2004 European Parliament election in Denmark

2004 European Parliament election in Denmark

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14 seats to the European Parliament

The 2004 European Parliament election 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.

Results[]

Summary of the results of Denmark's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democrats (A)			618,412	32.6	16.1	5	2
	Liberals (V)			366,735	19.4	4.0	3	2
	Conservative People's Party (C)			214,972	11.3	2.8	1	0
	June Movement (J)			171,927	9.1	7.0	1	2
	Socialist People's Party (F)			150,766	8.0	0.9	1	0
	People's Party (O)			128,789	6.8	1.0	1	0
	Social Liberal Party (B)			120,473	6.4	2.7	1	0
	People's Movement against the EU (N)			97,986	5.2		1	0
	Christian Democrats (K)	EPP		24,286	1.3		0	0
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
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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.

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