European Parliament election, 2004 (Ireland)

Ireland European Parliament election, 2004

11 June 2004
13 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Enda Kenny Bertie Ahern Gerry Adams Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Sinn Féin Alliance EPP UEN EUL–NGL Leader since 2 June 2002 19 December 1994 1983 Last election 24.6%, 4 seats 38.6%, 6 seats 6.3%, 0 seat Seats won 5 4 1 Seat change +1 –2 +1 Popular vote 464,414 524,504 197,715 Percentage 27.8% 29.5% 11.1% Swing +3.2 –9.1% +4.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   150x150px Leader Pat Rabbitte Trevor Sargent Joe Higgins Party Labour Party Green Party Socialist Party Alliance PES Greens–EFA N/A Leader since October 2002 6 October 2001 1996 Last election 8.7%, 1 seat 6.7%, 2 seats 0.8%, 0 seats Seats won 1 0 0 Seat change 0 -2 0 Popular vote 188,132 76,719 23,218 Percentage 10.5% 4.3% 1.3% Swing +1.8% -2.4 +0.5
Colours indicate winning party.

The 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2004 European Parliament election. The voting was held on Friday, 11 June 2004. The election coincided with the 2004 local elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.

Since the 1999 European Parliament election Ireland's entitlement had fallen from 15 seats to 13 seats due to European Union expansion and some constituencies boundaries and names were changed.

• Munster constituency lost County Clare and was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed South
• Connacht–Ulster gained County Clare and was renamed North-West
• Leinster had no boundary changes but was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed East
• Dublin was unchanged

Results

Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 2004

Party		Party Leader	1st Pref Vote	%	±%	Seats	±
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	494,412	27.8	+3.2	5	+1
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	524,504	29.5	–9.1	4	–2
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	197,715	11.1	+4.8	1	+1
	Labour Party	Pat Rabbitte	188,132	10.5	+1.8	1	±0
	Green Party	Trevor Sargent	76,917	4.3	–2.4	0	–2
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	23,218	1.3	+0.5	0	±0
	Independents		275,870	15.5	+1.2	2	±0
Total			1,780,768	100	—	13	–2

Voting details

2004–2009 European Parliament Ireland constituencies

Constituency	Electorate	Turnout	Spoilt	Valid Poll	Quota	Seats	Candidates
Dublin	821,723	435,136 (52.9%)	13,239 (3.0%)	421,897	84,380	4	12
East	806,598	471,895 (58.5%)	18,717 (3.9%)	453,178	113,295	3	13
North-West	688,804	435,910 (63.3%)	14,487 (3.3%)	421,423	105,356	3	9
South	802,359	498,394 (62.1%)	14,124 (2.8%)	484,270	121,068	3	10
Total	3,119,484	1,841,335 (59.0%)	60,567 (3.3%)	1,780,768	—	13	44

Seats

Constituency	Area	Seats	Pop.	per Seat
Dublin	Dublin	4	1.1m	275k
East	Leinster less Dublin	3	1m	333k
South	Munster less Clare	3	1m	333k
North-West	Connacht plus Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare	3	800k	270k
Total		13	3.9m	300k

See also

• List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 2004–09 – List ordered by constituency
• For the Northern Ireland European Parliament elections, see 2004 UK European Parliament election.

External links

• ElectionsIreland.org – 2004 European Parliament (Ireland) election results
• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)