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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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
|
Members elected
See MEPs for France 2004 - 2009 for a national list in alphabetical order.
Nord-Ouest
Ouest
Est
Sud-Ouest
Sud-Est
Massif-Central - Centre
Île-de-France
outre-mer
Last updated: 06-01-2005 05:45:13
