2004 European Parliament election in Spain

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox election An election was held in Spain on Sunday, 13 June 2004, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 6th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to the Spanish constituency as per the Treaty of Nice were up for election.Template:Efn

The election saw a close race between the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had accessed power earlier in April in the wake of the 11M train bombings leading up to the 14 March general election, and the centre-right People's Party (PP), still reeling from its election defeat. It marked the only time the PSOE emerged as the largest party in a European Parliament election in Spain between 1989 and 2019. It also saw a considerable drop in turnout down to 45.1%, the lowest up until that point—a figure that would be outmatched by the turnout in the two subsequent European Parliament elections, 2009 (44.9%) and 2014 (43.8%).

Electoral system

54 members of the European Parliament were allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Nice.Template:Efn Voting was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals and resident non-national European citizens over 18 years of age and in full enjoyment of their political rights.<ref>Template:Harvp.</ref><ref>Template:Harvp.</ref>

All seats were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional voting system, with no electoral threshold being applied to be entitled to enter seat distribution. Seats were allocated to a single multi-member constituency comprising the entire national territory.<ref>Template:Harvp.</ref> The use of the electoral method resulted in an effective threshold based on the district magnitude and the distribution of votes among candidacies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The law did not provide for by-elections to fill vacated seats; instead, any vacancies that occurred after the proclamation of candidates and into the legislative term were to be covered by the successive candidates in the list and, when required, by the designated substitutes.<ref>Template:Harvp.</ref>

Outgoing delegation

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Outgoing delegation in May 2004<ref name="HE2">Template:Cite web</ref>
Groups Parties MEPs
Seats Total
width="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| European People's Party–European Democrats width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP 26 28
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| UPN 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| UDC 1
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Party of European Socialists style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSOE 23 24
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| LV 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European United Left–Nordic Green Left style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| IU 4 4
rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Greens–European Free Alliance style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| BNG 1 4
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| ERC 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PAR 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| BNV 1
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CDC 1 3
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EAJ/PNV 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| UV 1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Non-Inscrits style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| INDEP 1Template:Efn 1

Parties and candidates

The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call. In order to be entitled to run, parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least 15,000 registered electors; this requirement could be lifted and replaced through the signature of at least 50 elected officials—deputies, senators, MEPs or members from the legislative assemblies of autonomous communities or from local city councils. Electors and elected officials were disallowed from signing for more than one list of candidates.<ref>Template:Harvp.</ref>

Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:

Candidacy Parties and
alliances 		Leading candidate Ideology Previous result Template:Abbr
Vote % Seats
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PP Template:Collapsible list Jaime Mayor Oreja Conservatism
Christian democracy 		39.7% Template:Big <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| PSOE Template:Collapsible list Josep Borrell Social democracy 35.3% Template:Big <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Galeusca Template:Collapsible list Ignasi Guardans Peripheral nationalism
8.0%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| IU–ICV–EUiA Template:Collapsible list Willy Meyer Socialism
Communism
6.5%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| CE Template:Collapsible list Alejandro Rojas-Marcos Regionalism
3.4%
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style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| EdP Template:Collapsible list Bernat Joan Peripheral nationalism
1.1%
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The abertzale left tried to run under the umbrella of the Herritarren Zerrenda list (Basque for "Citizens' List").<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, the Spanish Supreme Court annulled HZ lists and banned them from running on 22 May 2004, as it considered that the candidacy's promoters and half of its candidates had links with the outlawed Batasuna and with the ETA environment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Opinion polls

The tables below list opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a poll.

Voting intention estimates

The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. Refusals are generally excluded from the party vote percentages, while question wording and the treatment of "don't know" responses and those not intending to vote may vary between polling organisations. When available, seat projections determined by the polling organisations are displayed below (or in place of) the percentages in a smaller font.

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Voting preferences

The table below lists raw, unweighted voting preferences.

Victory preferences

The table below lists opinion polling on the victory preferences for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.

Victory likelihood

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood of victory for each party in the event of a European Parliament election taking place.

Results

Overall

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Parties and alliances Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Total +/−
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) 6,741,112 43.46 +8.13 25 +1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| People's Party (PP) 6,393,192 41.21 +1.47 24 −3
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Galeusca–Peoples of Europe (Galeusca)1 798,816 5.15 −2.87 2 −2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| United Left–Initiative for Catalonia Greens–EUiA (IU–ICV–EUiA)2 643,136 4.15 −2.36 2 −2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Europe of the Peoples (EdP)3 380,709 2.45 +1.34 1 −1
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European Coalition (CE)4 197,231 1.27 −2.17 0 −2
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| The Greens–European Green Group (LV–GVE)5 68,536 0.44 −0.22 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Cannabis Party for Legalisation and Normalisation (PCLyN) 54,460 0.35 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Aralar (Aralar) 19,993 0.13 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Socialist Action Party (PASOC) 13,810 0.09 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) 11,820 0.08 −0.10 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| For a Fairer World (PUM+J) 9,202 0.06 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) 8,180 0.05 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party (POSI)6 7,976 0.05 +0.02 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Family and Life Party (PFyV) 7,958 0.05 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| New Green Left (NIV) 6,876 0.04 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| National Democracy (DN) 6,314 0.04 ±0.00 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| The Phalanx (FE) 5,935 0.04 −0.01 0 ±0
The Unemployed (Los Parados) 5,314 0.03 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Commoners' Land–Castilian Nationalist Party (TC–PNC) 5,267 0.03 −0.03 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Spanish Phalanx of the CNSO (FE–JONS) 4,484 0.03 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain–Internationalist Struggle (PCPE–LI) 4,281 0.03 −0.09 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Humanist Party (PH) 3,923 0.03 −0.03 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Spanish Democratic Party (PADE) 3,454 0.02 −0.06 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Regionalist Party of the Leonese Country (PREPAL) 3,308 0.02 −0.01 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Catalan State (EC) 2,594 0.02 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| We–People's Unity (Nós–UP) 2,516 0.02 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Authentic Phalanx (FA) 2,008 0.01 New 0 ±0
Liberal Coalition (CL) 1,719 0.01 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Carlist Party (PC) 1,600 0.01 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Liberal Centrist Union (UCL) 1,544 0.01 New 0 ±0
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Basque Citizens (EH) n/a n/a −1.45 0 −1
Blank ballots 95,014 0.61 −1.08
Total 15,512,282 54 −10
Valid votes 15,512,282 99.02 −0.19
Invalid votes 154,209 0.98 +0.19
Votes cast / turnout 15,666,491 45.14 −17.91
Abstentions 19,039,553 54.86 +17.91
Registered voters 34,706,044
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Maps

  • Vote winner strength by province.
    Vote winner strength by province.
  • Vote winner strength by autonomous community.
    Vote winner strength by autonomous community.

Distribution by European group

Summary of political group distribution in the 6th European Parliament (2004–2009)<ref name="HE2"/>
Groups Parties Seats Total %
width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Party of European Socialists (PES) 24 24 44.44
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) 23
1 		24 44.44
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) 1
1
1 		3 5.56
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) 1
1 		2 3.70
style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) 1 1 1.85
Total 54 54 100.00

Elected legislators

The following table lists the elected legislators:<ref>Template:Smallcaps: Template:Cite journal</ref>

Notes

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References

Opinion poll sources

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Other

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