2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic Turnout 28.32%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jan Zahradil
Miloslav Ransdorf
Josef Zieleniec
Party
ODS
KSČM
SNK ED
Alliance
EPP–ED
GUE/NGL
EPP–ED
Seats won
9
6
3
Popular vote
700,942
472,862
257,278
Percentage
30.04%
20.26%
11.02%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Zuzana Roithová
Libor Rouček
Vladimír Železný
Party
KDU-ČSL
ČSSD
NEZDEM
Alliance
EPP–ED
PES
IN/DEM
Seats won
2
2
2
Popular vote
223,383
204,903
191,025
Percentage
9.57%
8.78%
8.18%
The 2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was the election of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing the Czech Republic for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament . It was part of the wider 2004 European election .
These were the first European elections after the country's EU accession and hence the first to be held in the Czech Republic . They took place on 11 and 12 June 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia . The debacle of his party was one of the reasons for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla .
Results [ ]
Summary of the results of the Czech Republic's June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party
European party
Main candidate
Votes
%
+/–
Seats
+/–
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
EPP-ED
Jan Zahradil
700,942
30.04
—
9
—
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)
GUE-NGL
Miloslav Ransdorf
472,862
20.26
—
6
—
SNK European Democrats (SNK ED)
EPP-ED
Josef Zieleniec
257,278
11.02
—
3
—
Christian and Democratic Union – People's Party (KDU–ČSL)
EPP-ED
Zuzana Roithová
223,383
9.57
—
2
—
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
PES
Libor Rouček
204,903
8.78
—
2
—
(Nezávislí)
IND/DEM
Vladimír Železný
191,025
8.18
—
2
—
Green Party (SZ)
EGP
73,932
3.16
—
0
—
(US–DEU + ODA + CZ + LIRA )
ALDE
39,655
1.69
—
0
—
Right Bloc (PB)
Petr Cibulka
27,504
1.17
—
0
—
Valid votes
2,332,862
99.51
Blank and invalid votes
13,148
0.49
Totals
2,346,010
100.00
—
24
—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
8,283,485
28.32
Source: Czech Statistical Office
European groups [ ]
Opinion polls [ ]
Polling Firm
Date
ČSSD
ODS
KSČM
KDU–ČSL
SNK ED
SZ
RMS
NEZDEM
Others
Turnout
Election
11-12 Jun 2004
8.8
30.0
20.3
9.6
1.7
11.0
3.2
0.7
8.2
15.3
28.3
SC&C[1]
Exit poll
10.5
31.0
17.0
8.0
2.0
10.0
4.5
1.0
8.5
17.5
29.0
STEM[2]
1-4 Jun 2004
10.0
35.6
19.0
8.7
1.7
5.5
3.3
1.1
8.1
7.0
60.0
TNS Factum[3] [4]
21–26 May 2004
16.0
27.7
18.4
8.0
n/a
7.0
n/a
n/a
5.0
17.9
50.0
CVVM[5]
19–26 May 2004
13.5
36.0
16.0
10.5
1.5
4.5
3.5
n/a
5.0
8.0
63.0
STEM[6]
25 Apr - 3 May
14.6
35.8
15.8
7.1
1.1
3.4
4.2
n/a
5.1
12.9
43.0
SC&C[7]
23–26 April
14.0
27.0
12.0
8.0
N/A
9.0
3.0
N/A
8.0
6.0
27.0
CVVM[8]
15–22 March
14.0
32.0
14.0
7.5
1.5
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.0
25.0
61.0
CVVM[9]
12–19 January
15.0
29.0
12.5
8.0
1.5
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.5
26.5
60.0
Campaign finances [ ]
Party[10]
ČSSD
ODS
KDU-ČSL
KSČM
SNK ED
SZ
NEZ
PB
Money Spent
30,000,000 Kč
30,000,000 Kč
10,000,000 Kč
10,000,000 Kč
8,000,000 Kč
8,000,000 Kč
1,500,000 Kč
1,000,000 Kč
10,000–100,000 Kč
References [ ]
External links [ ]
Detailed official results (in English); note that the numbers differ by a few votes from those given here as they were apparently corrected later
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