2004 European Parliament election in France

Summary

European Parliament elections were held in France on 13 June 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.

2004 European Parliament election in France
France
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All 74 French seats in the European Parliament
Turnout42.76
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PS François Hollande 28.90 31 +13
UMP Jean-Pierre Raffarin 16.64 17 +5
UDF François Bayrou 9.81 11 +2
FN Jean-Marie Le Pen 9.72 9 +4
LV 7.41 6 −3
MPF Philippe de Villiers 6.67 3 −3
PCFAOM Marie-George Buffet 5.88 3 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Seats edit

The elections were conducted in seven regional constituencies in metropolitan France, plus an eighth consisting of all overseas departments and territories. Allocation of seats was by proportional representation, with closed lists and no preferential voting, using the rule of the highest average, with a threshold of 5% of the votes in each.

 
French districts for elections to the European Parliament. Multiple MEPs are elected by proportional representation from each district. The outre-mer district is not shown.
Constituency Departements Seats
Nord-Ouest Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy 12
Ouest Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes 10
Est Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine 10
Sud-Ouest Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées 10
Sud-Est Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes 13
Massif-Central – Centre Auvergne, Centre, Limousin 6
Île-de-France Île-de-France 14
Outre-Mer
(not shown)
French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna 3

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Party4,960,75628.9031+13
Union for a Popular Movement2,856,36816.6417+5
Union for French Democracy2,053,44611.9611+2
National Front1,684,9479.817+2
The Greens1,271,3947.416–3
Movement for France1,145,8396.673–3
French Communist PartyAlliance of the Overseas1,009,9765.883–3
Lutte OuvrièreRevolutionary Communist League440,1342.560–5
Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions297,2731.730–6
Rally for France291,2341.700–13
France from Below266,5381.550New
Rally of French Taxpayers147,9430.860New
Workers' Party131,4340.770New
Radical Party of the Left121,5730.710–2
Cap2198,7000.570New
UMP dissidents79,5290.460New
Independent Ecological Movement61,4570.3600
National Republican Movement53,6060.3100
Cash Cow Motorist52,3760.310New
Euro-Palestine50,0370.290New
Live Better with Europe26,9500.160New
Europe–Democracy–Esperanto25,0670.150New
The Regionalists9,2490.050New
Earth Otherwise Nothing6,2220.040New
Alliance Royale5,2480.030New
Herritarren Zerrenda5,1570.030New
New Solidarity3,1290.020New
Diversity for Europe2,8070.020New
No to Racism2,5780.020New
Federalist Party1,8900.010New
We are all Europeans1,2100.010New
Savoyan League1,1550.010New
French Union for National Cohesion8650.010New
Action for All3590.000New
Party of Social Professionals3000.000New
France – Pole of Freedoms1750.000New
Jus Cogens1600.000New
Humanist Party1580.0000
United France1190.000New
Independent France00.000New
Total17,167,358100.0078–9
Valid votes17,167,35896.70
Invalid/blank votes585,2453.30
Total votes17,752,603100.00
Registered voters/turnout41,518,59542.76
Source: France Politique

Members elected edit

 
Map showing the number of MEPs and their parties by electoral district. One square represents one seat

Nord-Ouest edit

Ouest edit

Est edit

Sud-Ouest edit

Sud-Est edit

Massif-Central – Centre edit

Île-de-France edit

Outre-mer edit