European elections in France 2004

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 %

30th

20th

10

0

28.9

16.7

12.0

9.8

7.4

6.7

5.9

2.6

1.7

4.9

PS

UMP ^b

UDF

FN

Verts

MPF ^f

PCF

LO / LCR

CPNT

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+6.9

+3.9

+2.7

+4.1

-2.3

-6.4

-0.9

-2.6

-5.1

-4.1

PS

UMP ^b

UDF

FN

Verts

MPF ^f

PCF

LO / LCR

CPNT

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^b 1994 RPR / DL

^f 1999 RPF and MPF together

French seats in the European Parliament by political group

       

A total of 78 seats

• Left (PCF, PCR ): 3
• Socialists (PS): 31
• Greens / EFA (Verts): 6
• Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (UDF): 11
• European People's Party (UMP): 17
• Independence / Democracy (MPR): 3
• non-attached (FN): 7

The European elections in France in 2004 took place on 13 June 2004 as part of the EU -wide 2004 European elections instead. In France, 78 of the 732 seats in parliament were awarded, nine fewer than in 1999.

Suffrage

For the first time, a new voting system was used. France was divided into eight regional constituencies, with between 3 and 14 MPs being elected. The constituencies were: Nord-Ouest (12), Ouest (10), Est (10), Sud-Ouest (10), Sud-Est (13), Massif Central-Center (6) and Île-de-France (14 ). Then there was the constituency of Outre-Mer, in which the overseas territories , provided they were part of the European Union, were combined and in which three members were elected. There was a threshold clause of 5% per constituency .

Result

The turnout in France was 42.8%.

Party (s)	European party	be right	proportion of	+/-	Mandates	+/-	fraction
Parti socialist	SPE	4,960,756	28.90%	+6.96	31	+9	Socialists
Union for a Popular Movement	EPP	2,856,368	16.64%	+3.82	17th	+5	EPP-ED
Union pour la democratie française	EDP	2,053,446	11.96%	+2.68	11	+2	ALDE
Front National	-	1,684,947	9.81%	+4.12	7th	+2	non-attached
Les Verts	EGP	1,271,394	7.41%	−2.31	6th	-3	Greens / EFA
Mouvement pour la France	-	1,145,839	6.67%	F.	3	-3	IND / DEM
Parti communiste français , Alliance pour l'Outre-mer O	PEL , -	1,009,976	5.88%	−0.90	3	-3	GUE / NGL
Lutte ouvrière , Ligue communiste révolutionnaire	EAL	440.134	2.56%	−2.62	0	−5	GUE / NGL *
Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions	-	297.273	1.73%	−5.04	0	−6	EDD *
Rassemblement pour la France et l'indépendance de l'Europe	AEN	291.234	1.70%	F.	0	−7	UEN *
La France d'en bas	-	266,538	1.50%	-	-	-	-
Other parties (<1%)		889.453	5.24%	-	-	-	-
total		17.167.358	100.0%		78	−9

^* before the election

^F. In 1999, the MPF and RPF jointly received 2,304,285 votes and 13.05%.

^OAOM only in the Outre-mer constituency, where she won a seat for the Parti communiste réunionnais .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Élection européenne 2004. In: www.france-politique.fr. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Élus élections européennes 2004. In: www.france-politique.fr. Retrieved November 2, 2016 .