European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)

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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on June 13, 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 Citizens 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.

[edit] 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%)

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Civic Platform (PO)	1,467,775	24.1	15
League of Polish Families (LPR)	969,689	15.2	10
Law and Justice (PiS)	771,858	12.7	7
Self-Defense of the Polish Republic (SRP)	656,782	10.8	6
Alliance of the Democratic Left Labor Union (SLD-UP)	561,311	9.3	5
Freedom Union (UW)	446,549	7.3	4
Polish Peasant Party (PSL)	386,340	6.3	4
Social Democracy of Poland (SDPL)	324,707	5.3	3
Others	506,520	8.3	-
Total	6,091,531	-	54

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 "EYE" (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.,

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

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