Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004. 20.87% of eligible citizens voted; of these, 97.33% of the votes cast were valid. The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the governing Alliance of the Democratic Left and Labor Union parties, although the very low turnout makes a direct comparison with national election results difficult. As expected the most successful party was the Civic Platform. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.
The radical populist Self-Defense of the Polish Republic, which some opinion polls had predicted would come second, came fourth after the Law and Justice party. The election results were a success for Social Democracy of Poland, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.
Registered voters: 29,986,109
Votes cast: 6,265,062 (20.9%)
Invalid votes: 173,531 (2.8%)
Valid votes: 6,091,531 (97.2%)
9. Union of Real Politics (Unia Polityki Realnej) - 1,87 proc.,
10. National Electoral Committee of Electors (Narodowy Komitet Wyborczy Wyborców) - 1,56 proc.,
11. Initiative for Poland (Inicjatywa dla Polski) - 1,45 proc.,
12. Country Pensioners Party - People's Democratic Party (Krajowa Partia Emerytów i Rencistów) - 0,8 proc.,
13. Confederation Movement for Unemployed Protection (Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych) - 0,61 proc.,
14. All-Poland Citizen Committee "OKO" (Ogólnopolski Komitet Obywatelski "OKO") - 0,58 proc.,
15. Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) - 0,54 proc.,
16. Anti-Clerical Party of Progress "Reason" (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu "Racja") - 0,3 proc.,
17. Democratic Party of the Left (Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy) - 0,09 proc.
18. "Together for Future" ("Razem dla Przyszłości") - 0,05 proc.,
19. National Renaissance of Poland (Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski) - 0,04 proc.,
20. Polish National Party (Polska Partia Narodowa) - 0,04 proc.,
21. Greens 2004 (Zieloni 2004) - 0,27 proc.,
Jerzy Buzek, ex-prime minister, professor of technical sciences
Zdzisław Chmielewski, historian, rector of Szczecin University
Małgorzata Handzlik, publisher and journalist
Stanisław Jałowiecki, sociologist and politician
Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist
Bogdan Klich, expert on international politics
Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law
Janusz Lewandowski, economist, ex-minister of privatisation
Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator
Jacek Protasiewicz, philologist and politician
Bogusław Sonik, lawyer and politician
Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology
Tadeusz Zwiefka, journalist
Filip Adwent, physician and author
Sylwester Chruszcz, architect and politician
Maciej Giertych, politician and publicist
Dariusz Grabowski, economist, politician and businessman
Urszula Krupa, doctor of medicine, journalist
Mirosław Piotrowski, professor of history
Bogdan Pęk, zootechnologist and politician
Bogusław Rogalski, historian, farmer and political activist
Witold Tomczak, physician and politician
Wojciech Wierzejski, politician and sociologist
Law and Justice
Adam Bielan, politician
Anna Fotyga, international trade expert, vice-mayor of Gdańsk (2002–2004)
Mieczysław Janowski, doctor of technical sciences, local activist
Michał Kamiński, journalist and politician
Marcin Libicki, arts historian and politician
Wojciech Roszkowski, historian, professor of politics
Konrad Szymanski, lawyer, journalist and politician
Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland
Marek Czarnecki, lawyer, journalist and politician
Ryszard Czarnecki, historian, journalist and politician
Bogdan Golik, animal doctor and business adviser
Wiesław Kuc, economist and agriculture expert
Jan Masiel, psychiatrist and business adviser
Leopold Rutowicz, economist and businessman
Adam Gierek, politician, son of Edward Gierek, communist leader of Poland in the 1970s
Lidia Geringer d'Oedenberg, economist and journalist
Bogusław Liberadzki, economist, ex-minister of transport
Marek Siwiec, journalist, politician, president's advisor
Andrzej Szejna, economist, politician
Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs
Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator
Janusz Onyszkiewicz, mathematician and politician, ex-minister of defence
Grazyna Staniszewska, politician, senator
Zbigniew Kuzmiuk, politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
Zdzisław Podkański, historian and politician, vicechairman of PSL, ex-viceminister of culture
Czesław Siekierski, agriculture aconomist, ex-viceminister of agriculture
Janusz Wojciechowski, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004
Social Democratic Party of Poland
Genowefa Grabowska, professor of international law, senator
Józef Pinior, lawyer, economist and politician
Dariusz Rosati, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs
Paweł Piskorski, politician, ex-mayor of Warsaw
