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[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic Party | 85,433 | 36.79 | 3 | |
Estonian Centre Party | 40,704 | 17.53 | 1 | |
Estonian Reform Party | 28,377 | 12.22 | 1 | |
Pro Patria Union | 24,375 | 10.50 | 1 | |
People's Union of Estonia | 18,692 | 8.05 | 0 | |
Res Publica Party | 15,458 | 6.66 | 0 | |
Estonian Democratic Party | 2,849 | 1.23 | 0 | |
Estonian Pensioners' Party | 1,329 | 0.57 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Labour Party | 1,057 | 0.46 | 0 | |
Russian Party in Estonia | 805 | 0.35 | 0 | |
Independents | 13,162 | 5.67 | 0 | |
Total | 232,241 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Valid votes | 232,241 | 99.04 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,244 | 0.96 | ||
Total votes | 234,485 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 873,809 | 26.83 | ||
Source: VVK |
References[]
- 2004 European Parliament election
- European Parliament elections in Estonia
- 2004 in Estonia
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