Germany 2004 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : CDU/CSU won 49 of 99 seats with 44.5% of the vote; 43.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.2 points on 1999.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 40 | −3 | 36.5 | −2.8 | 9,412,997 |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 23 | −10 | 21.5 | −9.2 | 5,547,971 |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 13 | +6 | 11.9 | +5.5 | 3,079,728 |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | 9 | −1 | 8.0 | −1.4 | 2,063,900 |
| PDS / The Left | 7 | +1 | 6.1 | +0.3 | 1,579,109 |
| Free Democratic Party | 7 | +7 | 6.1 | +3.1 | 1,565,431 |
| The Republicans | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | +0.2 | 485,662 |
| Animal Protection Party | 0 | 1.3 | 331,388 | ||
| The Grays – Gray Panthers | 0 | 1.2 | 314,402 | ||
| Family Party of Germany | 0 | 1.0 | 268,468 |
± is the change against the Germany 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Union of Germany 9,412,997
- Social Democratic Party of Germany 5,547,971
- Alliance 90/The Greens 3,079,728
- Christian Social Union in Bavaria 2,063,900
- PDS / The Left 1,579,109
- Free Democratic Party 1,565,431
- The Republicans 485,662
- Animal Protection Party 331,388
- The Grays – Gray Panthers 314,402
- Family Party of Germany 268,468
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
43.0% of the 61,682,394 registered voters cast a ballot (26,523,104 ballots), down 2.2 points on 1999. 25,783,678 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1979. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- CDU/CSU44.5% of votes49.5% of seats
- Social Democratic Party of Germany21.5% of votes23.2% of seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens11.9% of votes13.1% of seats
- Free Democratic Party6.1% of votes7.1% of seats
- PDS / The Left6.1% of votes7.1% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.1 by seats; CDU/CSU led Social Democratic Party of Germany by 23.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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