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{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
| country            = Netherlands
| flag_year          = 
| type               = Parliamentary
| ongoing            = no
| previous_election  = 1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
| previous_year      = 1999
| next_election      = 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
| next_year          = 2009
| seats_for_election = 27 seats to the [[European Parliament]]
| election_date      = 10 June 2004
| turnout            = 39.26%

| party1             = Christian Democratic Appeal
| image1             = [[file:Eurlings Dutch politician kabinet Balkenende IV.jpg|100px]]
| leader1            = [[Camiel Eurlings]]
| alliance1          = [[European People's Party Group#History|EPP-ED]]
| popular_vote1      = 1,164,431
| percentage1        = 24.43%
| swing1             = 2.51% {{decrease}}
| seats1             = {{Composition bar|7|27|hex={{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}}}}
| seat_change1       = 2 {{decrease}}

| party2             = Labour Party (Netherlands)
| image2             = [[file:Max van den Berg (24623521203).jpg|100px]]
| leader2            = [[Max van den Berg]]
| alliance2          = [[Party of European Socialists|PES]]
| popular_vote2      = 1,124,549
| percentage2        = 23.60%
| swing2             = 3.49% {{increase}}
| seats2             = {{Composition bar|7|27|hex={{party color|Dutch Labour Party}}}}
| seat_change2       = 1 {{increase}}

| party3             = People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
| image3             = [[File:Noimage.png|100px]]
| leader3            = [[Jules Maaten]]
| alliance3          = [[Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
| popular_vote3      = 629,198
| percentage3        = 13.20%
| swing3             = 6.49% {{decrease}}
| seats3             = {{Composition bar|4|27|hex={{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}}}}
| seat_change3       = 2 {{decrease}}

| party4             = GreenLeft
| image4             = [[File:KathelijneBuitenwegMaastricht.jpg|100px]]
| leader4            = [[Kathalijne Buitenweg]]
| alliance4          = [[The Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens-EFA]]
| popular_vote4      = 352,201
| percentage4        = 7.39%
| swing4             = 4.46% {{decrease}}
| seats4             = {{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{party color|GreenLeft}}}}
| seat_change4       = 2 {{decrease}}

| party5             = Europe Transparent
| image5             = [[File:Paul van Buitenen (NL, Breda, 28 mei 1957) former Dutch MEP and (before that) famous wistle blower in the EU..JPG|100px]]
| leader5            = [[Paul van Buitenen]]
| alliance5          = [[The Greens–European Free Alliance|Greens-EFA]]
| popular_vote5      = 349,156
| percentage5        = 7.33%
| swing5             = new
| seats5             = {{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{party color|Europe Transparent}}}}
| seat_change5       = 2 {{increase}}

| party6             = Socialist Party (Netherlands)
| image6             = [[file:Erik Meijer.jpg|100px]]
| leader6            = [[Erik Meijer (politician)|Erik Meijer]]
| alliance6          = [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left|EUL/NGL]]
| popular_vote6      = 332,326
| percentage6        = 6.97%
| swing6             = 1.93% {{increase}}
| seats6             = {{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{party color|Socialist Party (Netherlands)}}}}
| seat_change6       = 1 {{increase}}

| party7             = Christian Union – Reformed Political Party
| image7             = [[File:Noimage.png|100px]]
| leader7            = [[Johannes Blokland|Hans Blokland]]
| alliance7          = [[Independence/Democracy|ID]]
| popular_vote7      = 279,880
| percentage7        = 5.87%
| swing7             = 2.27% {{decrease}}
| seats7             = {{Composition bar|2|27|hex={{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}}}}
| seat_change7       = 1 {{decrease}}

| party8             = Democrats 66
| image8             = [[File:Sophie in 't Veld - Candidate for the European Parliament for D66.jpg|100px]]
| leader8            = [[Sophie in 't Veld]]
| alliance8          = [[Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe|ALDE]]
| popular_vote8      = 202,502
| percentage8        = 4.25%
| swing8             = 1.55% {{decrease}}
| seats8             = {{Composition bar|1|27|hex={{party color|Democrats 66}}}}
| seat_change8       = 1 {{decrease}}

}}
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An election of [[Members of the European Parliament]] representing [[Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)|Netherlands constituency]] for the 2004–2009 term of the [[European Parliament]] was held on 10&nbsp;June 2004. It was part of the wider [[2004 European Parliament election|2004 European election]]. Fifteen parties competed in a [[D'Hondt method|D'Hondt]] type election for 27 seats (down from 31).

==Background==

===Combined lists===
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:
# [[Christian Union (Netherlands)|Christian Union]] and [[Political Reformed Party|SGP]]

===Electoral alliances===
Several parties formed an [[lijstverbinding|electoral alliance]]:<ref name="Kiesraad">[http://www.minbzk.nl/aspx/download.aspx?file=/contents/pages/9009/pvep2004.pdf Minutes Dutch EP election 2004] in .pfd and Dutch</ref>
# PvdA/European Social-Democrats and GreenLeft
# CDA/European People's Party and Christian Union-SGP
# VVD/European Liberal-Democrats and Democrats 66

The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal and [[Christian Union – Reformed Political Party|Christian Union-SGP]] cost the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.

===Treaty of Nice===
{{further|Treaty of Nice}}
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

=== Numbering of the candidates list ===
{{further|Party lists in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands}}
{{#section-h:Party lists in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|Numbering of the candidates list}}

== Results==
{{further|Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)}}
According to the [[European Commission]], the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all the [[municipalities 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.<ref>[http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article181125.ece/Kiesraad_uitslag_mag_wel_bekendgemaakt_worden  Electoral council is allowed to renounce results] Article Volkskrant</ref>

The ruling centre-right parties, the [[Christian Democratic Appeal]] and the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party [[Europe Transparent]] of [[whistleblower]] [[Paul van Buitenen]] unexpectedly won two seats. Voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 30.02%. 

{{Election results
|party1=[[Christian Democratic Appeal]]|votes1=1164431|seats1=7|sc1=–2
|party2=[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]]|votes2=1124549|seats2=7|sc2=+1
|party3=[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]|votes3=629198|seats3=4|sc3=–2
|party4=[[GroenLinks]]|votes4=352201|seats4=2|sc4=–2
|party5=[[Europe Transparent]]|votes5=349156|seats5=2|sc5=New
|party6=[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]]|votes6=332326|seats6=2|sc6=+1
|party7=[[Christian Union – Reformed Political Party]]|votes7=279880|seats7=2|sc7=–1
|party8=[[Democrats 66]]|votes8=202502|seats8=1|sc8=–1
|party9=[[Party for the Animals]]|votes9=153432|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Pim Fortuyn List]]|votes10=121509|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Party for the North]]|votes11=18234|seats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=[[New Right (Netherlands)|New Right]]|votes12=15732|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=Liveable Europe|votes13=9144|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=Democratic Europe|votes14=8780|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=Respect.now|votes15=4603|seats15=0|sc15=New
|invalid=11444
|total_sc=–4
|electorate=12168878
|source=Kiesraad<ref>https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP20040610</ref>
}}

===European groups===
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 and [[European Democratic Party]] (EDP) formed a new European Group named [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (European Parliament group)|ALDE]] in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also the [[Europe of Democracies and Diversities]] (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group to [[Independence/Democracy]] (ID). The [[Christian Union – Reformed Political Party]] is part of this new group.
{{election table|title=Summary of the 10 June 2004 [[European Parliament]] elections in the Netherlands}}
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="11" | {{succession links|left = [[1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|1999]] | center = 2004 | right = [[2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|2009]] }}
|-
|style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" colspan="3"|'''European group'''
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats 1999
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats 2004
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Change
|-

| {{party color cell|European People's Party|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[European People's Party Group#History|European People's Party–European Democrats]]
| style="text-align:left;" | EPP-ED
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;" | 2 {{decrease}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats#History|Party of European Socialists]]
| style="text-align:left;" | PES
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;" | 1 {{increase}}
|-
| style="background-color:gold;" width=0.3em|
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]]
| style="text-align:left;" | ALDE
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 3 {{decrease}}
|-
| {{party color cell|The Greens–European Free Alliance|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]]
| style="text-align:left;" | Greens-EFA
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 {{steady}}
|-
| {{party color cell|European United Left–Nordic Green Left|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[European United Left–Nordic Green Left]]
| style="text-align:left;" | EUL-NGL
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;" | 1 {{increase}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Independence/Democracy|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Independence/Democracy]]
| style="text-align:left;" | IND&DEM
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| style="text-align:right;" | 1 {{decrease}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Non-Inscrits|2px}}
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Non-Inscrits]]
| style="text-align:left;" | NI
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0 {{steady}}
|-
|width="350" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan="3"|
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|31
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"|27
|width="30" style="text-align:right;background-color:#E9E9E9"| 4 {{decrease}}
|}

=== Elected members ===
{{further|List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–09}}

=== 5 largest municipalities ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;line-height:14px"
|+ Results in the five largest municipalities<ref name="results">{{Cite web |title=Europees Parlement – 10 juni 2004 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/EP20040610 |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=[[Kiesraad]] |language=Dutch}}</ref>
|- style="height:40px;"
! rowspan="2"| Municipality
! style="width:40px;"| [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[GroenLinks|GL]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Europe Transparent|ET]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Democrats 66|D66]]
! style="width:40px;"| [[Christian Union – Reformed Political Party|CU–SGP]]
! style="width:40px;" rowspan="2"| Others
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Democratic Appeal}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|People's Party for Freedom and Democracy}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|GroenLinks}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Europe Transparent}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Socialist Party (Netherlands)}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Democrats 66}};"|
! style="background:{{party color|Christian Union – Reformed Political Party}};"|
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Amsterdam}}
| 7.7<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(14 665)</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};color:#FFFFFF"|'''28.3'''<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(53 743)</span>
| 11.2<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(21 347)</span>
| 17.8<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(33 876)</span>
| 7.3<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(13 768)</span>
| 10.1<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(19 241)</span>
| 6.9<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(13 030)</span>
| 0.9<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(1 782)</span>
| 9.8<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(18 560)</span>
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Rotterdam}}
| 13.7<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(18 788)</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};color:#FFFFFF"|'''31.0'''<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(42 543)</span>
| 11.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(15 764)</span>
| 8.2<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(11 216)</span>
| 7.3<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(9 981)</span>
| 8.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(11 705)</span>
| 4.6<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(6 371)</span>
| 3.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(4 762)</span>
| 11.7<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(16 084)</span>
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|The Hague}}
| 16.0<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(18 021)</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};color:#FFFFFF"|'''24.9'''<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(28 154)</span>
| 17.1<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(19 284)</span>
| 9.1<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(10 254)</span>
| 7.4<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(8 357)</span>
| 6.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(7 306)</span>
| 6.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(7 334)</span>
| 2.3<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(2 562)</span>
| 10.4<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(11 698)</span>
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|Utrecht (municipality)}} [[Utrecht]]
| 12.9<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(11 285)</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};color:#FFFFFF"|'''23.9'''<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(20 900)</span>
| 12.1<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(10 523)</span>
| 18.7<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(16 287)</span>
| 6.2<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(5 384)</span>
| 9.7<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(8 423)</span>
| 8.3<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(7 272)</span>
| 2.2<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(1 946)</span>
| 6.0<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(5 281)</span>
|-
| align="left"| {{flag|Eindhoven}}
| 20.5<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(11 420)</span>
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (Netherlands)}};color:#FFFFFF"|'''24.7'''<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(13 738)</span>
| 13.1<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(7 303)</span>
| 9.0<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(4 994)</span>
| 8.3<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(4 634)</span>
| 10.9<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(6 091)</span>
| 5.8<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(3 229)</span>
| 1.4<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(770)</span>
| 6.2<br /><span style="font-size:80%">(3 475)</span>
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{European Parliament, (Netherlands)}}
{{European Parliament elections}}
{{Dutch elections}}

[[Category:2004 European Parliament election|Netherlands]]
[[Category:European Parliament elections in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:2004 elections in the Netherlands|European Parliament election]]