European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
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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-Defense of the Polish Republic, 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.
Results
Registered voters: 29,986,109
Votes cast: 6,265,062 (20.9%)
Invalid votes: 173,531 (2.8%)
Valid votes: 6,091,531 (97.2%)
| 2004 • 2009 • 2014 | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Platform (PO) | EPP | 1,467,775 | 24.10 | — | 15 / 54 | — | ||
| League of Polish Families (LPR) | AEN | 969,689 | 15.92 | — | 10 / 54 | — | ||
| Law and Justice (PiS) | AEN | 771,858 | 12.67 | — | 7 / 54 | — | ||
| Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (SoRP) | AEN + PES | 656,782 | 10.78 | — | 6 / 54 | — | ||
| Democratic Left Alliance – Labor Union (SLD–UP) | PES | 561,311 | 9.35 | — | 5 / 54 | — | ||
| Freedom Union (UW) | ALDE | 446,549 | 7.33 | — | 4 / 54 | — | ||
| People's Party (PSL) | EPP | 386,340 | 6.34 | — | 4 / 54 | — | ||
| Social Democracy (SDPL) | PES | 324,707 | 5.33 | — | 3 / 54 | — | ||
| Real Politics Union (UPR) | 113,675 | 1.87 | — | 0 | — | |||
| National Electoral Committee (NKWW) | 94,867 | 1.56 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Polish Initiative (IdP) | 88,565 | 1.45 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Others | — | |||||||
| Valid votes | 6,091,531 | 97.33 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 167,019 | 2.67 | ||||||
| Totals | 6,258,550 | 100.00 | — | 54 | — | |||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 29,986,109 | 20.87 | — | |||||
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- 9. Union of Real Politics (Unia Polityki Realnej) - 1,87 proc.,
- 10. National Electoral Committee of Electors (Narodowy Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców) - 1,56 proc.,
- 11. Initiative for Poland (Inicjatywa dla Polski) - 1,45 proc.,
- 12. Country Pensioners Party - People's Democratic Party (Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów) - 0,8 proc.,
- 13. Confederation Movement for Unemployed Protection (Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych) - 0,61 proc.,
- 14. All-Poland Citizen Committee "OKO" (Ogólnopolski Komitet Obywatelski "OKO") - 0,58 proc.,
- 15. Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) - 0,54 proc.,
- 16. Anti-Clerical Party of Progress "Reason" (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu "Racja") - 0,3 proc.,
- 17. Democratic Party of the Left (Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy) - 0,09 proc.
- 18. "Together for Future" ("Razem dla Przyszłości") - 0,05 proc.,
- 19. National Renaissance of Poland (Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski) - 0,04 proc.,
- 20. Polish National Party (Polska Partia Narodowa) - 0,04 proc.,
- 21. Greens 2004 (Zieloni 2004) - 0,27 proc.,
Opinion polls
| Polling firm | PO | LPR | PiS | SRP | SLD-UP | UW | PSL | SDPL | Others | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election results | 24,1% | 15,9% | 12,7% | 10,8% | 9,3% | 7,3% | 6,3% | 5,3% | 8,3% | 8,2% over LPR | |||
| PBS | 28% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 13% over LPR | |||
| TNS OBOP | 28,7% | 15,1% | 10,9% | 14,4% | 10,5% | 5,3% | 6,2% | 4,1% | 4,8% | 13,6% over LPR | |||
| Exit polls | |||||||||||||
| CBOS | 31% | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 15% over SRP | |||
| PBS | 30% | 11% | 11% | 18% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 12% over SRP | |||
| TNS OBOP | 27% | 13% | 6% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 4% | - | 24% | 11% over SRP | |||
| Ipsos | 27% | 12,6% | 16,5% | 16,5% | 4,6% | 3,8% | 3,4% | 5% | 10,6% | 10,5% over SRP/PiS | |||
| Pentor | 26% | 11% | 12% | 23% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 3% over SRP | |||
Polish MEPs Members of European Parliament
Civic Platform
- Jerzy Buzek, ex-prime minister, professor of technical sciences
- Zdzisław Chmielewski, historian, rector of Szczecin University
- Małgorzata Handzlik, publisher and journalist
- Stanisław Jałowiecki, sociologist and politician
- Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist
- Bogdan Klich, expert on international politics
- Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law
- Janusz Lewandowski, economist, ex-minister of privatisation
- Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn
- Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator
- Jacek Protasiewicz, philologist and politician
- Bogusław Sonik, lawyer and politician
- Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology
- Tadeusz Zwiefka, journalist
League of Polish Families
- Filip Adwent, physician and author
- Sylwester Chruszcz, architect and politician
- Maciej Giertych, politician and publicist
- Dariusz Grabowski, economist, politician and businessman
- Urszula Krupa, doctor of medicine, journalist
- Mirosław Piotrowski, professor of history
- Bogdan Pęk, zootechnologist and politician
- Bogusław Rogalski, historian, farmer and political activist
- Witold Tomczak, physician and politician
- Wojciech Wierzejski, politician and sociologist
Law and Justice
- Adam Bielan, politician
- Anna Fotyga, international trade expert, vice-mayor of Gdańsk (2002–2004)
- Mieczysław Janowski, doctor of technical sciences, local activist
- Michał Kamiński, journalist and politician
- Marcin Libicki, arts historian and politician
- Wojciech Roszkowski, historian, professor of politics
- Konrad Szymanski, lawyer, journalist and politician
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
- Marek Czarnecki, lawyer, journalist and politician
- Ryszard Czarnecki, historian, journalist and politician
- Bogdan Golik, animal doctor and business adviser
- Wiesław Kuc, economist and agriculture expert
- Jan Masiel, psychiatrist and business adviser
- Leopold Rutowicz, economist and businessman
Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union
- Adam Gierek, politician, son of Edward Gierek, communist leader of Poland in the 1970s
- Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg, economist and journalist
- Bogusław Liberadzki, economist, ex-minister of transport
- Marek Siwiec, journalist, politician, president's advisor
- Andrzej Szejna, economist, politician
Freedom Union
- Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs
- Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz, mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defence
- Grazyna Staniszewska, politician, senator
Polish People's Party
- Zbigniew Kuzmiuk, politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
- Zdzisław Podkański, historian and politician, vicechairman of PSL, ex-viceminister of culture
- Czesław Siekierski, agriculture aconomist, ex-viceminister of agriculture
- Janusz Wojciechowski, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004
Social Democratic Party of Poland
- Genowefa Grabowska, professor of international law, senator
- Józef Pinior, lawyer, economist and politician
- Dariusz Rosati, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs
Independent
- Paweł Piskorski, politician, ex-mayor of Warsaw
See also
References
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r., Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.
External links
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