European Parliament election, 2004

European Parliament election, 2004

1999 ← 10–13 June 2004 → 2009

outgoing members ← → Members elected

All 732 seats to the European Parliament 367 seats needed for a majority Turnout 45.6%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Martin Schulz Graham Watson Party EPP PES ELDR Alliance EPP–ED PES ALDE Leader's seat Germany Germany South West England Last election 233, 37.2% 180, 28.8% 50, 8.0% Seats won 282 203 86 Seat change 40 7 43 Popular vote 52,567,771 43,327,099 Percentage 36.6% 25.3% 12.0% Swing 1.6% 3.5% 4.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit (pictured) Monica Frassoni Francis Wurtz Nigel Farage (pictured) Jens-Peter Bonde Party Green Left AEN Alliance Greens–EFA GUE/NGL ID Leader's seat Germany North-West Italy Île-de-France South East England Denmark Last election 48, 7.7% 42, 6.7% 16, 2.6% Seats won 41 37 36 Seat change 5 3 18 Percentage 5.7% 5.6% 5.1% Swing 2.0% 1.1% 3.5%

The largest European Parliament group as elected by each Member State:   EPP-ED   PES   ALDE   UEN   Two groups are tied

Majority Leader before election Hans-Gert Pöttering EPP–ED Majority Leader-Elect Hans-Gert Pöttering EPP–ED

  EPP-ED   PES   ALDE   UEN   Two groups are tied

Hans-Gert Pöttering
EPP–ED

Hans-Gert Pöttering
EPP–ED

Elections to the European Parliament were held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. The European Parliamental parties could not be voted for, but elected national parties aggregated in European Parliamental parties after the elections.

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