2004 European Parliament election in Estonia

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The 2004 European Parliament election in Estonia was the election of MEP representing Estonia 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 election was conducted using the D'Hondt method with open list. The voter turnout in Estonia was one of the lowest of all member countries at only 26.8%. A similar trend was visible in most of the new member states that joined the EU in 2004.

The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party, due to the popularity of their leading candidate Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who received the vast majority of the party's votes.[1] The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly. Ilves went on to become President of Estonia in October 2006, leaving his MEP seat to Katrin Saks.

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party 85,43336.793
Estonian Centre Party40,70417.531
Estonian Reform Party28,37712.221
Pro Patria Union24,37510.501
People's Union of Estonia18,6928.050
Res Publica Party15,4586.660
Estonian Democratic Party2,8491.230
Estonian Pensioners' Party1,3290.570
Social Democratic Labour Party1,0570.460
Russian Party in Estonia8050.350
Independents13,1625.670
Total232,241100.006
Valid votes232,24199.04
Invalid/blank votes2,2440.96
Total votes234,485100.00
Registered voters/turnout873,80926.83
Source: VVK

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