009 List of members of the European Parliament (2004–2009) 10–13 June 2004 All 732 seats to the European Parliament 367 45.47%https://results.elections.europa.eu/en/turnout/ Turnout | 2004 European election results | European Parliament election-results.eu 4.04 pp Pöttering EC President Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Hans-Gert Pöttering European People's Party–European Democrats Germany 232 seats, 37.1% 295 268 36 3399FF MEP Schulz.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Martin Schulz Party of European Socialists Germany 180 seats, 28.8% 232 200 20 F0001C GrahamWatsonMEPHead and Shoulders.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Graham Watson Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe South West England 50 seats, 8.0% 67 88 38 FFD700 Europe Ecologie closing rally regional elections 2010-03-10 n14.jpg 160 60 160 0 60 1657914099274 20061207 CP FRASSONI 002 MOBILE.jpg 120 60 160 0 25 Daniel Cohn-Bendit Monica Frassoni Greens–European Free Alliance Germany North-West Italy 48 seats, 7.7% 47 42 6 32CD32 Francis Wurtz Front de Gauche 2009-03-08.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Francis Wurtz European United Left–Nordic Green Left Île-de-France 42 seats, 6.7% 55 41 1 8B0000 Nigel Farage MEP portrait 2.jpg 120 60 160 0 33 Jens-Peter Bonde MEP 1999.jpg 120 60 160 0 35 Nigel Farage Jens-Peter Bonde Independence/Democracy South East England Denmark 16 seats, 2.6% 18 37 21 F7AF20 2004 European Parliament election, political grouping breakdown by countries.svg 400px Post-election composition of each member state's delegation President of the European Parliament President of the European Parliament after election Pat Cox ELDR Josep Borrell PES The 2004 European Parliament election was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The electorate did not vote directly for European political parties, but they voted for candidates of national parties to the European Parliament. 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. Following the 2004 enlargement of the European Union which was finalized on 1 May 2004, this was the first European Parliament election to be held in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Results European Parliament election, 2004 - Final results on 20 July 2004GroupDescriptionChaired byMEPs  EPP-EDConservatives and Christian democratsHans-Gert Pöttering268 250px  PESSocial democratsMartin Schulz200  ALDELiberals and liberal democratsGraham Watson88  G–EFAGreens and regionalistsDaniel Cohn-BenditMonica Frassoni42  EUL–NGLDemocratic socialists and communistsFrancis Wurtz41  ID EuroscepticsJens-Peter BondeNigel Farage37  UENNational conservativesBrian CrowleyCristiana Muscardini27  NIIndependents and far rightnone29Total: 732Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090327180927/http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/institute/iur/materials/Introduction%20to%20Europe%20-%20Leaflets.pdf 27 March 2009 Seats summary #ddd 515px 350px EPP–ED #3399FF 36.61 PES #FF0000 27.32 ALDE #FFFF00 12.02 G–EFA #009900 5.74 GUE/NGL #990000 5.60 ID #f7af20 5.05 UEN #4F6BA2 3.69 NI #DDDDDD 3.96 Statistics European Parliament election, 2004 - StatisticsAreaEuropean Union (EU-25)SourcesDates 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, SwedenSeats732Candidatesover 14,600Electorate342 millionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100228053536/http://www.ivu.de/es/referencias/gobierno-electrnico/ 28 February 2010 Turnout45.6%Previous1999 European Parliament electionn/aNext2009 European Parliament electionn/aElection methodsAll proportional representation. 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 Cutoff? 5%: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia 4%: Austria, Sweden 3%: Greece none: the restSeat 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 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 restMinimum voting age18Presidential 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 European Parliament election, 2004 - TimelineFifth Parliament 2004 Election Regrouping Sixth ParliamentGroups Pre-enlargementApril 30 Pre-electionsMay 5 Change ResultsJune 30 Change ResultsJuly 20 NewGroupsFirst sessionJuly 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 27Total 626 788 -56 732 0 732Total 732Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20090327180927/http://www.jura.uni-duesseldorf.de/institute/iur/materials/Introduction%20to%20Europe%20-%20Leaflets.pdf 27 March 2009 European Parliament election, 2004 - Delegation at 20 July 2004GroupDescriptionDetails%MEPs  EPP-EDConservatives and Christian democratsGermany 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  PESSocial democratsGermany 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 127%200  ALDELiberals and liberal democratsGermany 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/EFAGreens and regionalistsGermany 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/NGLLeft-wing groupGermany 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 66%41  IND/DEMEuroscepticsDenmark 1, France 3, Ireland 1, Italy 4, Netherlands 2, UK 11, Greece 1, Sweden 3, Poland 10, Czech Republic 1 5%37  NIIndependentsBelgium 3, France 7, Italy 4, UK 2, Austria 3, Poland 6, Czech Republic 1, Slovakia 34%29  UENNational conservativesDenmark 1, Ireland 4, Italy 9, Latvia 4, Lithuania 2, Poland 74%27Sources: 100%732 Results by country The national results as at 21 July 2004 are as follows: Party groupCountryEPP-EDPESELDRGreens-EFAEUL-NGLIDUENothersMEPs%TurnoutAustria6 (ÖVP)7 (SPÖ)2 (GRÜNE)2 (Martin)1 (FPÖ)182.5%42.43% Belgium4 (CD&V/N-VA)1 (CDH)1 (CSP)4 (PS)3 (SP.A)3 (VLD)3 (MR)1 (Groen!)1 (Ecolo)3 (VB)243.3%90.81%Cyprus2 (DISY)1 (GTE)1 (DIKO)2 (AKEL)60.8%71.19%Czech Republic9 (ODS)2 (SNK)SNK Within the SNK-ED coalition2 (KDU–ČSL)1 (ED)SNK2 (ČSSD)6 (KSČM)1 (Ind.)1 (Ind.)243.3%28.32%Denmark1 (C)5 (S)3 (V)1 (B)1 (SF)1 (N)1 (J)1 (DF)141.9%47.9%Estonia1 (IL)3 (SDE)1 (K)1 (ER)60.8%26.83%Finland4 (Kok.)3 (SDP)4 (Kesk.)1 (SFP)1 (Vihr.)1 (VAS)141.9%41.1%France17 (UMP)31 (PS)11 (UDF)6 (Verts)3 (PCF)3 (MPF)7 (FN)7810.7%42.76%Germany40 (CDU)9 (CSU)23 (SPD)7 (FDP)13 (GRÜNE)7 (PDS)9913.5%43.0%Greece11 (ND)8 (PASOK)3 (KKE)1 (Synaspismós)1 (LAOS)243.3%63.4%Hungary12 (FIDESZ)1 (MDF)9 (MSZP)2 (SZDSZ)243.3%38.5%Ireland5 (FG)1 (LAB)1 (Ind.)1 (SF)1 (Ind.)4 (FF)131.8%59.7%Italy16 (FI)5 (UDC)1 (SVP)1 (UDEUR)1 (PP)12 (DS)Ulivo Within the Olive Tree coalition2 (SDI)Ulivo2 (Ind.)Ulivo7 (DL)Ulivo2 (LB)2 (IdV)1 (MRE)Ulivo2 (FdV)5 (PRC)2 (PdCI)4 (LN)9 (AN)2 (SUE)1 (AS)1 (FT)7810.7%73.1%Latvia2 (JL)1 (TP)1 (LC)1 (PCTVL)4 (TB/LNNK)91.2%41.34%Lithuania2 (TS)2 (LSDP)5 (DP)2 (LiCS)1 (VNDPS)1 (LDP)131.8%48.38%Luxembourg3 (CSV)1 (LSAP)1 (DP)1 (Gréng)60.8%90.0%Malta2 (PN)3 (PL)50.7%82.37%Netherlands7 (CDA)7 (PvdA)4 (VVD)1 (D66)2 (GL)2 (ET)2 (SP)2 (CU-SGP)273.7%39.3%Poland15 (PO)4 (PSL)5 (SLD)3 (SDPL)4 (UW)10 (LPR)7 (PiS)6 (SRP)547.4%20.87%Portugal7 (PSD)2 (CDS-PP)12 (PS)2 (PCP)CDU Within the CDU coalition1 (BE)243.3%38.6%Slovakia3 (SDKÚ)3 (KDH)2 (MKP)3 (SMER)3 (ĽS-HZDS)141.9%16.96%Slovenia2 (NSi)2 (SDS)1 (ZLSD)2 (LDS)71.0%28.3%Spain24 (PP)24 (PSOE)1 (CDC)Galeusca Within the Galeusca coalition1 (EAJ)Galeusca Within the Galeusca coalition1 (Verdes)PSOE Included in the PSOE list following an agreement between both parties1 (ICV)IU-ICV-EUiA Within the IU-ICV-EUiA coalition1 (ERC)EDP Within the EdP coalition1 (IU)IU-ICV-EUiA547.4%45.1%Sweden4 (M)1 (KD)5 (SAP)2 (FP)1 (C)1 (MP)2 (V)3 (JL)192.6%37.8%United KingdomGibraltar Including Gibraltar (details)27 (CON)1 (UUP)19 (LAB)12 (LD)2 (GPEW)2 (SNP)1 (PC)1 (SF)11 (UKIP)1 (UKIP)1 (DUP)7810.7%38.9%Total268200884241372729732100.0%45.6% Results by EU party (2004 estimated result) table September 2007 The estimated votes by EU party are as follows: +European Parliament Election 2004 estimated votes byEU partyGroup Votes % Votes Seats +/-Party/Subgroup Votes % Votes Seats +/- EPP-ED52,534,61234.0%277   EPP44,670,81028.9%227   ED5,189,1963.4%37   Independents2,674,6061.7%13    PES37,271,45324.1%198   PES36,716,59323.8%193   Independents554,8600.4%5    ELDR 13,732,594 8.9% 66   ELDR10,835,2137.0%59   Independents2,897,3811.9%7    EUL/NGL 9,999,413 6.5% 41   PEL 5,512,9043.6%17   NGLA1623,4010.4%4   EACL²529,7820.3%0   Independents3,333,3272.2%20    G/EFA 9,742,287 6.3% 40   EGP 8,290,6095.4%33   EFA946,8340.6%4   Independents504,8440.3%3    NI13,745,8478.9%68    Independents13,745,8478.9%68    UEN 6,141,614 4.0% 27    UEN 6,141,614 4.0% 27    EDD 3,611,803 2.3% 15   ECPM3 341,8950.2%1   Independents3,269,9082.1%14 Not elected 7,094,1424.6%0 Not elected 7,094,1424.6%0 Total 154,317,718100%732 Total 154,317,718100%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 notional result) table September 2007 The notional results by EU party as at 8 January 2007 are as follows: +European Parliament Election 2004: Estimated notional results, January 2007Group Votes % Votes Seats +/-Party/Subgroup Votes % Votes Seats +/- EPP-ED52,567,77134.1%2770  EPP46,183,93227.5%232 +5  ED15,628,0523.3%39 +2  Independents755,7861.6%6 −7   PES43,327,09925.8%218 +20  PES41,598,38324.7%211 +18  Independents1,728,7161.0%7 +2   ALDE 21,375,247 12.7% 106 +40  ELDR14,106,1168.4%76 +17EDP6,037,4533.6%25 +25  Independents1,231,6780.7%5 −2   EUL/NGL 9,873,587 5.9% 41 0  PEL 6,842,4894.1%28 +10  NGLA²623,4010.4%40  EACL3345,9620.2%00  Independents2,061,7351.2%9 −10   G/EFA 10,182,153 6.1% 42 +2  EGP8,457,9695.0%330  EFA1,277,0420.8%6 +2Paul van Buitenen174,5780.1%1  Independents272,5640.2%2 −1   NI 10,218,366 6.1% 14 -54  Hans-Peter Martin262,2720.2%11  Roger Helmer185,6810.1%11  Jim Allister175,7610.1%11   Independents1,658,3741.0%11 −57   UEN 8,934,925 5.3% 44 +17  AEN 5,457,1153.2%26 +26  EUD4547,3180.3%5 +5  Independents2,980,4911.8%13 −14   IND/DEM 5,265,991 3.1% 23 +8ADIE51,687,7181.0%77  ECPM6 341,8950.2%10  EUD7294,8870.2%22  Independents2,941,4911.7%13 −1 ITS6,135,6713.6%200  Euronat85,465,5453.2%170   Ashley Mote215,5560.1%10  Independents454,5700.3%20Not elected 8,107,7464.8%0 Not elected 8,107,7464.8%0 Total 168,222,513100%785 +53Total 168,222,513100%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 right|thumb|Voting in the election, in the Netherlands 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. A temporary leftist coalition known as the Left List campaigned, but did not win any 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 anti-abortion League of Polish Families, and the French Combats Souverainistes joined the existing Europe of Democracies and Diversities group, which already included the UK Independence Party (UKIP). The group renamed itself Independence and Democracy (ID). See also List of members of the European Parliament (2004–2009) Concurrent elections Belgium Belgium: regional elections Germany Germany: 2004 Thuringian state election Ireland Ireland: local elections Italy Italy: 2004 Sardinian regional election Lithuania Lithuania: presidential election Luxembourg Luxembourg: general elections United Kingdom United Kingdom: local elections 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 resultsJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes 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. 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