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| Leader | Hans-Gert Pöttering | Enrique Barón Crespo | ||
| Party | EPP | PES | ||
| Leader's seat | Germany | Spain | ||
| Last election | 224 | 180 | ||
| Seats won | 277 | 198 | ||
| Seat change | + 53 | +18 | ||
| Popular vote | 52,567,771 | 43,327,099 | ||
| Percentage | 34% | 25.8% | ||
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| Area | EU-25 |
| Dates | 10–13 June 2004 |
| Seats | 732 |
| Electorate | 342 million |
| Turnout | 45.6% |
| Previous | 1999 |
| Next | 2007 |
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| 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.
| European Parliament election, 2004 - Final results at 20 July 2004 | ||||||
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| Group | Description | Chaired by | MEPs | |||
| EPP-ED | Conservatives and Christian Democrats | Hans-Gert Pöttering | 268 | ![]() |
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| 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 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] | |
| European Parliament election, 2004 - Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Area | European Union (EU-25) | Sources |
| Dates | • Thursday June 10: Netherlands, United
Kingdom, • Friday June 11: Czech Republic, Ireland • Saturday June 12: Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Malta • Sunday June 13: 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] |
| European Parliament election, 2004 - Timeline | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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] | ||||||||||
| European Parliament election, 2004 - Delegation at 20 July 2004 | |||||
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| 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 | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 (ÖVP) | 7 (SPÖ) | 2 (GRÜNE) | 2 (Liste Dr.
Hans-Peter Martin) 1 (FPÖ) |
18 | 2.5% | 42.43% | |||||
| 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% | ||||
| 2 (DISY) 1 (GTE) |
1 (DIKO) | 2 (AKEL) | 6 | 0.8% | 71.19% | ||||||
| 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% | ||||
| 1 (Konservative) | 5 (S) | 3 (V) 1 (RV) |
1 (SF) | 1 (Folk B.) | 1 (Juni B.) | 1 (DF) | 14 | 1.9% | 47.9% | ||
| 1 (IL) | 3 (SDE) | 1 (K) 1 (ER) |
6 | 0.8% | 26.83% | ||||||
| 4 (Kok.) | 3 (SDP) | 4 (Kesk.) 1 (SFP) |
1 (Vihr.) | 1 (VAS) | 14 | 1.9% | 41.1% | ||||
| 17 (UMP) | 31 (PS) | 11 (UDF) | 6 (Les Verts) | 3 (PCF) | 3 (MPF) | 7 (FN) | 78 | 10.7% | 42.76% | ||
| 40 (CDU) 9 (CSU) |
23 (SPD) | 7 (FDP) | 13 (GRÜNE) | 7 (PDS) | 99 | 13.5% | 43.0% | ||||
| 11 (ND) | 8 (PASOK) | 3 (KKE) 1 (SYN) |
1 (LAOS) | 24 | 3.3% | 63.4% | |||||
| 12 (FIDESZ) 1 (MDF) |
9 (MSZP) | 2 (SZDSZ) | 24 | 3.3% | 38.5% | ||||||
| 5 (FG) | 1 (Labour Party) | 1 (Marian Harkin, indep.) | 1 (SF) | 1 (Kathy Sinnott, indep.) | 4 (FF) | 13 | 1.8% | 59.7% | |||
| 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% | |
| 2 (JL) 1 (TP) |
1 (LC) | 1 (PCTVL) | 4 (TB-LNNK) | 9 | 1.2% | 41.34% | |||||
| 2 (TS) | 2 (LSDP) | 5 (DP) 2 (LiCS) |
1 (VNDPS) 1 (LDP) |
13 | 1.8% | 48.38% | |||||
| 3 (CSV) | 1 (LSAP) | 1 (DP) | 1 (Déi Gréng) | 6 | 0.8% | 90.0% | |||||
| 2 (PN) | 3 (PL) | 5 | 0.7% | 82.37% | |||||||
| 7 (CDA) | 7 (PvdA) | 4 (VVD) 1 (D66) |
2 (GL) 2 (ET) |
2 (SP) | 2 (CU-SGP) | 27 | 3.7% | 39.3% | |||
| 15 (PO) 4 (PSL) |
5 (SLD) 3 (SDPL) |
4 (UW) | 10 (LPR) | 7 (PiS) | 6 (SRP) | 54 | 7.4% | 20.87% | |||
| 7 (PSD) 2 CDS-PP |
12 (PS) | 2 (PCP, within the CDU
coalition) 1 (BE) |
24 | 3.3% | 38.6% | ||||||
| 3 (SDKÚ) 3 (KDH) 2 (MKP) |
3 (SMER) | 3 (ĽS-HZDS) | 14 | 1.9% | 16.96% | ||||||
| 2 (NSi) 2 (SDS) |
1 (ZLSD) | 2 (LDS) | 7 | 1.0% | 28.3% | ||||||
| 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% | ||||
| 4 (M) 1 (KD) |
5 (SAP) | 2 (FP) 1 (C) |
1 (MP) | 2 (V) | 3 (Junilistan) | 19 | 2.6% | 37.8% | |||
| 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% |
The estimated votes by EU party are as follows:
| 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:
The notional results by EU party as at 8 January 2007 are as follows:
| Group | Votes | % Votes | Seats | +/- | Party/Subgroup | Votes | % Votes | Seats | +/- | ||
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| 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
Gibraltar participated as a result of the judgement in Matthews v. United Kingdom
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.
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