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2004 European Parliament election in Ireland

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 European Parliament election in Ireland
country	Ireland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1999 European Parliament election in Ireland
previous_year	1999
previous_mps	List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1999–2004
next_election	2009 European Parliament election in Ireland
next_year	2009
seats_for_election	13 seats to the European Parliament
election_date	11 June 2004
turnout	1,841,335 (59.0% 8.8 pp)
<!-- Fine Gael -->	image1
leader1	Enda Kenny
leader_since1	2 June 2002
party1	Fine Gael
alliance1	European People's Party–European Democrats
last_election1	24.6%, 4 seats
seats1
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	464,414
percentage1	27.8%
swing1	3.2 pp
<!-- Fianna Fáil -->	image2
leader2	Bertie Ahern
leader_since2	19 December 1994
party2	Fianna Fáil
alliance2	Union for Europe of the Nations
last_election2	38.6%, 6 seats
seats2
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	524,504
percentage2	29.5%
swing2	9.1 pp
<!-- Sinn Féin -->	image3
leader3	Gerry Adams
leader_since3	1983
party3	Sinn Féin
alliance3	European United Left–Nordic Green Left
last_election3	6.3%, 0 seats
seats3
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	197,715
percentage3	11.1%
swing3	4.8 pp
<!-- Labour Party -->	image4
leader4	Pat Rabbitte
leader_since4	October 2002
party4	Labour Party (Ireland)
alliance4	Party of European Socialists
last_election4	8.7%, 1 seat
seats4
seat_change4
popular_vote4	188,132
percentage4	10.5%
swing4	1.8 pp
<!-- Green Party (Ireland) -->	image5
leader5	Trevor Sargent
leader_since5	6 November 2001
party5	Green Party (Ireland)
alliance5	Greens–European Free Alliance
last_election5	6.7%, 2 seats
seats5
seat_change5	2
popular_vote5	76,917
percentage5	4.3%
swing5	2.4 pp
<!-- Socialist Party -->	image6
leader6	Joe Higgins
leader_since6	—
party6	Socialist Party (Ireland)
last_election6	0.8%, 0 seats
seats6
seat_change6
popular_vote6	23,218
percentage6	1.3%
swing6	0.5 pp
map_image	Irish EU Parliament election 2004.png
map_size	250px
map_caption	Colours indicate winning party.
elected_members	elected members

The 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2004 European Parliament election. The voting was held on Friday, 11 June 2004. The election coincided with the 2004 local elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.

This was the first election that Fine Gael won more seats than Fianna Fáil, who had won most seats at every election from 1979.

Constituency revision

Since the 1999 European Parliament election, Ireland's entitlement had fallen from 15 seats to 13 seats due to European Union expansion and some constituencies boundaries and names were changed.

Munster constituency lost County Clare and was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed South
Connacht–Ulster gained County Clare and was renamed North-West
Leinster had no boundary changes but was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed East
Dublin was unchanged

Results

The election was organised by city/county council area, the basis for the local elections being held simultaneously. Voters received different-coloured ballot papers for the European election, city/county council election, and a constitutional referendum, all of which went into the same ballot box and were separated by colour once the boxes arrived at the count centre for the city/county. Not all voters received all ballots as the franchises differ. The European ballots were all counted in one city/county, necessitating a second transportation of the separated ballots from the other city/county centres. For example, the East ballots were counted in Navan, County Meath.

MEPs elected

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

Constituency	Name	Party	EP group
Dublin	Gay Mitchell
Eoin Ryan
Mary Lou McDonald
Proinsias De Rossa
East	Mairead McGuinness
Avril Doyle
Liam Aylward
North-West	Marian Harkin
Seán Ó Neachtain
Jim Higgins
South	Brian Crowley
Simon Coveney
Kathy Sinnott

Voting details

2004–2009 European Parliament Ireland constituencies

Constituency	Electorate	Turnout	Spoilt	Valid Poll	Quota	Seats	Candidates
Dublin	821,723	435,136 (52.9%)	13,239 (3.0%)	421,897	84,380	4	12
East	806,598	471,895 (58.5%)	18,717 (3.9%)	453,178	113,295	3	13
North-West	688,804	435,910 (63.3%)	14,487 (3.3%)	421,423	105,356	3	9
South	802,359	498,394 (62.1%)	14,124 (2.8%)	484,270	121,068	3	10
Total	3,119,484	1,841,335 (59.0%)	60,567 (3.3%)	1,780,768	—	13	44

Seats

Constituency	Area	Seats	Pop.	per Seat
Dublin	County Dublin	4	1.1m	275k
East	Leinster less County Dublin	3	1m	333k
South	Munster less County Clare	3	1m	333k
North-West	Connacht plus counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare	3	800k	270k
Total	13	3.9m	300k

References

(10 June 2004). "91,000 people are eligible to vote". Wicklow People.

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