2004 European Parliament election in Poland

2004 European Parliament election in Poland

13 June 2004 2009 →
54 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	20.87%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jerzy Buzek Mirosław Piotrowski Anna Fotyga Party PO LPR PiS Alliance EPP IND/DEM AEN Seats won 15 seats 10 seats 7 seats Popular vote 1,467,775 969 689 771 858 Percentage 24.1% 15.92% 12.67%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ryszard Czarnecki Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Władysław Frasyniuk Party SRP SLD UW Alliance AEN / PES PES ALDE Seats won 6 seats 5 seats 4 seats Popular vote 656 782 569 311 446 549 Percentage 10.78% 9.35% 7.33%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Janusz Wojciechowski Dariusz Rosati Party PSL SDPL Alliance EPP PES Seats won 4 seats 3 seats Popular vote 386 340 324 707 Percentage 6.34% 5.33%
Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.

The radical populist Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.