European Parliament election, 2004 (Germany)

Election for the 6th European Parliament

June 13, 2004 (2004-06-13)
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 FDP PDS Seats before 0 6 Seats won 7 7 Seat change 7 1 Popular vote 1,565,431 1,579,109 Percentage 6.1% 6.1% Swing 3.0% 0.3%

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 June 13, 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)			9,412,009	36.5	2.8	40 / 99	3
	Social Democratic Party (SPD)			5,549,243	21.52	9.2	23 / 99	10
	Alliance '90/The Greens (B'90/GRÜNEN)			3,078,276	11.94	5.5	13 / 99	6
	Christian Social Union (CSU)			2,063,564	8.0	1.4	9 / 99	1
	Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)			1,579,693	6.12	0.3	7 / 99	1
	Free Democratic Party (FDP)			1,565,000	6.07	3.0	7 / 99	7
	Republican Party (REP)			485,691	1.88	0.2	0 / 99	0
	Human Environment Animal Welfare Party (MUT)			331,270	1.29	0.6	0 / 99	0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers (GRAUE)			314,204	1.22	0.8	0 / 99	0
	Family Party of Germany (FAMILIE)			267,361	1.04	1.0	0 / 99	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)				4.40	—	0 / 99	0
Valid votes				25,780,733	97.19
Blank and invalid votes				744,741	2.81
Totals				26,525,514	100.00	—	99 / 99	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				61,650,330	43.03	2.16
Source: Official results (in German)

External links

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