European elections in Slovakia 2004

European elections in Slovakia 20042009 →

(in %)

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20th

10

0

17.1

17.0

16.9

16.2

13.2

4.7

4.5

3.3

7.1

SDKÚ

HZDS

Smer

KDH

SMK

ANO

KSS

SF

Otherwise.

The 2004 European elections in Slovakia took place on June 13, 2004. 14 of the 736 seats to be allocated in the European Parliament were elected. It was the first European elections in Slovakia , shortly after joining the European Union on May 1, 2004. The polling stations were open between 7 am and 10 pm.

Parties and results

Party or coalition	be right	percent	Seats	fraction
Slovenská Demokratieická a kresťanská únia (SDKÚ)	119,954	17.09	3	European People's Party - European Democrats
Ľudová strana - Hnutie za Demokratické Slovensko (ĽS-HZDS)	119,582	17.04	3	Non-attached
SMER - sociálna demokracia (SMER-SD)	118,535	16.89	3	European Social Democratic Party
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (KDH)	113,655	16.19	3	European People's Party - European Democrats
Strana maďarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK-MKP)	92,927	13.24	2	European People's Party - European Democrats
Aliancia nového občana (ANO)	32,653	4.65	0
Komunistická strana Slovenska (KSS)	31,908	4.54	0
Slobodné forum (SF)	22,804	3.25	0
Coalition Slovenská národná strana , Pravá Slovenská národná strana	14,150	2.01	0
Coalition Hnutie za demokraciu , Ľudová únia	11,914	1.69	0
Občianska konzervatívna strana	7,060	1.00	0
AKTÍVNE ŽENY - OS Slovenska	4,940	0.70	0
Rómske kresťanské Demokratické hnutie v Slovenskej republike	4,856	0.69	0
Živnostenská strana Slovenska	2,464	0.35	0
Maďarská federalistická strana	1,598	0.22	0
Democratická únia Slovenska	1,354	0.19	0
Slovenská ľudová strana	1,241	0.17	0

The elections ended with relatively even results for the parties represented in the European Parliament. The bourgeois parties SDKÚ, KDH and SMK-MKP together won eight seats and were represented in the European People's Party - European Democrats . The opposition party Smer with three seats was part of the Social Democratic Party of Europe , while the HZDS with three seats was non-attached.

The ANO, which is involved in the government, and the opposition KSS just failed to pass the 5% hurdle.

The turnout was the lowest in the EU (16.96%; 714,508 out of 4,210,463), which was justified by the weak election campaign and lack of interesting topics.

Web links

• Statistical Office website for the 2004 European elections

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Slovak Spectator : Slovaks head to the EP