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European Parliament Election, 2004 (France)

European Parliament election, 2004 (France)
France
← 1999 13 June 2004 2009 →

74 seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
  Socialist rally Zenith 2007 05 29 n3.jpg Jean-Pierre Raffarin par Guillaume Kretz.jpg Bayrou-thiez-17-07-2006-054.jpg
Leader François Hollande Jean-Pierre Raffarin François Bayrou
Party PS UMP UDF
Last election 22 seats 13 seats 9 seats
Seats won 31 17 11
Seat change +9 +5 +2
Popular vote 4,960,756 2,856,368 2,053,446
Percentage 28.9% 16.6% 11.9%
Swing +6.9 +3.82 +2.7

Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on 13 June 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.

The elections were conducted in seven regional constituencies in metropolitan France, plus an eighth consisting of all overseas departments and territories. Allocation of seats was by proportional representation, with closed lists and no preferential voting, using the rule of the highest average, with a threshold of 5% of the votes in each.

For a national list in alphabetical order, see List of members of the European Parliament for France, 2004–09


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