2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

← 1999 10 June 2004 2009 →
27 seats to theEuropean Parliament
Turnout	39.26%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Camiel Eurlings Max van den Berg Jules Maaten Party CDA PvdA VVD Alliance EPP-ED PES ALDE Seats won 7 / 27 7 / 27 4 / 27 Seat change 2 1 2 Popular vote 1,164,431 1,124,549 629,198 Percentage 24.43% 23.60% 13.20% Swing 2.51% 3.49% 6.49%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kathalijne Buitenweg Paul van Buitenen Erik Meijer Party GL ET SP Alliance Greens-EFA Greens-EFA EUL/NGL Seats won 2 / 27 2 / 27 2 / 27 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 352,201 349,156 332,326 Percentage 7.39% 7.33% 6.97% Swing 4.46% new 1.93%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Hans Blokland Sophie in 't Veld Party CU–SGP D66 Alliance ID ALDE Seats won 2 / 27 1 / 27 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 279,880 202,502 Percentage 5.87% 4.25% Swing 2.27% 1.55%

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An election ofMembers of the European Parliament representingNetherlands constituency for the 2004–2009 term of theEuropean Parliament was held on 10 June 2004. It was part of the wider2004 European election. Fifteen parties competed in aD'Hondt type election for 27 seats (down from 31).

Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament.These combined lists are:

1. Christian Union andSGP

Several parties formed anelectoral alliance:^[1]

1. PvdA/European Social-Democrats and GreenLeft
2. CDA/European People's Party and Christian Union-SGP
3. VVD/European Liberal-Democrats and Democrats 66

The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal andChristian Union-SGP cost theChristian Democratic Appeal a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.

The exact number of seats allocated to each country is determined by the treaties, currently the Treaty of Nice, and is adjusted by the accession treaty of each new member. Hence no change to the seats occurs without ratification by all states. According to the treaties, the maximum number of members in the Parliament is 732. This why the seats for the Netherlands was reduced from 31 to 27

The official order and names of candidate lists:

According to theEuropean Commission, the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all themunicipalities in the Netherlands published the results on Thursday, giving the media the opportunity to give an almost complete national result, only missing votes cast abroad. The complete and official result were publicised according to the rules.^[2]

The ruling centre-right parties, theChristian Democratic Appeal and thePeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud partyEurope Transparent ofwhistleblowerPaul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats. Voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 30.02%.

The EPP-ED group lost 2 seats, making it just as big as the PES group. The ELDR becomes 3rd group after PES.After the elections ELDR andEuropean Democratic Party (EDP) formed a new European Group namedALDE in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also theEurope of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group toIndependence/Democracy (ID). TheChristian Union – Reformed Political Party is part of this new group.

Summary of the 10 June 2004European Parliament elections in the Netherlands

← 1999 2004 2009 →
European group			Seats 1999	Seats 2004	Change
	European People's Party–European Democrats	EPP-ED	9	7	2
	Party of European Socialists	PES	6	7	1
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	ALDE	8	5	3
	The Greens–European Free Alliance	Greens-EFA	4	4	0
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	EUL-NGL	1	2	1
	Independence/Democracy	IND&DEM	3	2	1
	Non-Inscrits	NI	0	0	0
			31	27	4

Results in the five largest municipalities^[4]

Municipality	CDA	PvdA	VVD	GL	ET	SP	D66	CU–SGP	Others
Amsterdam	7.7 (14 665)	28.3 (53 743)	11.2 (21 347)	17.8 (33 876)	7.3 (13 768)	10.1 (19 241)	6.9 (13 030)	0.9 (1 782)	9.8 (18 560)
Rotterdam	13.7 (18 788)	31.0 (42 543)	11.5 (15 764)	8.2 (11 216)	7.3 (9 981)	8.5 (11 705)	4.6 (6 371)	3.5 (4 762)	11.7 (16 084)
The Hague	16.0 (18 021)	24.9 (28 154)	17.1 (19 284)	9.1 (10 254)	7.4 (8 357)	6.5 (7 306)	6.5 (7 334)	2.3 (2 562)	10.4 (11 698)
Utrecht	12.9 (11 285)	23.9 (20 900)	12.1 (10 523)	18.7 (16 287)	6.2 (5 384)	9.7 (8 423)	8.3 (7 272)	2.2 (1 946)	6.0 (5 281)
Eindhoven	20.5 (11 420)	24.7 (13 738)	13.1 (7 303)	9.0 (4 994)	8.3 (4 634)	10.9 (6 091)	5.8 (3 229)	1.4 (770)	6.2 (3 475)

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