European Parliament election, 2004 (France)

Elections to the European Parliament were held in France on June 13, 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.

Registered voters:                                 41,518,036
Votes cast:                                        17,764,049  42.8
Invalid votes:                                        595,054   3.3
Valid votes:                                       17,168,995  96.7
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Party                                             Votes        %     Change  Seats
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Socialist Party (PS)                                4,960,245  28.9   +7.0   31  +9
Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)                  2,856,186  16.6   +3.8   17  +5
Union for French Democracy (UDF)                    2,051,142  11.9   +2.6   11  +2
National Front (FN)                                 1,684,868   9.8   +4.1    7  +2
Movement for France (MPF)                           1,304,843   7.6   -5.4    3  -10
Greens (Verts)                                      1,271,059   7.4   -2.3    6  -3
French Communist Party (PCF)                          900,396   5.2   -1.6    2  -4
Others                                              2,140,246  12.5           1  -10
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Total                                              17,168,995                78  -9
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1 Seats
2 Members elected

Seats

The elections were conducted in 7 regional mainland constituencies, plus an eighth consisting of all Overseas Departments and Overseas 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 constituency.

Constituency	Departements	Seats
Nord-Ouest	Basse-Normandie, Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardie	12
Ouest	Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes	10
Est	Alsace, Bourgogne, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine	10
Sud-Ouest	Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées	10
Sud-Est	Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Cote 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, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna	3

European Parliament election, 2004 (France)

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Seats

Members elected

Nord-Ouest

Ouest

Est

Sud-Ouest

Sud-Est

Massif-Central – Centre

Île-de-France

outre-mer