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2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
← 1999 10 June 2004 2009 →
27 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout39.26%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Camiel Eurlings Max van den Berg Jules Maaten
Party CDA PvdA VVD
Alliance EPP-ED PES ALDE
Seats won
7 / 27
7 / 27
4 / 27
Seat change 2 Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease
Popular vote 1,164,431 1,124,549 629,198
Percentage 24.43% 23.60% 13.20%
Swing 2.51% Decrease 3.49% Increase 6.49% Decrease
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kathalijne Buitenweg Paul van Buitenen Erik Meijer
Party GL ET SP
Alliance Greens-EFA Greens-EFA EUL/NGL
Seats won
2 / 27
2 / 27
2 / 27
Seat change 2 Decrease 2 Increase 1 Increase
Popular vote 352,201 349,156 332,326
Percentage 7.39% 7.33% 6.97%
Swing 4.46% Decrease new 1.93% Increase
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Hans Blokland Sophie in 't Veld
Party CU–SGP D66
Alliance ID ALDE
Seats won
2 / 27
1 / 27
Seat change 1 Decrease 1 Decrease
Popular vote 279,880 202,502
Percentage 5.87% 4.25%
Swing 2.27% Decrease 1.55% Decrease
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An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 10 June 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. Fifteen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 27 seats (down from 31).

Background

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Combined lists

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Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:

  1. Christian Union and SGP

Electoral alliances

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Several parties formed an electoral alliance:[1]

  1. PvdA/European Social-Democrats and GreenLeft
  2. CDA/European People's Party and Christian Union-SGP
  3. VVD/European Liberal-Democrats and Democrats 66

The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal and Christian Union-SGP cost the Christian Democratic Appeal a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.

Treaty of Nice

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Further information: Treaty of Nice

The exact number of seats allocated to each country is determined by the treaties, currently the Treaty of Nice, and is adjusted by the accession treaty of each new member. Hence no change to the seats occurs without ratification by all states. According to the treaties, the maximum number of members in the Parliament is 732. This why the seats for the Netherlands was reduced from 31 to 27

Numbering of the candidates list

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Further information: Party lists in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

The official order and names of candidate lists:

Candidate lists for the European Parliament election in the Netherlands
← 1999 2004 2009 →
Lists
List English translation List name (Dutch)
1 list CDA - European People's Party CDA – Europese Volkspartij
2 list P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats P.v.d.A./Europese Sociaaldemocraten
3 list VVD - European Liberal-Democrats VVD – Europese Liberaal-Democraten
4 list GREENLEFT GROENLINKS
5 list Christian Union-SGP ChristenUnie–SGP
6 list Democrats 66 (D66) Democraten 66 (D66)
7 list SP (Socialist Party) SP (Socialistische Partij)
8 list Democratic Europe Democratisch Europa
9 list LIVABLE EUROPE LEEFBAAR EUROPA
10 list Party for the North Partij voor het Noorden
11 list New Right Nieuw Rechts
12 list Europe Transparent Europa Transparant
13 list List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF)
14 list Party for the Animals Partij voor de Dieren
15 list Respect.now Respect.Nu

Results

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Further information: Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

According to the European Commission, the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all the municipalities in the Netherlands published the results on Thursday, giving the media the opportunity to give an almost complete national result, only missing votes cast abroad. The complete and official result were publicised according to the rules.[2]

The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistleblower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats. Voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 30.02%.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Democratic Appeal1,164,43124.437–2
Labour Party1,124,54923.607+1
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy629,19813.204–2
GroenLinks352,2017.392–2
Europe Transparent349,1567.332New
Socialist Party332,3266.972+1
Christian Union – Reformed Political Party279,8805.872–1
Democrats 66202,5024.251–1
Party for the Animals153,4323.220New
Pim Fortuyn List121,5092.550New
Party for the North18,2340.380New
New Right15,7320.330New
Liveable Europe9,1440.190New
Democratic Europe8,7800.180New
Respect.now4,6030.100New
Total4,765,677100.0027–4
Valid votes4,765,67799.76
Invalid/blank votes11,4440.24
Total votes4,777,121100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,168,87839.26
Source: Kiesraad[3]

European groups

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The EPP-ED group lost 2 seats, making it just as big as the PES group. The ELDR becomes 3rd group after PES. After the elections ELDR and European Democratic Party (EDP) formed a new European Group named ALDE in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group to Independence/Democracy (ID). The Christian Union – Reformed Political Party is part of this new group.

Summary of the 10 June 2004 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands
← 1999 2004 2009 →
European group Seats 1999 Seats 2004 Change
European People's Party–European Democrats EPP-ED 9 7 2 Decrease
Party of European Socialists PES 6 7 1 Increase
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ALDE 8 5 3 Decrease
The Greens–European Free Alliance Greens-EFA 4 4 0 Steady
European United Left–Nordic Green Left EUL-NGL 1 2 1 Increase
Independence/Democracy IND&DEM 3 2 1 Decrease
Non-Inscrits NI 0 0 0 Steady
31 27 4 Decrease

Elected members

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Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–09

References

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  1. ^ Minutes Dutch EP election 2004 in .pfd and Dutch
  2. ^ Electoral council is allowed to renounce results Article Volkskrant
  3. ^ https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP20040610
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