Elections to the European Parliament 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 .
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 [ ] Party Votes % Seats Civic Platform 1,467,775 24.10 15 League of Polish Families 969,689 15.92 10 Law and Justice 771,858 12.67 7 Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland 656,782 10.78 6 Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union 569,311 9.35 5 Freedom Union 446,549 7.33 4 Polish People's Party 386,340 6.34 4 Social Democracy of Poland 324,707 5.33 3 Real Politics Union 113,675 1.87 0 National Electoral Committee 94,867 1.56 0 Initiative for Poland 88,565 1.45 0 KPEiR –PLD 48,667 0.80 0 Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych 36,937 0.61 0 All-Poland Civic Coalition 35,180 0.58 0 Polish Labour Party 32,807 0.54 0 Reason Party 18,068 0.30 0 Greens 2004 16,288 0.27 0 Democratic Left Party 5,513 0.09 0 Together for the Future 2,897 0.05 0 National Revival of Poland 2,546 0.04 0 Polish National Party 2,510 0.04 0 Total 6,091,531 100.00 54 Valid votes 6,091,531 97.33 Invalid/blank votes 167,019 2.67 Total votes 6,258,550 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 29,986,109 20.87 Source: PKW
Elected members [ ] Civic Platform [ ] Jerzy Buzek , ex-prime minister, professor of technical sciencesZdzisław Chmielewski , historian, rector of Szczecin University Małgorzata Handzlik , publisher and journalistStanisław Jałowiecki , sociologist and politicianFilip Kaczmarek , historian and journalistBogdan Klich , expert on international politicsBarbara Kudrycka , professor of lawJanusz Lewandowski , economist, ex-minister of privatisationJan Olbrycht , politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn Jacek Saryusz-Wolski , economist, former Poland-EU negotiatorJacek Protasiewicz , philologist and politicianBogusław Sonik , lawyer and politicianZbigniew Zaleski , professor of psychologyTadeusz Zwiefka , journalistLeague of Polish Families [ ] Filip Adwent , physician and authorSylwester Chruszcz , architect and politicianMaciej Giertych , politician and publicistDariusz Grabowski , economist, politician and businessmanUrszula Krupa , doctor of medicine, journalistMirosław Piotrowski , professor of historyBogdan Pęk , zootechnologist and politicianBogusław Rogalski , historian, farmer and political activistWitold Tomczak , physician and politicianWojciech Wierzejski , politician and sociologistLaw and Justice [ ] Adam Bielan , politicianAnna Fotyga , international trade expert, vice-mayor of Gdańsk (2002–2004)Mieczysław Janowski , doctor of technical sciences, local activistMichał Kamiński , journalist and politicianMarcin Libicki , arts historian and politicianWojciech Roszkowski , historian, professor of politicsKonrad Szymanski , lawyer, journalist and politicianSelf-Defense of the Republic of Poland [ ] Marek Czarnecki , lawyer, journalist and politicianRyszard Czarnecki , historian, journalist and politicianBogdan Golik , animal doctor and business adviserWiesław Kuc , economist and agriculture expertJan Masiel , psychiatrist and business adviserLeopold Rutowicz , economist and businessmanDemocratic Left Alliance-Labor Union [ ] Adam Gierek , politician, son of Edward Gierek , communist leader of Poland in the 1970sLidia Geringer d'Oedenberg , economist and journalistBogusław Liberadzki , economist, ex-minister of transportMarek Siwiec , journalist, politician, president's advisorAndrzej Szejna , economist, politicianFreedom Union [ ] Bronisław Geremek , historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairsJan Kulakowski , journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiatorJanusz Onyszkiewicz , mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defenceGrazyna Staniszewska , politician, senatorPolish People's Party [ ] Zbigniew Kuzmiuk , politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucusZdzisław Podkański , historian and politician, vice chairman of PSL, ex-vice minister of cultureCzesław Siekierski , agriculture economist, ex-vice minister of agricultureJanusz Wojciechowski , lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004Social Democratic Party of Poland [ ] Genowefa Grabowska , professor of international law, senatorJózef Pinior , lawyer, economist and politicianDariusz Rosati , professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairsIndependent [ ] See also [ ] Politics of Poland Poland (European Parliament constituency) References [ ] Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r. , Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.External links [ ]
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