2004 European Parliament election in Spain

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2004 European Parliament election in Spain
← 1999 13 June 2004 2009 →
All 54[lower-alpha 1] Spanish seats in the European Parliament
Opinion polls
Registered 34,706,044 Green Arrow Up Darker.svg2.6%
Turnout 15,666,491 (45.1%)
Red Arrow Down.svg17.9 pp
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Josep Borrell Jaime Mayor Oreja Ignasi Guardans
Party PSOE PP Galeusca
Alliance PES EPP–ED ALDE
Leader since 2 May 2004 22 April 2004 18 January 2004
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 24 seats, 35.3% 27 seats, 39.7% 4 seats, 8.0%[lower-alpha 2]
Seats won 25 24 2
Seat change Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1 Red Arrow Down.svg3 Red Arrow Down.svg2
Popular vote 6,741,112 6,393,192 798,816
Percentage 43.5% 41.2% 5.1%
Swing Green Arrow Up Darker.svg8.2 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.5 pp Red Arrow Down.svg2.9 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Willy Meyer Bernat Joan Alejandro Rojas-Marcos
Party IU–ICV–EUiA EdP CE
Alliance EUL–NGL Greens–European Free Alliance ELDR/G/EFA
Leader since 8 May 2004 17 April 1999 2004
Leader's seat Spain Spain Spain
Last election 4 seats, 6.5%[lower-alpha 4] 2 seats, 1.1%[lower-alpha 5] 2 seats, 3.4%[lower-alpha 3]
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Red Arrow Down.svg2 Red Arrow Down.svg1 Red Arrow Down.svg2
Popular vote 643,136 380,709 197,231
Percentage 4.1% 2.5% 1.3%
Swing Red Arrow Down.svg2.4 pp Green Arrow Up Darker.svg1.4 pp Red Arrow Down.svg2.1 pp
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The 2004 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 13 June 2004, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 6th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice were up for election.[lower-alpha 1]

The election saw a close race between the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had accessed power earlier in April in the wake of the 11M train bombings leading up to the 14 March general election, and the centre-right People's Party (PP), still reeling from its election defeat. It marked the only time the PSOE emerged as the largest party in a European Parliament election in Spain between 1989 and 2019. It also saw a considerable drop in turnout down to 45.1%, the lowest up until that point—a figure that would be outmatched by the turnout in the two subsequent European Parliament elections, 2009 (44.9%) and 2014 (43.8%).

Electoral system

The 54 members of the European Parliament allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice[lower-alpha 1] were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with no electoral threshold being applied to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory. Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.[1][2] However, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold depending on the district magnitude.[3]

Outgoing delegation

Outgoing delegation in May 2004[4]
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
European People's Party–European Democrats PP 27 28
UDC 1
Party of European Socialists PSOE 23 24
LV 1
European United Left–Nordic Green Left IU 4 4
Greens–European Free Alliance BNG 1 4
ERC 1
PAR 1
BNV 1
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party CDC 1 3
EAJ/PNV 1
UV 1
Non-Inscrits INDEP 1 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.[1]

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances		 Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Ref.
Votes (%) Seats
PP
List
 50px Jaime Mayor Oreja Conservatism
Christian democracy		 39.74% 27 [5]
PSOE
List
 50px Josep Borrell Social democracy 35.33% 24 [6]
Galeusca
List
 50px Ignasi Guardans Peripheral nationalism 8.02%[lower-alpha 2] 4 [7]
[8]
IU–ICV–EUiA
List
 50px Willy Meyer Socialism
Communism		 6.51%[lower-alpha 4] 4 [9]
[10]
CE
List
 50px Alejandro Rojas-Marcos Regionalism 3.44%[lower-alpha 3] 2
EdP
List
 50px Bernat Joan Peripheral nationalism 1.11%[lower-alpha 5] 2

The abertzale left tried to run under the umbrella of the Herritarren Zerrenda list (Basque for "Citizens' List").[11][12] However, the Spanish Supreme Court annulled HZ lists and banned them from running on 22 May 2004, as it considered that the candidacy's promoters and half of its candidates had links with the outlawed Batasuna and with the ETA environment.[13]

Opinion polls

The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font.

Color key:

      Exit poll

Results

Overall

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For results by autonomous community/constituency, see Results breakdown of the 2004 European Parliament election in Spain.
← Summary of the 13 June 2004 European Parliament election results in Spain →
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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes  % ±pp Total +/−
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,741,112 43.46 +8.13 25 +1
People's Party (PP) 6,393,192 41.21 +1.47 24 –3
Galeusca–Peoples of Europe (Galeusca)1 798,816 5.15 –2.87 2 –2
United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA (IU–ICV–EUiA)2 643,136 4.15 –2.36 2 –2
Europe of the Peoples (EdP)3 380,709 2.45 +1.34 1 –1
European Coalition (CE)4 197,231 1.27 –2.17 0 –2
The Greens–European Green Group (LV–GVE)5 68,536 0.44 –0.22 0 ±0
Cannabis Party for Legalisation and Normalisation (PCLyN) 54,460 0.35 New 0 ±0
Aralar (Aralar) 19,993 0.13 New 0 ±0
Socialist Action Party (PASOC) 13,810 0.09 New 0 ±0
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 11,820 0.08 –0.10 0 ±0
For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 9,202 0.06 New 0 ±0
Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) 8,180 0.05 New 0 ±0
Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)6 7,976 0.05 +0.02 0 ±0
Family and Life Party (PFyV) 7,958 0.05 New 0 ±0
New Green Left (NIV) 6,876 0.04 New 0 ±0
National Democracy (DN) 6,314 0.04 ±0.00 0 ±0
The Phalanx (FE) 5,935 0.04 –0.01 0 ±0
The Unemployed (Los Parados) 5,314 0.03 New 0 ±0
Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 5,267 0.03 –0.03 0 ±0
Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 4,484 0.03 New 0 ±0
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain–Internationalist Struggle (PCPE–LI) 4,281 0.03 –0.09 0 ±0
Humanist Party (PH) 3,923 0.03 –0.03 0 ±0
Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 3,454 0.02 –0.06 0 ±0
Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 3,308 0.02 –0.01 0 ±0
Catalan State (EC) 2,594 0.02 New 0 ±0
We–People's Unity (Nós–UP) 2,516 0.02 New 0 ±0
Authentic Phalanx (FA) 2,008 0.01 New 0 ±0
Liberal Coalition (CL) 1,719 0.01 New 0 ±0
Carlist Party (PC) 1,600 0.01 New 0 ±0
Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) 1,544 0.01 New 0 ±0
Basque Citizens (EH) n/a n/a –1.45 0 –1
Blank ballots 95,014 0.61 –1.08
Total 15,512,282 54 –10
Valid votes 15,512,282 99.02 –0.19
Invalid votes 154,209 0.98 +0.19
Votes cast / turnout 15,666,491 45.14 –17.91
Abstentions 19,039,553 54.86 +17.91
Registered voters 34,706,044
Sources[14][15]
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Footnotes:
Popular vote
PSOE
  
 43.46%
PP
  
 41.21%
Galeusca
  
 5.15%
IU–ICV–EUiA
  
 4.15%
EdP
  
 2.45%
CE
  
 1.27%
Others
  
 1.70%
Blank ballots
  
 0.61%
Seats
PSOE
  
 46.30%
PP
  
 44.44%
Galeusca
  
 3.70%
IU–ICV–EUiA
  
 3.70%
EdP
  
 1.85%

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 6th European Parliament (2004–2009)[16]
Groups Parties Seats Total  %
Party of European Socialists (PES) 24 24 44.44
European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) 24 24 44.44
Greens–European Free Alliance (G/EFA) 1
1
1		 3 5.56
European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) 1
1		 2 3.70
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 1 1 1.85
Total 54 54 100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:[17]

Elected legislators
# Name List
1 Josep Borrell Fontelles PSOE
2 Jaime María Mayor Oreja PP
3 Rosa María Díez González PSOE
4 Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda PP
5 Enrique Barón Crespo PSOE
6 José Gerardo Galeote Quecedo PP
7 Raimon Obiols i Germá PSOE
8 Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca PP
9 María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco PSOE
10 Ana Mato Adrover PP
11 Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García PSOE
12 Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero PP
13 Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop PSOE
14 José Manuel García-Margallo Marfil PP
15 Carlos Carnero González PSOE
16 María del Carmen Fraga Estévez PP
17 Ignasi Guardans Cambó Galeusca
18 Manuel Medina Ortega PSOE
19 José Javier Pomes Ruiz PP
20 Inés Ayala Sender PSOE
21 Willy Meyer Pleite IU–ICV–EUiA
22 Pilar del Castillo Vera PP
23 Emilio Menéndez del Valle PSOE
24 Luis de Grandes Pascual PP
25 Antolín Sánchez Presedo PSOE
26 Luis Herrero-Tejedor Algar PP
27 Iratxe García Pérez PSOE
28 Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra PP
29 Joan Calabuig Rull PSOE
30 Fernando Manuel Fernández Martín PP
31 Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar PSOE
32 Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo PP
33 Alejandro Cercas Alonso PSOE
34 Antonio López-Istúriz White PP
35 Josu Ortuondo Larrea Galeusca
36 Antonio Masip Hidalgo PSOE
37 Bernat Joan i Marí EdP
38 Francisco José Millán Mon PP
39 María Badía i Cutxet PSOE
40 Íñigo Méndez de Vigo Montojo PP
41 Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez PSOE
42 David Hammerstein Mintz PSOE
43 María del Pilar Ayuso González PP
44 Raül Romeva Rueda IU–ICV–EUiA
45 Rosa Miguélez Ramos PSOE
46 José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra PP
47 Javier Moreno Sánchez PSOE
48 Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines Corral PP
49 Teresa Riera Madurell PSOE
50 Salvador Garriga Polledo PP
51 María Isabel Salinas García PSOE
52 Daniel Luis Varela Suanzes-Carpegna PP
53 María Sornosa Martínez PSOE
54 María Esther Herranz García PP

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Note that while the Treaty of Nice initially allocated 50 seats to Spain, it provided for a total European Parliament size of 732 which—as a result of Bulgaria and Romania not acceessing the European Union until 2007—allowed for Spain to be awarded four additional seats, which it maintained for the entire 2004–2009 term.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Results for CiU (4.43%), CN–EP in the Basque Country and Navarre (1.94%), and BNG (1.65%) in the 1999 election.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Results for CE (3.20%), CN–EP in the Balearic Islands (0.10%), EU (0.07%) and PAS (0.07%) in the 1999 election.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Results for IU–EUiA (5.77%) and LV–IP in Catalonia (0.74%) in the 1999 election.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Results for CN–EP, not including the Balearic Islands, the Basque Country and Navarre (0.87%), LV–IP in Aragon (0.21%) and Andecha Astur (0.03%) in the 1999 election.

References

Opinion poll sources
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General, Organic Law No. 5 of 19 June 1985 Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Español)
  2. ↑ Treaty of Nice amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, 10 March 2001 Official Journal of the European Communities
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