European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Spain was the election of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing Spain constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13.

Overview

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party polled strongly partially thanks to a collapse in the vote of the United Left, which lost half of its seats.

The People's Party lost two deputies (although its vote percentage rose more than 1.8%) due to the reduction in the total number of seats.

The new nationalist coalition GalEusCa won two seats, but, compared to the results obtained in 1999 by its separate components (both Convergence and Unity and the Galician Nationalist Bloc stood on their own by 1999, and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) was allied with Europe of the Peoples), it lost three seats.

The other nationalist coalition, Europe of the Peoples, comparatively maintained its result (one seat). In fact, it won two seats in 1999, but the PNV switched allies between 1999 and 2004 and chose GalEusCa this time.

Results

 Summary of the results of Spain's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Josep Borrell 6,741,112 43.46 8.13 Increase
25 / 54
1 Increase
People's Party (PP) Jaime Mayor Oreja 6,393,192 41.21 1.47 Increase
24 / 54
3 Decrease
Galeusca - Peoples of Europe (GALEUSCA) Ignasi Guardans 798,816 5.15 new
2 / 54
2 Increase
United Left (IU-ICV-EUIA) Willy Meyer 643,136 4.15 1.06 Decrease
2 / 54
2 Decrease
Europe of the Peoples (EDP) Bernat Joan 380,709 2.45 new
1 / 54
1 Increase
European Coalition (CE) Alejandro Rojas-Marcos 197,231 1.27
0 / 54
Others 263,072 1.70
0 / 54
0 Steady
Valid votes 15,512,282 99.02
Blank and invalid votes 154,209 0.98
Totals 15,666,491 100.00
54 / 54
10 Decrease
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 34,706,044 45.14
Source:
Vote share
PSOE
 
43.46%
PP
 
41.21%
GALEUSCA
 
5.15%
IU
 
4.15%
EDP
 
2.45%
CE
 
1.27%
Others
 
1.70%
Blank
 
0.61%
Parliamentary seats
PSOE
 
46.30%
PP
 
44.44%
GALEUSCA
 
3.70%
IU
 
3.70%
EDP
 
1.85%

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