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.
The radical populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, 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.Results
Registered voters: 29,986,109
Votes cast: 6,265,062
Invalid votes: 173,531
Valid votes: 6,091,531
- 9. Union of Real Politics – 1,87 proc.,
- 10. National Electoral Committee of Electors – 1,56 proc.,
- 11. Initiative for Poland – 1,45 proc.,
- 12. Country Pensioners Party – People's Democratic Party – 0,8 proc.,
- 13. Confederation Movement for Unemployed Protection – 0,61 proc.,
- 14. All-Poland Citizen Committee "OKO" – 0,58 proc.,
- 15. Polish Labour Party – 0,54 proc.,
- 16. Anti-Clerical Party of Progress "Reason" – 0,3 proc.,
- 17. Democratic Party of the Left – 0,09 proc.
- 18. "Together for Future" – 0,05 proc.,
- 19. National Renaissance of Poland – 0,04 proc.,
- 20. Polish National Party – 0,04 proc.,
- 21. Greens 2004 – 0,27 proc.,
Opinion polls
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
- Adam Bielan, politician
- Anna Fotyga, international trade expert, vice-mayor of Gdańsk
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
