2004 European Parliament election in France
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.
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| Turnout | 42.76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seats
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 |
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| 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
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Socialist Party | 4,960,756 | 28.90 | 31 | +13 | |
| Union for a Popular Movement | 2,856,368 | 16.64 | 17 | +5 | |
| Union for French Democracy | 2,053,446 | 11.96 | 11 | +2 | |
| National Front | 1,684,947 | 9.81 | 7 | +2 | |
| The Greens | 1,271,394 | 7.41 | 6 | –3 | |
| Movement for France | 1,145,839 | 6.67 | 3 | –3 | |
| French Communist Party–Alliance of the Overseas | 1,009,976 | 5.88 | 3 | –3 | |
| Lutte Ouvrière–Revolutionary Communist League | 440,134 | 2.56 | 0 | –5 | |
| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions | 297,273 | 1.73 | 0 | –6 | |
| Rally for France | 291,234 | 1.70 | 0 | –13 | |
| France from Below | 266,538 | 1.55 | 0 | New | |
| Rally of French Taxpayers | 147,943 | 0.86 | 0 | New | |
| Workers' Party | 131,434 | 0.77 | 0 | New | |
| Radical Party of the Left | 121,573 | 0.71 | 0 | –2 | |
| Cap21 | 98,700 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
| UMP dissidents | 79,529 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
| Independent Ecological Movement | 61,457 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | |
| National Republican Movement | 53,606 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cash Cow Motorist | 52,376 | 0.31 | 0 | New | |
| Euro-Palestine | 50,037 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
| Live Better with Europe | 26,950 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Europe–Democracy–Esperanto | 25,067 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| The Regionalists | 9,249 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Earth Otherwise Nothing | 6,222 | 0.04 | 0 | New | |
| Alliance Royale | 5,248 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Herritarren Zerrenda | 5,157 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| New Solidarity | 3,129 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Diversity for Europe | 2,807 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| No to Racism | 2,578 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
| Federalist Party | 1,890 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| We are all Europeans | 1,210 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Savoyan League | 1,155 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| French Union for National Cohesion | 865 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Action for All | 359 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Social Professionals | 300 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| France – Pole of Freedoms | 175 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Jus Cogens | 160 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Humanist Party | 158 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| United France | 119 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independent France | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 17,167,358 | 100.00 | 78 | –9 | |
| Valid votes | 17,167,358 | 96.70 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 585,245 | 3.30 | |||
| Total votes | 17,752,603 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 41,518,595 | 42.76 | |||
| Source: France Politique | |||||
Members elected
Map showing the number of MEPs and their parties by electoral district. One square represents one seat
Nord-Ouest
- Jean-Louis Bourlanges (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Jean-Louis Cottigny (Party of European Socialists)
- Brigitte Douay (Party of European Socialists)
- Hélène Flautre (Greens-EFA)
- Jean-Paul Gauzes (European People's Party)
- Jacky Henin (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
- Carl Lang (Non-Inscrits)
- Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (Party of European Socialists)
- Vincent Peillon (Party of European Socialists)
- Tokia Saïfi (European People's Party)
- Chantal Simonot (Non-Inscrits)
- Henri Weber (Party of European Socialists)
Ouest
- Marie-Hélène Aubert (Greens-EFA)
- Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (European People's Party)
- Philippe de Villiers (Independence and Democracy)
- Ambroise Guellec (European People's Party)
- Stéphane Le Foll (Party of European Socialists)
- Philippe Morillon (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Bernard Poignant (Party of European Socialists)
- Marie-Line Reynaud (Party of European Socialists)
- Yannick Vaugrenard (Party of European Socialists)
- Bernadette Vergnaud (Party of European Socialists)
Est
- Jean Marie Beaupuy (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Joseph Daul (European People's Party)
- Bruno Gollnisch (Non-Inscrits)
- Natalie Griesbeck (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Benoît Hamon (Party of European Socialists)
- Adeline Hazan (Party of European Socialists)
- Marie-Anne Isler-Béguin (Greens-EFA)
- Véronique Mathieu (European People's Party)
- Pierre Moscovici (Party of European Socialists)
- Catherine Trautmann (Party of European Socialists)
Sud-Ouest
- Kader Arif (Party of European Socialists)
- Françoise Castex (Party of European Socialists)
- Jean-Marie Cavada (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Christine de Veyrac (European People's Party)
- Alain Lamassoure (European People's Party)
- Anne Laperrouze (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Jean-Claude Martinez (Non-Inscrits)
- Robert Navarro (Party of European Socialists)
- Gérard Onesta (Greens-EFA)
- Béatrice Patrie (Party of European Socialists)
Sud-Est
- Jean-Luc Bennahmias (Greens-EFA)
- Guy Bono (Party of European Socialists)
- Marie-Arlette Carlotti (Party of European Socialists)
- Thierry Cornillet (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Claire Gibault (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Françoise Grossetête (European People's Party)
- Jean-Marie Le Pen (Non-Inscrits)
- Patrick Louis (Independence and Democracy)
- Michel Rocard (Party of European Socialists)
- Martine Roure (Party of European Socialists)
- Lydia Schenardi (Non-Inscrits)
- Ari Vatanen (European People's Party)
- Dominique Vlasto (European People's Party)
Île-de-France
- Pervenche Berès (Party of European Socialists)
- Paul-Marie Coûteaux (Independence and Democracy)
- Marielle de Sarnez (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Harlem Désir (Party of European Socialists)
- Anne Ferreira (Party of European Socialists)
- Nicole Fontaine (European People's Party)
- Patrick Gaubert (European People's Party)
- Marine Le Pen (Non-Inscrits)
- Bernard Lehideux (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe)
- Alain Lipietz (Greens-EFA)
- Gilles Savary (Party of European Socialists)
- Pierre Schapira (Party of European Socialists)
- Jacques Toubon (European People's Party)
- Francis Wurtz (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
Outre-mer
- Jean-Claude Fruteau (Party of European Socialists)
- Margie Sudre (European People's Party)
- Paul Vergès (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)
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