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Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 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 June and 14 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.
The European Parliament election, 2004 was the UK part of the European Parliament election, 2004. It was held on 10 June. It was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom using postal-only voting in four areas.
The European Parliament Election, 2004 was the Republic of Ireland component of the European Parliament Election, 2004. The voting was held on Friday, June 11, 2004. The elections coincided with the 2004 local elections.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Germany on June 13, 2004. The elections saw a heavy defeat for the ruling Social Democratic Party, which polled its lowest share of the vote since World War II. More than half of this loss, however, went to other parties of the left, particularly the Greens.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Austria on June 13, 2004. The parties of the left, the Austrian Social Democratic Party and the Greens, improved their share of the vote. The ruling conservative party, the Austrian People's Party, also improved its share, but this was at the expense of its coalition partner, the Austrian Freedom Party, whose vote dropped sharply.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on June 13, 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 Citizens Platform.
European Parliament election, 2004 in Latvia was held on June 12, 2004. This was Latvia's first European Parliament election. There were lists of candidates from 16 political parties. with a total of 1019 candidates.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on June 13, 2004. The elections produced little overall change in the distribution of seats in the European Parliament among Belgium's many political parties. The two socialist parties improved their vote, while the Green parties lost ground.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Cyprus on June 13, 2004. This was the first time Cypriot voters had elected members of the European Parliament.They were election of the six deputies who would be representing the Republic of Cyprus at the European Parliament. The number of registered voters was 483,311 – out of which 503 were Turkish Cypriots and 2054 EU nationals – while the total number of people who voted was 350.387 or 72,50% of the registered voters.
The first elections to the European Parliament after the EU accession were held in the Czech Republic on June 11 and June 12, 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Denmark on June 13, 2004. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic parties such as the June Movement.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Estonia on June 13, 2004. The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party. The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Finland on June 13, 2004. Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on June 13, 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Greece on June 13, 2004. The ruling New Democracy party made strong gains, while the opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement made smaller gains, both at the expense of minor parties.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Hungary on June 13, 2004. The ruling Hungarian Socialist Party was heavily defeated by the opposition conservative Hungarian Civic Union and other conservative parties.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Italy on June 13, 2004. Italy's highly fragmented party system made it hard to identify an overall trend, but the results were generally seen as a defeat for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and a victory for the centre-left opposition coalition identified with Romano Prodi, who was President of the European Commission until 2004, and was widely expected to re-enter Italian politics at the next election.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Luxembourg on June 13, 2004. The ruling Christian Social People's Party polled strongly, while the opposition Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party lost ground.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Malta on June 13, 2004 using the Single Transferable Vote. The opposition Malta Labour Party polled strongly.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the Netherlands on June 10, 2004. The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Slovakia on June 13, 2004. The turnout was lowest of any country in the European Union. Support evenly distributed among five parties.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Slovenia on June 13, 2004. The biggest surprise was the victory of the New Slovenia Christian People's Party over the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and the defeat of the Slovene People's Party, which did not win a seat. The parties on the right of centre that form the opposition in the Slovenian national parliament won this election.
Elections to the European Parliament were held in Sweden on June 13, 2004. The ruling Social Democrats polled poorly, but virtually all the established parties lost ground to the eurosceptic June List.
Gibraltar's first elections to the European Parliament were held on 10 June 2004 as part of Europe-wide elections. Although part of the European Union, Gibraltar had never before voted in European Parliamentary elections, in part due to its small electorate of just over 20,000 which would cause Gibraltar to be over-represented by about 30 times if even a single seat were to be assigned to it. This disenfranchisement was successfully challenged before the European Court of Human Rights http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/1999/Feb/matthews.eng%20rev.html and from 2004 Gibraltar was considered to be part of the South West England region for electoral purposes.