2004 European Parliament election in Finland

The 2004 European Parliament election in Finland was the election of MEP representing Finland constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. Both the Finnish Social Democratic Party and the Finnish Centre Party improved their vote at the expense of the conservative National Coalition Party and the Greens.

2004 European Parliament election in Finland

← 1999 13 June 2004 2009 →
14 seats to the European Parliament

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Coalition Party	392,771	23.71	4	0
	Centre Party	387,217	23.37	4	0
	Social Democratic Party	350,525	21.16	3	0
	Green League and Independents	172,844	10.43	1	–1
	Left Alliance	151,291	9.13	1	0
	Swedish People's Party	94,421	5.70	1	0
	Christian Democrats	70,845	4.28	0	–1
	Communist Party of Finland	10,134	0.61	0	0
	Finns Party	8,900	0.54	0	0
	For the Poor	5,687	0.34	0	New
	Liberals	3,558	0.21	0	New
	Retirees for the People	3,279	0.20	0	0
	Finnish People's Blue-Whites	3,248	0.20	0	New
	Finland – Fatherland	1,864	0.11	0	New
Total		1,656,584	100.00	14	–2
Valid votes		1,656,584	99.38
Invalid/blank votes		10,348	0.62
Total votes		1,666,932	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,227,987	39.43
Source: Tilastokeskus

Most voted-for candidates

Candidate		Party	Votes	Change
	Anneli Jäätteenmäki	Centre Party	149,646
	Alexander Stubb	National Coalition Party	115,224
	Satu Hassi	Green League	74,714
	Esko Seppänen	Left Alliance	72,401	+12,447
	Ville Itälä	National Coalition Party	65,439
	Reino Paasilinna	Social Democratic Party	64,305	+101
	Piia-Noora Kauppi	National Coalition Party	62,995	+44,774
	Riitta Myller	Social Democratic Party	55,133	+7,194
	Kyösti Virrankoski	Centre Party	51,415	+1,340
	Lasse Lehtinen	Social Democratic Party	47,186
	Paavo Väyrynen	Centre Party	44,123
	Outi Ojala	Left Alliance	37,053
	Ulpu Iivari	Social Democratic Party	35,399
	Eija-Riitta Korhola	National Coalition Party	35,285
	Hannu Takkula	Centre Party	32,739
	Henrik Lax	Swedish People's Party	32,707
	Sirpa Pietikäinen	National Coalition Party	30,042
	Antero Kekkonen	Social Democratic Party	28,414
	Samuli Pohjamo	Centre Party	27,490
	Matti Wuori	Green League	24,580
Source: Stat.fi

External links

• Elected Members of European Parliament 2004 (as of 18 June 2004, i.e. after election but before regrouping)
• Nomination of candidates in European Parliament elections 2004 (as of 1 June 2004, i.e. before election)
• Summary (as of 23 June 2004, i.e. after election but before regrouping)

References