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.

2004 European Parliament election in Poland
13 June 2004
54 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout20.87%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jerzy Buzek Mirosław Piotrowski Anna Fotyga
Party PO LPR PiS
Alliance EPP IND/DEM AEN
Seats won 15 seats 10 seats 7 seats
Popular vote 1,467,775 969 689 771 858
Percentage 24.1% 15.92% 12.67%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ryszard Czarnecki Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Władysław Frasyniuk
Party SRP SLD UW
Alliance AEN / PES PES ALDE
Seats won 6 seats 5 seats 4 seats
Popular vote 656 782 569 311 446 549
Percentage 10.78% 9.35% 7.33%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Janusz Wojciechowski Dariusz Rosati
Party PSL SDPL
Alliance EPP PES
Seats won 4 seats 3 seats
Popular vote 386 340 324 707
Percentage 6.34% 5.33%
Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency
Result by Powiats

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 firm PO LPR PiS SRP SLD-UP UW PSL SDPL Others Lead
Election results 24.1% 15.9% 12.7% 10.8% 9.3% 7.3% 6.3% 5.3% 8.3% 8.2% over LPR
PBS 28% 15% 12% 14% 11% 5% 6% 4% 5% 13% over LPR
TNS OBOP 28.7% 15.1% 10.9% 14.4% 10.5% 5.3% 6.2% 4.1% 4.8% 13.6% over LPR
Exit polls
CBOS 31% 8% 14% 16% 10% 3% 4% 5% 9% 15% over SRP
PBS 30% 11% 11% 18% 8% 5% 7% 4% 6% 12% over SRP
TNS OBOP 27% 13% 6% 16% 6% 4% 4% – 24% 11% over SRP
Ipsos 27% 12.6% 16.5% 16.5% 4.6% 3.8% 3.4% 5% 10.6% 10.5% over SRP/PiS
Pentor 26% 11% 12% 23% 8% 3% 6% 6% 5% 3% over SRP
Primary election 21.1% 6.9% 8.4% 18.4% 11.3% 7.3% 3.9% 9% 13.7% 2.7% over SRP

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
Civic Platform1,467,77524.1015
League of Polish Families969,68915.9210
Law and Justice771,85812.677
Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland656,78210.786
Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union569,3119.355
Freedom Union446,5497.334
Polish People's Party386,3406.344
Social Democracy of Poland324,7075.333
Real Politics Union113,6751.870
National Electoral Committee94,8671.560
Initiative for Poland88,5651.450
KPEiR–PLD48,6670.800
Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych36,9370.610
All-Poland Civic Coalition35,1800.580
Polish Labour Party32,8070.540
Reason Party18,0680.300
Greens 200416,2880.270
Democratic Left Party5,5130.090
Together for the Future2,8970.050
National Revival of Poland2,5460.040
Polish National Party2,5100.040
Total6,091,531100.0054
Valid votes6,091,53197.33
Invalid/blank votes167,0192.67
Total votes6,258,550100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,986,10920.87
Source: PKW

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

See also

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