2004 European Parliament election in Poland

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2004 European Parliament election in Poland
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13 June 2004 2009  

54 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout20.87%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Paweł Piskorski Wojciech Wierzejski Michał Kamiński
Party PO LPR PiS
Alliance EPP IND/DEM AEN
Seats won15107
Popular vote1,467,775969,689771,858
Percentage24.1%15.9%12.7%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Ryszard Czarnecki Adam Gierek Bronisław Geremek
Party SRP SLD UW
Alliance AEN/PES PES ALDE
Seats won654
Popular vote656,782569,311446,549
Percentage10.8%9.4%7.3%

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
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Leader Janusz Wojciechowski Dariusz Rosati
Party PSL SDPL
Alliance EPP PES
Seats won43
Popular vote386,340324,707
Percentage6.3%5.3%

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

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election. They were the first European Parliament elections held in Poland after the country's accession to the European Union in May 2004. Poland was allotted 54 members of the European Parliament. 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.

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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.

Opinion polls

Polling firm PO LPR PiS SRP SLD-UP UW PSL SDPL OthersLead
Election results24.1%15.9%12.7%10.8%9.3%7.3%6.3%5.3%8.3%8.2% over LPR
PBS 28%15%12%14%11%5%6%4%5%13% over LPR
TNS OBOP 28.7%15.1%10.9%14.4%10.5%5.3%6.2%4.1%4.8%13.6% over LPR
Exit polls
CBOS 31%8%14%16%10%3%4%5%9%15% over SRP
PBS 30%11%11%18%8%5%7%4%6%12% over SRP
TNS OBOP 27%13%6%16%6%4%4%24%11% over SRP
Ipsos 27%12.6%16.5%16.5%4.6%3.8%3.4%5%10.6%10.5% over SRP/PiS
Pentor 26%11%12%23%8%3%6%6%5%3% over SRP
Primary election 21.1%6.9%8.4%18.4%11.3%7.3%3.9%9%13.7%2.7% over SRP

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Civic Platform 1,467,77524.1015
League of Polish Families 969,68915.9210
Law and Justice 771,85812.677
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 656,78210.786
Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union 569,3119.355
Freedom Union 446,5497.334
Polish People's Party 386,3406.344
Social Democracy of Poland 324,7075.333
Real Politics Union 113,6751.870
National Electoral Committee 94,8671.560
Initiative for Poland 88,5651.450
KPEiRPLD 48,6670.800
Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych 36,9370.610
All-Poland Civic Coalition 35,1800.580
Polish Labour Party 32,8070.540
Reason Party 18,0680.300
Greens 2004 16,2880.270
Democratic Party of the Left 5,5130.090
Together for the Future 2,8970.050
National Revival of Poland 2,5460.040
Polish National Party 2,5100.040
Total6,091,531100.0054
Valid votes6,091,53197.33
Invalid/blank votes167,0192.67
Total votes6,258,550100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,986,10920.87
Source: PKW

Elected members

Civic Platform

League of Polish Families

Law and Justice

Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland

Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union

Freedom Union

Polish People's Party

Social Democratic Party of Poland

Independent

See also

References