2004 European Parliament election in Poland

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 Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.

2004 European Parliament election in Poland

13 June 2004 2009 →
54 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	20.87%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jerzy Buzek Mirosław Piotrowski Anna Fotyga Party PO LPR PiS Alliance EPP IND/DEM AEN Seats won 15 seats 10 seats 7 seats Popular vote 1,467,775 969 689 771 858 Percentage 24.1% 15.92% 12.67%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Ryszard Czarnecki Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Władysław Frasyniuk Party SRP SLD UW Alliance AEN / PES PES ALDE Seats won 6 seats 5 seats 4 seats Popular vote 656 782 569 311 446 549 Percentage 10.78% 9.35% 7.33%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Janusz Wojciechowski Dariusz Rosati Party PSL SDPL Alliance EPP PES Seats won 4 seats 3 seats Popular vote 386 340 324 707 Percentage 6.34% 5.33%
Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency

Result by Powiats

The radical populist Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, 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.

Opinion polls

Polling firm	PO	LPR	PiS	SRP	SLD-UP	UW	PSL	SDPL	Others	Lead
Election results	24.1%	15.9%	12.7%	10.8%	9.3%	7.3%	6.3%	5.3%	8.3%	8.2% over LPR
PBS	28%	15%	12%	14%	11%	5%	6%	4%	5%	13% over LPR
TNS OBOP	28.7%	15.1%	10.9%	14.4%	10.5%	5.3%	6.2%	4.1%	4.8%	13.6% over LPR
Exit polls
CBOS	31%	8%	14%	16%	10%	3%	4%	5%	9%	15% over SRP
PBS	30%	11%	11%	18%	8%	5%	7%	4%	6%	12% over SRP
TNS OBOP	27%	13%	6%	16%	6%	4%	4%	–	24%	11% over SRP
Ipsos	27%	12.6%	16.5%	16.5%	4.6%	3.8%	3.4%	5%	10.6%	10.5% over SRP/PiS
Pentor	26%	11%	12%	23%	8%	3%	6%	6%	5%	3% over SRP
Primary election	21.1%	6.9%	8.4%	18.4%	11.3%	7.3%	3.9%	9%	13.7%	2.7% over SRP

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Platform	1,467,775	24.10	15
	League of Polish Families	969,689	15.92	10
	Law and Justice	771,858	12.67	7
	Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland	656,782	10.78	6
	Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union	569,311	9.35	5
	Freedom Union	446,549	7.33	4
	Polish People's Party	386,340	6.34	4
	Social Democracy of Poland	324,707	5.33	3
	Real Politics Union	113,675	1.87	0
	National Electoral Committee	94,867	1.56	0
	Initiative for Poland	88,565	1.45	0
	KPEiR–PLD	48,667	0.80	0
	Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych	36,937	0.61	0
	All-Poland Civic Coalition	35,180	0.58	0
	Polish Labour Party	32,807	0.54	0
	Reason Party	18,068	0.30	0
	Greens 2004	16,288	0.27	0
	Democratic Left Party	5,513	0.09	0
	Together for the Future	2,897	0.05	0
	National Revival of Poland	2,546	0.04	0
	Polish National Party	2,510	0.04	0
Total		6,091,531	100.00	54
Valid votes		6,091,531	97.33
Invalid/blank votes		167,019	2.67
Total votes		6,258,550	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		29,986,109	20.87
Source: PKW

Elected members

Civic Platform

• 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

League of Polish Families

• 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 Pęk, zootechnologist and politician
• Bogusław Rogalski, historian, farmer and political activist
• Witold Tomczak, physician and politician
• Wojciech Wierzejski, politician and sociologist

Law and Justice

• 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

Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland

• Marek Czarnecki, lawyer, journalist and politician
• Ryszard Czarnecki, historian, journalist and politician
• Bogdan Golik, animal doctor and business adviser
• Wiesław Kuc, economist and agriculture expert
• Jan Masiel, psychiatrist and business adviser
• Leopold Rutowicz, economist and businessman

Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union

• 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

Freedom Union

• 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

Polish People's Party

• Zbigniew Kuzmiuk, politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
• Zdzisław Podkański, historian and politician, vice chairman of PSL, ex-vice minister of culture
• Czesław Siekierski, agriculture economist, ex-vice minister of agriculture
• Janusz Wojciechowski, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004

Social Democratic Party of Poland

• 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

See also

• Politics of Poland
• Poland (European Parliament constituency)

References

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

External links

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