2004 European elections

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2004 European elections
        

Distribution of seats by parliamentary group upon constitution
( gains / losses compared to the end of the previous legislative period ):

EPP-ED Christian Democrats, Conservatives 268 -27
SOZ Social Democrats, Socialists 200 -32
ALDE Liberals, centrists 88 +21
Greens / EFA Greens, regional lists 42 - 05th
VEL / NGL Leftists, socialists, communists 41 -14
Ind / Dem EU skeptics 37 +19
UEN National Conservatives 27 - 03
Non-attached 29 -15
total 732 -56

The European elections in June 2004 were the sixth European elections in which the members of the European Parliament were elected. It took place in the 25 member states of the European Union on one or two of four set election days: in Great Britain and the Netherlands on Thursday 10 June, in Ireland and the Czech Republic on 11 June, in Italy , Latvia and Malta on 12 June June, in the other 17 Member States on Sunday 13 June.

343,657,800 people were eligible to vote. The electoral system differed in detail from country to country: in 20 of the 25 states there was a national constituency, therefore only one list. There were 11 constituencies in Great Britain, 8 in France, 4 in Ireland, 4 in Belgium and 13 in Poland . Particularly in Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) and Belgium (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels) regional peculiarities were taken into account taken. In six countries, including Germany, the list was strictly specified and voters had to choose the candidates in the order in which they were on the list. In Ireland, Luxembourg and Northern Ireland, on the other hand, voters had as many votes as there were seats to be allocated and were free to vary .

There were threshold clauses in some countries : five percent (including Germany, France, Poland, the Czech Republic), four percent (Austria, Sweden) and three percent (Greece) or were obsolete because of the election in constituencies. The maximum limit was set at five percent across the EU. In many countries , the seats were allocated according to the d'Hondt method ; Germany distributed the seats according to the Hare-Niemeyer method .

Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union on January 1, 2007 ( eastward expansion, part II ). Both countries initially sent members who were appointed by the respective parliament. In Bulgaria there was a direct election on May 20, 2007 , and in Romania on November 25, 2007 .

See also the list of members of the 6th European Parliament

Distribution of seats

Distribution of seats when the Parliament was constituted on July 20, 2004:

fraction EPP-ED SOZ ALDE Greens / EFA GUE / NGL Ind / Dem UEN Other total
Belgium CD&V 3
N-VA 1
CDH 1
CSP 1
MCC 1 		PS 4
SP.A / Spirit 3 		MR 2
VLD / Viviant 3 		Groen 1
Ecolo 1 		VB 3 24
Denmark KF 1 SD 5 V 3
RV 1 		SF 1 N 1 Junib. 1 DF 1 14th
Germany CDU 40
CSU 9 		SPD 23 FDP 7 Green 13 Left 7 99
Estonia IL 1 SDE 3 EK 1
RE 1 		6th
Finland COC 4 SDP 3 Kesk 4
SFP 1 		Vihr 1 V 1 14th
France UMP 17 PS 31 UDF 11 LV 6 PCF 2
AO 1 		MPF 3 FN 7 78
Greece ND 11 PASOK 8 KKE 3
SYN 1 		LAOS 1 24
Ireland FG 5 Labor 1 Harkin 1 SF 1 Sinnott 1 FF 4 13
Italy FI 16
UDC 5
SVP 1
AP-UDEUR 1
PP 1 		DS 12
SDI 2
independent 2 		DL 7
LEB 2
SC 2
MRE 1 		Verdi 2 RC 5
PdCI 2 		LN 4 AN 9 NPSI 2
AS 1
MSFT 1 		78
Latvia JL 2
TP 1 		LC 1 PCTVL 1 TB / LNNK 4 9
Lithuania TS 3 LSDP 2 DP 5
LiCS 2 		VNDPS 1
LDP 1 		13
Luxembourg CSV 3 LSAP 1 DP 1 Green 1 6th
Malta PN 2 PL 3 5
Netherlands CDA 7 PvdA 7 VDD 4
D66 1 		GL 2
ET 2 		SP 2 CU / SGP 2 27
Austria ÖVP 6 SPÖ 7 Green 2 Martin 2
FPÖ 1 		18th
Poland PO 15
PSL 4 		SLD 5
SDPL 3
SRP 1 		UW 4 LPR 10 PiS 7 SRP 5 54
Portugal PSD 7
CDS-PP 2 		PS 12 PCP 2
BE 1 		24
Sweden M 4
KD 1 		SAP 5 FP 2
C 1 		MP 1 V 2 Junil. 2 19th
Slovakia SDKU 3
KDH 3
MKP 2 		SMER-SD 3 ĽS-HZDS 3 14th
Slovenia NSi 2
SDS 2 		ZLSD 1 LDS 2 7th
Spain PP 24 PSOE 24 CD 1
EAJ-PNV 1 		LV 1
ICV 1
ERC 1 		IU 1 54
Czech Republic ODS 9
SNK 3
KDU-CSL 2 		CSSD 2 KSCM 6 Nezávislí 2 24
Hungary Fidesz 12
MDF 1 		MSZP 9 SZDSZ 2 24
United Kingdom Cons. 27
UUP 1 		Labor 19th LibDem 12 GP 2
SNP 2
PC 1 		SF 1 UKIP 11 UKIP 1
DUP 1 		78
Cyprus DISY 2
GTE 1 		DIKO 1 AKEL 2 6th
total 268 200 88 42 41 37 27 29 732

literature

  • Christina Holtz-Bacha (Hrsg.): European elections 2004. The mass media in the European election campaign . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-531-14595-2 .
  • Oskar Niedermayer , Hermann Schmitt (eds.): European elections 2004 . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-531-14256-2 .
  • Jens Tenscher (Hrsg.): Election fight for Europe. Analyzes on the occasion of the 2004 elections to the European Parliament . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-531-14340-8 .

Web links

Commons : European elections 2004  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ europe-politique.eu
  2. ↑ until 1979 the national parliaments sent members of the European Parliament; They were directly elected for the first time in 1979 ( 1979 European elections ).
  3. ↑ a b www.wahlrecht.de