2004 European Parliament election in Spain

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2004 European Parliament election in Spain
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All 54 [lower-alpha 1] Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered34,706,044 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 2.6%
Turnout15,666,491 (45.1%)
Red Arrow Down.svg 17.9 pp
 First partySecond partyThird party
  J. Borrell 2005 (cropped).jpg Jaime Mayor Oreja 2009b (cropped).jpg Ignasi Guardans 2016b (cropped).jpg
Leader Josep Borrell Jaime Mayor Oreja Ignasi Guardans
Party PSOE PP Galeusca
Alliance PES EPP–ED ELDR (ALDE)
EPP
Leader since2 May 200422 April 200418 January 2004
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election24 seats, 35.3%27 seats, 39.7%4 seats, 8.0% [lower-alpha 2]
Seats won25242
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 3 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
Popular vote6,741,1126,393,192798,816
Percentage43.5%41.2%5.1%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 8.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.5 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 2.9 pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Willy Meyer 2014 (cropped).jpg Bernat Joan 2013 (cropped).jpg Alejandro Rojas-Marcos (cropped).jpg
Leader Willy Meyer Bernat Joan Alejandro Rojas-Marcos
Party IU–ICV–EUiA Europe of the Peoples (2004) CE
Alliance GUE/NGL
Greens/EFA 		Greens/EFA ELDR (ALDE)
Greens/EFA
Leader since8 May 200417 April 19992004
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election4 seats, 6.5% [lower-alpha 3] 2 seats, 1.1% [lower-alpha 4] 2 seats, 3.4% [lower-alpha 5]
Seats won210
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg 2 Red Arrow Down.svg 1 Red Arrow Down.svg 2
Popular vote643,136380,709197,231
Percentage4.1%2.5%1.3%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg 2.4 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg 1.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg 2.1 pp
2004 European election in Spain - Vote Strength.svg
2004 European election in Spain - AC results.svg

The 2004 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 2004, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 6th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice were up for election. [lower-alpha 1]

Contents

The election saw a close race between the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had accessed power earlier in April in the wake of the 11M train bombings leading up to the 14 March general election, and the centre-right People's Party (PP), still reeling from its election defeat. It marked the only time the PSOE emerged as the largest party in a European Parliament election in Spain between 1989 and 2019. It also saw a considerable drop in turnout down to 45.1%, the lowest up until that point—a figure that would be outmatched by the turnout in the two subsequent European Parliament elections, 2009 (44.9%) and 2014 (43.8%).

Electoral system

54 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice. [lower-alpha 1] Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights. [1] [2]

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. [1] The use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude. [3]

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in May 2004 [4]
GroupsPartiesMEPs
SeatsTotal
European People's Party–European Democrats PP 2628
UPN 1
UDC 1
Party of European Socialists PSOE 2324
LV 1
European United Left–Nordic Green Left IU 44
Greens–European Free Alliance BNG 14
ERC 1
PAR 1
BNV 1
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party CDC 13
EAJ/PNV 1
UV 1
Non-Inscrits INDEP 1 [lower-alpha 6] 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates. [1]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

CandidacyParties and
alliances		Leading candidateIdeologyPrevious resultRef.
Votes (%)Seats
PP Jaime Mayor Oreja 2009b (cropped).jpg Jaime Mayor Oreja Conservatism
Christian democracy 		39.74%27 [5]
PSOE J. Borrell 2005 (cropped).jpg Josep Borrell Social democracy 35.33%24 [6]
Galeusca Ignasi Guardans 2016b (cropped).jpg Ignasi Guardans Peripheral nationalism 8.02% [lower-alpha 2] 4 [7]
[8]
IU–ICV–EUiA Willy Meyer 2014 (cropped).jpg Willy Meyer Socialism
Communism 		6.51% [lower-alpha 3] 4 [9]
[10]
CE Alejandro Rojas-Marcos (cropped).jpg Alejandro Rojas-Marcos Regionalism 3.44% [lower-alpha 5] 2
EdP
List
 Bernat Joan 2013 (cropped).jpg Bernat Joan Peripheral nationalism 1.11% [lower-alpha 4] 2

The abertzale left tried to run under the umbrella of the Herritarren Zerrenda list (Basque for "Citizens' List"). [11] [12] However, the Spanish Supreme Court annulled HZ lists and banned them from running on 22 May 2004, as it considered that the candidacy's promoters and half of its candidates had links with the outlawed Batasuna and with the ETA environment. [13]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Color key:

  Exit poll

Results

Overall

← Summary of the 13 June 2004 European Parliament election results in Spain →
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Parties and alliancesPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Total+/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE)6,741,11243.46+8.1325+1
People's Party (PP)6,393,19241.21+1.4724–3
Galeusca–Peoples of Europe (Galeusca)1798,8165.15–2.872–2
United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA (IU–ICV–EUiA)2643,1364.15–2.362–2
Europe of the Peoples (EdP)3380,7092.45+1.341–1
European Coalition (CE)4197,2311.27–2.170–2
The Greens–European Green Group (LV–GVE)568,5360.44–0.220±0
Cannabis Party for Legalisation and Normalisation (PCLyN)54,4600.35New0±0
Aralar (Aralar)19,9930.13New0±0
Socialist Action Party (PASOC)13,8100.09New0±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)11,8200.08–0.100±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J)9,2020.06New0±0
Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP)8,1800.05New0±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)67,9760.05+0.020±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV)7,9580.05New0±0
New Green Left (NIV)6,8760.04New0±0
National Democracy (DN)6,3140.04±0.000±0
The Phalanx (FE)5,9350.04–0.010±0
The Unemployed (Los Parados)5,3140.03New0±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC)5,2670.03–0.030±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS)4,4840.03New0±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain–Internationalist Struggle (PCPE–LI)4,2810.03–0.090±0
Humanist Party (PH)3,9230.03–0.030±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE)3,4540.02–0.060±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL)3,3080.02–0.010±0
Catalan State (EC)2,5940.02New0±0
We–People's Unity (Nós–UP)2,5160.02New0±0
Authentic Phalanx (FA)2,0080.01New0±0
Liberal Coalition (CL)1,7190.01New0±0
Carlist Party (PC)1,6000.01New0±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL)1,5440.01New0±0
Basque Citizens (EH) n/a n/a–1.450–1
Blank ballots95,0140.61–1.08
Total15,512,28254–10
Valid votes15,512,28299.02–0.19
Invalid votes154,2090.98+0.19
Votes cast / turnout15,666,49145.14–17.91
Abstentions19,039,55354.86+17.91
Registered voters34,706,044
Sources [14] [15]
Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
 
43.46%
PP
 
41.21%
Galeusca
 
5.15%
IU–ICV–EUiA
 
4.15%
EdP
 
2.45%
CE
 
1.27%
Others
 
1.70%
Blank ballots
 
0.61%
Seats
PSOE
 
46.30%
PP
 
44.44%
Galeusca
 
3.70%
IU–ICV–EUiA
 
3.70%
EdP
 
1.85%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 6th European Parliament (2004–2009) [4]
GroupsPartiesSeatsTotal %
Party of European Socialists (PES)242444.44
European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED)23
1		2444.44
Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)1
1
1		35.56
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)1
1		23.70
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)111.85
Total5454100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators: [16]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Note that while the Treaty of Nice initially allocated 50 seats to Spain, it provided for a total European Parliament size of 732 which—as a result of Bulgaria and Romania not acceessing the European Union until 2007—allowed for Spain to be awarded four additional seats, which it maintained for the entire 2004–2009 term.
  2. 1 2 Results for CiU (4.43%, 3 seats), CN–EP in the Basque Country and Navarre (1.94%, 0 seats), and BNG (1.65%, 1 seat) in the 1999 election.
  3. 1 2 Results for IU–EUiA (5.77%, 4 seats) and LV–IP in Catalonia (0.74%, 0 seats) in the 1999 election.
  4. 1 2 Results for CN–EP, not including the Balearic Islands, the Basque Country and Navarre (0.87%, 2 seats), LV–IP in Aragon (0.21%, 0 seats) and Andecha Astur (0.03%, 0 seats) in the 1999 election.
  5. 1 2 Results for CE (3.20%, 2 seats), CN–EP in the Balearic Islands (0.10%, 0 seats), EU (0.07%, 0 seats) and PAS (0.07%, 0 seats) in the 1999 election.
  6. ↑ Koldo Gorostiaga, former EH MEP.

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