European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)

Election for the 6th European Parliament^[1]

13 June 2004[1]
All 99 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	43.0%
First party Second party Third party   Party CDU/CSU SPD Green Seats before 53 33 7 Seats won 49 23 13 Seat change 4 10 6 Popular vote 11,476,897 5,547,971 3,079,728 Percentage 44.5% 21.5% 11.9% Swing 4.2% 9.2% 5.5% %   Fourth party Fifth party   Party PDS FDP Seats before 6 0 Seats won 7 7 Seat change 1 7 Popular vote 1,579,109 1,565,431 Percentage 6.1% 6.1% Swing 0.3% 3.0

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Germany was the election of MEP representing Germany constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. The vote was held on 13 June 2004.

The elections saw a heavy defeat for the ruling Social Democratic Party, which polled its lowest share of the vote since World War II. More than half of this loss, however, went to other parties of the left, particularly the Greens. The votes of the opposition conservative parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, also fell, though not as sharply as the SPD's. The liberal Free Democratic Party improved its vote and gained representation.

Results

 Summary of the results of Germany's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Union (CDU)			9,412,997	36.5	2.8	40 / 99	3
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)			5,547,971	21.52	9.2	23 / 99	10
	Alliance '90/The Greens (B'90/GRÜNEN)			3,079,728	11.94	5.5	13 / 99	6
	Christian Social Union (CSU)			2,063,900	8.0	1.4	9 / 99	1
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)			1,579,109	6.12	0.3	7 / 99	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)			1,565,431	6.07	3.0	7 / 99	7
	Republican Party (REP)			485,662	1.88	0.2	0 / 99	0
	Human Environment Animal Welfare Party (MUT)			331,388	1.29	0.6	0 / 99	0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE)			314,402	1.22	0.8	0 / 99	0
	Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE)			268,468	1.04	1.0	0 / 99	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			1,134,622	4.40	—	0 / 99	0
Valid votes				25,783,678	97.19
Blank and invalid votes				739,426	2.81
Totals				26,523,104	100.00	—	99 / 99	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				61,682,394	43.03	2.16
Source: Official results (in German)

References

External links

• Official results (in German)
• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)