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The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of MEP representing Czech Republic constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.
These were first European elections after the EU accession and hence the first to be held in the Czech Republic. They took place on June 11 and June 12, 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. Debacle of his party was one of reasons for resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla.
[edit] Results
| Summary of the June 2004 European Parliament election results edit |
| Parties and coalitions |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Civic Democratic Party (Občanská demokratická strana) |
700,915 |
30.0 |
9 |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy) |
472,843 |
20.3 |
6 |
| SNK - European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté) |
257,271 |
11.0 |
3 |
| Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťansko-demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová) |
223,379 |
9.6 |
2 |
| Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická) |
204,895 |
8.8 |
2 |
| Independents (Nezávislí) |
191,025 |
8.2 |
2 |
| Green Party (Strana zelených) |
73,932 |
3.2 |
- |
| No. of valid votes |
2,332,862 |
99.4 |
24 |
| Invalid votes |
11,428 |
0.6 |
|
| Total |
2,344,290 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
28.3 |
|
| Electorate |
8,283,485 |
|
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| Source: Český statistický úřad |
[edit] External links
- Detailed official results (in English); note that the numbers differ by a few votes from those given here as they were apparently corrected later
