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2004 European Parliament election in Poland

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election_name2004 European Parliament election in Poland
countryPoland
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
next_election2009 European Parliament election in Poland
next_year2009
seats_for_election54 seats to the European Parliament
election_date13 June 2004
turnout20.87%
image1
leader1Paweł Piskorski
party1Civic Platform
alliance1European People's Party
seats1**15**
popular_vote1**1,467,775**
percentage1**24.1%**
image2
leader2Wojciech Wierzejski
party2League of Polish Families
alliance2Independence/Democracy
seats210
popular_vote2969,689
percentage215.9%
image3
leader3Michał Kamiński
party3Law and Justice
alliance3Alliance for Europe of the Nations
seats37
popular_vote3771,858
percentage312.7%
color300a1b0
image4
leader4Ryszard Czarnecki
party4Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
alliance4AEN/PES
seats46
popular_vote4656,782
percentage410.8%
image5
leader5Adam Gierek
party5Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)
alliance5Party of European Socialists
seats55
popular_vote5569,311
percentage59.4%
image6
leader6Bronisław Geremek
party6Freedom Union (Poland)
alliance6Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
seats64
popular_vote6446,549
percentage67.3%
image7
leader7Janusz Wojciechowski
party7Polish People's Party
alliance7European People's Party
seats74
popular_vote7386,340
percentage76.3%
image8
leader8Dariusz Rosati
party8Social Democracy of Poland
alliance8Party of European Socialists
seats83
popular_vote8324,707
percentage85.3%
map[[File:European Parliament election in Poland, 2004.svg400px]]
map_captionElection result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency

Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election. They were the first European Parliament elections held in Poland after the country's accession to the European Union in May 2004. Poland was allotted 54 members of the European Parliament. 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.

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 firmPOLPRPiSSRPSLD-UPUWPSLSDPLOthersLeadLeague of Polish Families}}; width:40px;"Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland}}; width:40px;"Freedom Union (Poland)}}; width:40px;"Polish People's Party}}; width:40px;"Social Democracy of Poland}}; width:40px;"
Election resultsCivic Platform}}"24.1%15.9%12.7%10.8%9.3%7.3%6.3%5.3%8.3%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"8.2% over LPR
[PBS](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**28%**15%12%14%11%5%6%4%5%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"13% over LPR
[TNS OBOP](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**28.7%**15.1%10.9%14.4%10.5%5.3%6.2%4.1%4.8%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"13.6% over LPR
Exit polls
[CBOS](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**31%**8%14%16%10%3%4%5%9%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"15% over SRP
[PBS](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**30%**11%11%18%8%5%7%4%6%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"12% over SRP
[TNS OBOP](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**27%**13%6%16%6%4%4%24%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"11% over SRP
[Ipsos](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**27%**12.6%16.5%16.5%4.6%3.8%3.4%5%10.6%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"10.5% over SRP/PiS
[Pentor](http://www.dziennikpolski24.pl/artykul/1853074,sondaze-na-telefon,id,t.html?cookie=1)Civic Platform}}"**26%**11%12%23%8%3%6%6%5%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"3% over SRP
**[Primary election](http://www.prawybory.com.pl/index.php?NR=11&POD=69)**Civic Platform}}"**21.1%**6.9%8.4%18.4%11.3%7.3%3.9%9%13.7%Civic Platform}}; color:white;"2.7% over SRP

Results

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

References

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