- European Parliament election, 2004 (Poland)
Elections to the European Parliament were held in
Poland onJune 13 ,2004 . 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governingAlliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was theCitizens Platform . Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EULeague of Polish Families .The radical
populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic , which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after theLaw and Justice party. The election results were a success forSocial Democracy of Poland , which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and theFreedom Union , which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.Results
Registered voters: 29,986,109
Votes cast: 6,265,062 (20.9%)
Invalid votes: 173,531 (2.8%)
Valid votes: 6,091,531 (97.2%)* 9. Union of Real Politics (Unia Polityki Realnej) - 1,87 proc.,
* 10. National Electoral Committee of Electors (Narodowy Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców) - 1,56 proc.,
* 11. Initiative for Poland (Inicjatywa dla Polski) - 1,45 proc.,
* 12. Country Pensioners Party - People's Democratic Party (Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów) - 0,8 proc.,
* 13. Confederation Movement for Unemployed Protection (Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych) - 0,61 proc.,
* 14. All-Poland Citizen Committee "EYE" (Ogólnopolski Komitet Obywatelski "OKO") - 0,58 proc.,
* 15. Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) - 0,54 proc.,
* 16. Anti-Clerical Party of Progress "Reason" (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu "Racja") - 0,3 proc.,
* 17. Democratic Party of the Left (Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy) - 0,09 proc.
* 18. "Together for Future" ("Razem dla Przyszłości") - 0,05 proc.,
* 19. National Renaissance of Poland (Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski) - 0,04 proc.,
* 20. Polish National Party (Polska Partia Narodowa) - 0,04 proc.,
* 21. Greens 2004 (Zieloni 2004) - 0,27 proc.,
= Polish MEPs Members of European Parliament =*
Jerzy Buzek , ex-prime minister, professor of technical sciences
*Zdzisław Chmielewski , historian, rector ofSzczecin University
*Małgorzata Handzlik , publisher and journalist
*Stanisław Jałowiecki , sociologist and politician
*Filip Kaczmarek , historian and journalist
*Bogdan Klich , expert on international politics
*Barbara Kudrycka , professor of law
*Janusz Lewandowski , economist, ex-minister of privatisation
*Jan Olbrycht , politician, ex-mayor ofCieszyn
*Jacek Saryusz-Wolski , economist, former Poland-EU negotiator
*Jacek Protasiewicz , philologist and politician
*Bogusław Sonik , lawyer and politician
*Zbigniew Zaleski , professor of psychology
*Tadeusz Zwiefka , journalist*
Filip Adwent , physician and author
*Sylwester Chruszcz , architect and politician
*Maciej Giertych , politician and publicist
*Dariusz Grabowski , economist, politician and businessman
*Urszula Krupa , doctor of medicine, journalist
*Mirosław Piotrowski , professor of history
*Bogdan Pek , zootechnologist and politician
*Bogusław Rogalski , historian, farmer and political activist
*Witold Tomczak , physician and politician
*Wojciech Wierzejski , politician and sociologist*
Adam Bielan , politician
*Anna Fotyga , international trade expert, vice-mayor ofGdańsk (2002-2004)
*Mieczysław Janowski , doctor of technical sciences, local activist
*Michał Kamiński , journalist and politician
*Marcin Libicki , arts historian and politician
*Wojciech Roszkowski , historian, professor of politics
*Konrad Szymanski , lawyer, journalist and politician
= Samoobrona =*
Marek Czarnecki , lawyer, journalist and politician
*Ryszard Czarnecki , historian, journalist and politician
*Bogdan Golik , aminals doctor and business advisor
*Wiesław Kuc , economist and agriculture expert
*Jan Masiel , psychiatrist and business advisor
*Leopold Rutowicz , economist and businessman
= Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej - Unia Pracy =*
Adam Gierek , politician, son ofEdward Gierek , communist leader of Poland in the 1970s
*Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg , economist and journalist
*Bogusław Liberadzki , economist, ex-minister of transport
*Marek Siwiec , journalist, politician, president's advisor
*Andrzej Szejna , economist, politician
= Unia Wolności =*
Bronisław Geremek , historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs
*Jan Kulakowski , journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator
*Janusz Onyszkiewicz , mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defence
*Grazyna Staniszewska , politician, senatorPolskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
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Zbigniew Kuzmiuk , politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
*Zdzisław Podkański , historian and politician, vicechairman of PSL, ex-viceminister of culture
*Czesław Siekierski , agriculture aconomist, ex-viceminister of agriculture
*Janusz Wojciechowski , lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004Socjaldemokracja Polska
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Genowefa Grabowska , professor of international law, senator
*Józef Pinior , lawyer, economist and politician
*Dariusz Rosati , professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairsIndependent
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Paweł Piskorski , politician, ex-mayor ofWarsaw ee also
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Politics of Poland
*Poland (European Parliament constituency) References
* "Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r.", Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.
External links
* [http://www.eurela.org European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)]
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