2004 European Parliament election in Germany

2004 European Parliament election in Germany

13 June 2004
All 99 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	43.0%
First party Second party Third party   Party CDU/CSU SPD Greens Seats before 53 33 7 Seats won 49 23 13 Seat change 4 10 6 Popular vote 11,476,897 5,547,971 3,079,728 Percentage 44.5% 21.5% 11.9% Swing 4.2% 9.2% 5.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party PDS FDP Seats before 6 0 Seats won 7 7 Seat change 1 7 Popular vote 1,579,109 1,565,431 Percentage 6.1% 6.1% Swing 0.3% 3.0

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

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

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Germany, 2004–2009

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Democratic Union	9,412,997	36.51	40	–3
	Social Democratic Party	5,547,971	21.52	23	–10
	Alliance 90/The Greens	3,079,728	11.94	13	+6
	Christian Social Union	2,063,900	8.00	9	–1
	Party of Democratic Socialism	1,579,109	6.12	7	+1
	Free Democratic Party	1,565,431	6.07	7	+7
	The Republicans	485,662	1.88	0	0
	Human Environment Animal Protection Party	331,388	1.29	0	0
	The Grays – Gray Panthers	314,402	1.22	0	0
	Family Party of Germany	268,468	1.04	0	0
	National Democratic Party	241,743	0.94	0	0
	Ecological Democratic Party	145,537	0.56	0	0
	Feminist Party of Germany	145,312	0.56	0	0
	From now on... Alliance for Germany List	135,015	0.52	0	New
	Party of Bible-abiding Christians	98,651	0.38	0	0
	Action Independent Candidates	70,301	0.27	0	New
	German Party	62,005	0.24	0	New
	Christian Centre	46,037	0.18	0	0
	Departure for Civil Rights, Freedom and Health	43,128	0.17	0	New
	German Communist Party	37,160	0.14	0	New
	Bavaria Party	35,152	0.14	0	0
	Centre Party	26,803	0.10	0	0
	Party for Social Equality	25,795	0.10	0	New
	Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität	21,983	0.09	0	0
Total		25,783,678	100.00	99	0
Valid votes		25,783,678	97.21
Invalid/blank votes		739,426	2.79
Total votes		26,523,104	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		61,682,394	43.00
Source: Federal Statistics Office

Results by state

Results for each party by state.

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

External links

• Europawahl 2004 - Der Bundeswahlleiter