2004 European Parliament election

Voting Days	File:Eunion.png
Thursday 10 June	Netherlands, United Kingdom
Friday 11 June	Czech Republic, Ireland
Saturday 12 June	Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia, Malta
Sunday 13 June	Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Elections to the European Parliament are being held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004. The 25 member states of the European Union use varying election days according to local custom. Votes will be counted simultaneously on June 13, and results made available on June 13 and 14; however, the Netherlands, voting on Thursday 10th, has called down criticism on itself from the European Commission by announcing its results as soon as they are counted, on the evening of its election day.

Approximately 343 657 800 people are eligible to vote, the second-largest democratic electorate in the world after India. The new Parliament will consist of 732 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The new member states will elect MEPs for the first time. It is the biggest transnational direct election in history.

Voting in the election, in the Netherlands

Results table

Party Country	EPP-ED	PES	ELDR	Greens/EFA	EUL/NGL	UEN	EDD	N.I.⁶	seats	total	turnout
Austria⁵	6 32.66%	6 33.45%	--	2 12.75%	0 0.77%	--	--	3 21%	18	2.5%	40%
Belgium	6	7	6	2	0	0	0	3	24	3.3%
Cyprus									6	0.8%
Czechia									24	3.3%
Denmark									14	1.9%
Estonia									6	0.8%
Finland	4 23.7%	3 21.1%	4+1 23.3+5.7%	1 10.4%	1 9.1%				14	1.9%	41.1%
France	29	33 29.9%		4 7%	2 7.7% (PC+LOLCR)				78	10.7%
Germany⁴	49 45.0%	23 21.3%	7 6.0%	13 11.8%	7 6.2%	-	-	- 9.7%	99	13.5%
Greece									24	3.3%
Hungary									24	3.3%
Ireland									13	1.8%
Italy⁷	29 37.2%	16 20.5%	9 11.5%	2 2.6%	5 7.6%	11.7%		8 10.3%	78	10.7%
Luxembourg									6	0.8%
Lithuania									13	1.8%
Latvia									9	1.2%
Malta									5	0.7%
Netherlands²	7 24.4%	7 23.6%	5 17.4% (1, 2)	2 7.4%	2 7.0%	-	2 5.9%	2 7.3%	27	3.7%	39.1%
Poland	19+3 28%+6%	6 11%	3 5%	-	-	7 12%	-	11+8 16%+13%	54	7.4%	15.4%
Portugal									24	3.3%
Sweden	5 23.8%	5 24.7%	3 16.1%	1 5.9%	2 12.8%			3 14.4% (jl)	19	2.6%	37.2%
Slovakia									14	1.9%
Slovenia	2 + 2 23,48 %+17,68%	1 14.17%	2 21.93%						7	1.0%	28.34%
Spain⁷	23 41.3%	25 43.3%	1 2.37%	1+1+1 5.29%	2 4.16%				54	7.4%	45.94%
United Kingdom³									78	10.7%
total⁴	150	99	25	28	16	16	2	33	732	100.0%	39.1%

¹ Due to calculation used to determine number of seats awarded to a party, the percentage of the vote will not exactly match the number of seats
² These are partial results, based on 99.9% of the votes. Sunday official results will be announced, but these will most likely be the same. The Dutch say they can legally publish partial results. [1].
³ The UK has already voted, but the results will be not be counted until Sunday (Monday in Scotland due to sabbath).
⁴ These are, of course, partial results
^{5^{Update: this is the final result for austria. N.I. contains both the FPÖ ("Haider") with 6.33 % /1 seat (this party suffers tremendous losses (-17%) and the list of Hans Peter Martin, who became notorious after leafing the PES, starting the "Spesenskandal" ("expense scandal"), and enspionaging other MEPS, with 14 % / 2 seats.

⁶N.I. may include more than one party and seats obtained will not be directly comparable with the party results shown

⁷These are final results taken from the official website [2]}}

Final results will also be available from the official EU website

New parties in the 2004 election

In the United Kingdom, the Respect Unity Coalition was established to fight this election with the intention to use it as a springboard for a campaign against Tony Blair's government.