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.
11 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 seats to the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnout | 1,841,335 (59.0% 8.8 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colours indicate winning party. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the first election that Fine Gael won more seats than Fianna Fáil, who had won most seats at every election from 1979.
Constituency revision
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
The election was organised by city/county council area, the basis for the local elections being held simultaneously. Voters received different-coloured ballot papers for the European election, city/county council election, and a constitutional referendum, all of which went into the same ballot box and were separated by colour once the boxes arrived at the count centre for the city/county. Not all voters received all ballots as the franchises differ. The European ballots were all counted in one city/county, necessitating a second transportation of the separated ballots from the other city/county centres. For example, the East ballots were counted in Navan, County Meath.
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | 524,504 | 29.45 | −9.1 | 4 | −2 | |
| Fine Gael | 494,412 | 27.76 | +3.2 | 5 | +1 | |
| Sinn Féin | 197,715 | 11.10 | +4.8 | 1 | +1 | |
| Labour Party | 188,132 | 10.56 | +1.8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Green Party | 76,917 | 4.32 | −2.4 | 0 | −2 | |
| Socialist Party | 23,218 | 1.30 | +0.5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent | 275,870 | 15.49 | +1.2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,780,768 | 100.00 | – | 13 | −2 | |
| Valid votes | 1,780,768 | 96.71 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 60,567 | 3.29 | ||||
| Total votes | 1,841,335 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,119,484 | 59.03 | ||||
MEPs elected
| Constituency | Name | Party | EP group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | Gay Mitchell | Fine Gael | EPP–ED | ||
| Eoin Ryan | Fianna Fáil | UEN | |||
| Mary Lou McDonald | Sinn Féin | GUE/NGL | |||
| Proinsias De Rossa | Labour | PES | |||
| East | Mairead McGuinness | Fine Gael | EPP–ED | ||
| Avril Doyle | Fine Gael | EPP–ED | |||
| Liam Aylward | Fianna Fáil | UEN | |||
| North-West | Marian Harkin | Independent | ALDE | ||
| Seán Ó Neachtain | Fianna Fáil | UEN | |||
| Jim Higgins | Fine Gael | EPP–ED | |||
| South | Brian Crowley | Fianna Fáil | UEN | ||
| Simon Coveney | Fine Gael | EPP–ED | |||
| Kathy Sinnott | Independent | IND/DEM | |||
Voting details
| 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 | County Dublin | 4 | 1.1m | 275k |
| East | Leinster less County Dublin | 3 | 1m | 333k |
| South | Munster less County Clare | 3 | 1m | 333k |
| North-West | Connacht plus counties Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare | 3 | 800k | 270k |
| Total | 13 | 3.9m | 300k | |
See also
- List of members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 2004–2009 – List ordered by constituency
- For the Northern Ireland European Parliament elections, see 2004 UK European Parliament election.
wikipedia, wiki, encyclopedia, book, library, article, read, free download, Information about 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland, What is 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland? What does 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland mean?