2004 European Parliament Election

The big-bang election

10–13 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


EPP-ED	European People's Party–European Democrats	Hans-Gert Pöttering	268	—
PES	Party of European Socialists	Martin Schulz	200	—
ALDE	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	Graham Watson	88	—
G-EFA	Greens–European Free Alliance	Daniel Cohn-Bendit & Monica Frassoni	42	—
EUL-NGL	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	Francis Wurtz	41	—
IND/DEM	Independence/Democracy	Jens-Peter Bonde & Nigel Farage	37	—
UEN	Union for Europe of the Nations	Brian Crowley & Cristiana Muscardini	27	—
NI	Non-Inscrits	—	29	—

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 25member states' MEPs divided among the political groups, with the national parties behind each delegation.


Belgium	6CD&V/N-VA, CDH, CSP	7PS, SP.A	6VLD, MR	2Groen!, Ecolo				3VB	24
Denmark	1C	5S	4V, B	1SF	1N	1J	1DF		14
France	17UMP	31PS	11UDF	6Verts	3PCF	3MPF		7FN	78
Germany	49CDU, CSU	23SPD	7FDP	13GRÜNE	7PDS				99
Ireland	5FG	1LAB	1Ind.		1SF	1Ind.	4FF		13
Italy	24FI, UDC, SVP, UDEUR, PP	16DS, SDI, Ind.	12DL, LB, IdV, MRE	2FdV	7PRC, PdCI	4LN	9AN	4SUE, AS, FT	78
Luxembourg	3CSV	1LSAP	1DP	1Gréng					6
Netherlands	7CDA	7PvdA	5VVD, D66	4GL, ET	2SP	2CU-SGP			27
United Kingdom	28CON, UUP	19LAB	12LD	5GPEW, SNP, PC	1SF	11UKIP		2UKIP, DUP	78
Greece	11ND	8PASOK			4KKE, Synaspismós	1LAOS			24
Spain	24PP	24PSOE	2CDC, EAJ	3Verdes, ICV, ERC	1IU				54
Portugal	9PSD, CDS-PP	12PS			3PCP, BE				24
Austria	6ÖVP	7SPÖ		2GRÜNE				3Martin, FPÖ	18
Finland	4Kok.	3SDP	5Kesk., SFP	1Vihr.	1VAS				14
Sweden	5M, KD	5SAP	3FP, C	1MP	2V	3JL			19
Cyprus	3DISY, GTE		1DIKO		2AKEL				6
Czech Republic	14ODS, SNK, KDU–ČSL, ED	2ČSSD			6KSČM	1Ind.		1Ind.	24
Estonia	1IL	3SDE	2K, ER						6
Hungary	13FIDESZ, MDF	9MSZP	2SZDSZ						24
Latvia	3JL, TP		1LC	1PCTVL			4TB/LNNK		9
Lithuania	2TS	2LSDP	7DP, LiCS				2VNDPS, LDP		13
Malta	2PN	3PL							5
Poland	19PO, PSL	8SLD, SDPL	4UW			10LPR	7PiS	6SRP	54
Slovakia	8SDKÚ, KDH, MKP	3SMER						3ĽS-HZDS	14
Slovenia	4NSi, SDS	1ZLSD	2LDS						7
Total	268	200	88	42	41	37	27	29	732