2004 European Parliament Election
The big-bang election10–13 June 2004 · Enlargement & empowerment · 732 seats, 367 for a majority · 25 member states
The first election after the big-bang enlargement: 342 million eligible voters in 25 countries, the largest transnational vote ever held to that point. Ten mostly ex-communist new member states elected their first MEPs, turnout hit a new low of 45%, and UKIP's 12 seats previewed a rising eurosceptic tide.
President of the European Parliament before
Pat Cox
ELDR
President of the European Parliament after
Josep Borrell
PES
Largest group
EPP-ED
268 of 732 seats
Turnout
45.5%
across 25 member states
The Parliament it elected
Group composition at or immediately after the Parliament's constitutive session; groups form and dissolve between elections, so totals elsewhere may differ. Vote shares are EU-wide shares for the parties that formed each group, where the source reports them.
The result by member state
How each of the 25 member states' MEPs divided among the political groups, with the national parties behind each delegation.