EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION, 2004 (POLAND)

'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.

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Independent

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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
Citizens 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.,
== Polish MEPs Members of European Parliament

= Platforma Obywatelska ===

★ 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
=== Liga Polskich Rodzin ===

★ 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
=== Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ===

★ 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
=== Samoobrona ===

★ Marek Czarnecki, lawyer, journalist and politician

★ Ryszard Czarnecki, historian, journalist and politician

★ Bogdan Golik, aminals doctor and business advisor

★ Wiesław Kuc, economist and agriculture expert

★ Jan Masiel, psychiatrist and business advisor

★ Leopold Rutowicz, economist and businessman
=== Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy ===

★ Adam Gierek, politician, son of Edward Gierek, communist dictator 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
=== Unia Wolności ===

★ Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs

★ Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator

★ Janusz Onyszkiewicz, mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defence

★ Grazyna Staniszewska, politician, senator
=== Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe ===

★ 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
=== Socjaldemokracja Polska ===

★ Genowefa Grabowska, professor of international law, senator

★ Józef Pinior, lawyer, economist and politician

★ Dariusz Rosati, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs

Independent

★ Paweł Piskorski, politician, ex-mayor of Warsaw

External links

★ European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

See also

Politics of Poland

References

★ ''Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r.'', Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.