2004 European Parliament election in Poland

2004 European Parliament election in Poland

13 June 2004 2009 →

54 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout20.87%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Jerzy Buzek Mirosław Piotrowski Anna Fotyga
Party PO LPR PiS
Alliance EPP IND/DEM AEN
Seats won 15 seats 10 seats 7 seats
Popular vote 1,467,775 969 689 771 858
Percentage 24.1% 15.92% 12.67%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Ryszard Czarnecki Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Władysław Frasyniuk
Party SRP SLD UW
Alliance AEN / PES PES ALDE
Seats won 6 seats 5 seats 4 seats
Popular vote 656 782 569 311 446 549
Percentage 10.78% 9.35% 7.33%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Janusz Wojciechowski Dariusz Rosati
Party PSL SDPL
Alliance EPP PES
Seats won 4 seats 3 seats
Popular vote 386 340 324 707
Percentage 6.34% 5.33%

Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency
Result by Powiats

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-Defence of the Republic of Poland, 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.