2004 European Parliament election in Germany

The election of MEPs representing Germany constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June 2004.[1]

2004 European Parliament election in Germany

← 1999 13 June 2004 2009 →

All 99 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout43.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CDU/CSU SPD Greens
Seats before 53 33 7
Seats won 49 23 13
Seat change Decrease4 Decrease10 Increase6
Popular vote 11,476,897 5,547,971 3,079,728
Percentage 44.5% 21.5% 11.9%
Swing Decrease4.2% Decrease9.2% Increase5.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party PDS FDP
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 7 7
Seat change Increase1 Increase7
Popular vote 1,579,109 1,565,431
Percentage 6.1% 6.1%
Swing Increase0.3% Increase3.0

The elections saw a heavy defeat for the ruling Social Democratic Party, which polled its lowest share of the vote since World War II. More than half of this loss, however, went to other parties of the left, particularly the Greens. The votes of the opposition conservative parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, also fell, though not as sharply as the SPD's. The liberal Free Democratic Party improved its vote and gained representation.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Union9,412,99736.5140–3
Social Democratic Party5,547,97121.5223–10
Alliance 90/The Greens3,079,72811.9413+6
Christian Social Union2,063,9008.009–1
Party of Democratic Socialism1,579,1096.127+1
Free Democratic Party1,565,4316.077+7
The Republicans485,6621.8800
Human Environment Animal Protection Party331,3881.2900
The Grays – Gray Panthers314,4021.2200
Family Party of Germany268,4681.0400
National Democratic Party241,7430.9400
Ecological Democratic Party145,5370.5600
Feminist Party of Germany145,3120.5600
From now on... Alliance for Germany List135,0150.520New
Party of Bible-abiding Christians98,6510.3800
Action Independent Candidates70,3010.270New
German Party62,0050.240New
Christian Centre46,0370.1800
Departure for Civil Rights, Freedom and Health43,1280.170New
German Communist Party37,1600.140New
Bavaria Party35,1520.1400
Centre Party26,8030.1000
Party for Social Equality25,7950.100New
Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität21,9830.0900
Total25,783,678100.00990
Valid votes25,783,67897.21
Invalid/blank votes739,4262.79
Total votes26,523,104100.00
Registered voters/turnout61,682,39443.00
Source: Federal Statistics Office

Results by state

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Results for each party by state.[2]

State Union SPD Grüne PDS FDP Others
  Baden-Württemberg 47.4 19.6 14.4 1.1 6.8 10.7
  Bavaria 57.4 15.3 11.7 0.9 4.2 10.6
  Berlin 26.4 19.2 22.8 14.4 5.3 12.0
  Brandenburg (formerly part of East Germany) 24.0 20.5 7.8 30.9 4.7 12.1
  Bremen 28.0 30.5 22.3 3.7 6.3 9.3
  Hamburg 36.7 25.3 24.6 2.8 5.5 5.2
  Hesse 41.2 24.5 15.0 2.1 7.6 9.5
  Lower Saxony 45.5 27.8 12.1 1.8 6.3 6.4
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (formerly part of East Germany) 42.4 16.1 4.8 21.7 3.9 11.1
  North Rhine-Westphalia 44.9 25.7 12.6 2.1 7.5 7.2
  Rhineland-Palatinate 47.4 25.7 9.1 1.2 6.5 10.2
  Saarland 44.6 30.0 7.8 2.0 4.5 11.1
  Saxony (formerly part of East Germany) 36.5 11.9 6.1 23.5 5.2 16.8
  Saxony-Anhalt (formerly part of East Germany) 34.3 18.5 4.5 23.7 5.6 13.5
  Schleswig-Holstein 47.0 25.4 13.2 1.8 6.3 6.3
  Thuringia (formerly part of East Germany) 37.8 15.4 5.5 25.3 4.2 11.8

References

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  1. ^ "Wahl zum 6. Europäischen Parlament am 13. Juni 2004" (in German). Bundeswahlleiter. Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  2. ^ Officer, The Federal Returning. "European Parliament election 2004 - The Federal Returning Officer". www.bundeswahlleiter.de.
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