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Finland 2004 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : National Coalition Party won 4 of 14 seats with 23.7% of the vote; 39.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 9.5 points on 1999.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
National Coalition Party4023.7−1.6392,771
Centre Party4023.4+2.1387,217
Social Democratic Party of Finland3021.2+3.3350,525
Green League1−110.4−3.0172,844
Democratic Union / Left Alliance109.10.0151,291
Swedish People's Party of Finland105.7−1.194,421
Christian Democrats0−14.3+1.970,845

± is the change against the Finland 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • National Coalition Party 392,771
  • Centre Party 387,217
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland 350,525
  • Green League 172,844
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance 151,291
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland 94,421
  • Christian Democrats 70,845

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

39.4% of the 4,227,987 registered voters cast a ballot (1,666,932 ballots), up 9.5 points on 1999. 1,656,584 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • National Coalition Party23.7% of votes28.6% of seats
  • Centre Party23.4% of votes28.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Finland21.2% of votes21.4% of seats
  • Green League10.4% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Democratic Union / Left Alliance9.1% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Swedish People's Party of Finland5.7% of votes7.1% of seats
  • Christian Democrats4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.6 by votes and 4.5 by seats; National Coalition Party led Centre Party by 0.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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