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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 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.
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 Republic of Poland (SoRP) |
656,782 |
10.8 |
6 |
| Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union (SLD-UP) |
561,311 |
9.3 |
5 |
| Freedom Union (UW) |
446,549 |
7.3 |
4 |
| Polish People's 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.,
- 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
- 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 Pek, zootechnologist and politician
- Bogusław Rogalski, historian, farmer and political activist
- Witold Tomczak, physician and politician
- Wojciech Wierzejski, politician and sociologist
- 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
- 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
Independent
See also
References
- Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r., Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.
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