2004 European Parliament election in Denmark

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Denmark was the election of MEP representing Denmark 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. The opposition Social Democrats made major gains, mainly at the expense of Eurosceptic parties such as the June Movement.

European Parliament election in Denmark, 2004
13 June 2004
14 seats to the European Parliament

Results
 Summary of the results of Denmark's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
Social Democrats (A) 618,41232.616.1 52
Liberals (V) 366,73519.44.0 32
Conservative People's Party (C) 214,97211.32.8 10
June Movement (J) 171,9279.17.0 12
Socialist People's Party (F) 150,7668.00.9 10
People's Party (O) 128,7896.81.0 10
Social Liberal Party (B) 120,4736.42.7 10
People's Movement against the EU (N) 97,9865.210
Christian Democrats (K) EPP 24,2861.300
Valid votes 1,894,346 98.58
Blank and invalid votes 27,195 1.42
Totals 1,921,541 100.00 — 14 2
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 4,012,663 47.89 2.57
Reference [1]

Source: Final results, Danish Ministry of the Interior & Health.

Note - seats are allocated first by the D'Hondt method to Electoral coalitions, which were (A + F), (B + Q), (C + V), (J + N) with (O) by themselves; then subsequently between the parties in each coalition. Compared to straight allocation by party, The People's Movement Against the EU gained one seat at the expense of the Conservative People's Party.

Popular vote
A
 
 32.65%
V
 
 19.36%
C
 
 11.35%
J
 
 9.08%
F
 
 7.96%
O
 
 6.80%
B
 
 6.36%
N
 
 5.17%
K
 
 1.28%

References
  1. "Valget til Europaparlamentet den 13. juni 2004" (PDF). (2007-08-08). Ministry of the Interior and Health (in Danish), pp. 8, 11, 21. ISBN 978-87-7601-239-7. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.