Netherlands 2004 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Democratic Appeal won 7 of 27 seats with 24.4% of the vote; 39.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 9.2 points on 1999.
- Netherlands
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Appeal | 7 | −2 | 24.4 | −2.5 | 1,164,431 |
| Labour Party | 7 | +1 | 23.6 | +3.5 | 1,124,549 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 4 | −2 | 13.2 | −6.5 | 629,198 |
| GroenLinks | 2 | −2 | 7.4 | −4.5 | 352,201 |
| Europe Transparent | 2 | 7.3 | 349,156 | ||
| Socialist Party | 2 | +1 | 7.0 | +1.9 | 332,326 |
| Christian Union | 2 | 5.9 | 279,880 | ||
| Democrats 66 | 1 | −1 | 4.3 | −1.6 | 202,502 |
| Party for the Animals | 0 | 3.2 | 153,432 | ||
| Pim Fortuyn List | 0 | 2.5 | 121,509 |
± is the change against the Netherlands 1999 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Democratic Appeal 1,164,431
- Labour Party 1,124,549
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 629,198
- GroenLinks 352,201
- Europe Transparent 349,156
- Socialist Party 332,326
- Christian Union 279,880
- Democrats 66 202,502
- Party for the Animals 153,432
- Pim Fortuyn List 121,509
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
39.3% of the 12,168,878 registered voters cast a ballot (4,777,121 ballots), up 9.2 points on 1999. 4,765,677 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1989 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Democratic Appeal24.4% of votes25.9% of seats
- Labour Party23.6% of votes25.9% of seats
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy13.2% of votes14.8% of seats
- GroenLinks7.4% of votes7.4% of seats
- Europe Transparent7.3% of votes7.4% of seats
- Socialist Party7.0% of votes7.4% of seats
- Christian Union5.9% of votes7.4% of seats
- Democrats 664.3% of votes3.7% of seats
- Party for the Animals3.2% of votes0.0% of seats
- Pim Fortuyn List2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Christian Democratic Appeal led Labour Party by 0.8 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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