# 2004 European Parliament election in Poland

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-Defence of the Republic of Poland, 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.

## Opinion polls

| Polling firm | PO | LPR | PiS | SRP | SLD-UP | UW | PSL | SDPL | Others | Lead |
| Election results | 24.1% | 15.9% | 12.7% | 10.8% | 9.3% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 8.3% | 8.2% over LPR |
| PBS | 28% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 13% over LPR |
| TNS OBOP | 28.7% | 15.1% | 10.9% | 14.4% | 10.5% | 5.3% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 4.8% | 13.6% over LPR |
| Exit polls |||||||||||
| CBOS | 31% | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 9% | 15% over SRP |
| PBS | 30% | 11% | 11% | 18% | 8% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 12% over SRP |
| TNS OBOP | 27% | 13% | 6% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 4% | – | 24% | 11% over SRP |
| Ipsos | 27% | 12.6% | 16.5% | 16.5% | 4.6% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 5% | 10.6% | 10.5% over SRP/PiS |
| Pentor | 26% | 11% | 12% | 23% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 3% over SRP |
| Primary election | 21.1% | 6.9% | 8.4% | 18.4% | 11.3% | 7.3% | 3.9% | 9% | 13.7% | 2.7% over SRP |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Civic Platform | 1,467,775 | 24.10 | 15 |
| | League of Polish Families | 969,689 | 15.92 | 10 |
| | Law and Justice | 771,858 | 12.67 | 7 |
| | Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland | 656,782 | 10.78 | 6 |
| | Democratic Left Alliance – Labour Union | 569,311 | 9.35 | 5 |
| | Freedom Union | 446,549 | 7.33 | 4 |
| | Polish People's Party | 386,340 | 6.34 | 4 |
| | Social Democracy of Poland | 324,707 | 5.33 | 3 |
| | Real Politics Union | 113,675 | 1.87 | 0 |
| | National Electoral Committee | 94,867 | 1.56 | 0 |
| | Initiative for Poland | 88,565 | 1.45 | 0 |
| | KPEiR–PLD | 48,667 | 0.80 | 0 |
| | Konfederacja Ruch Obrony Bezrobotnych | 36,937 | 0.61 | 0 |
| | All-Poland Civic Coalition | 35,180 | 0.58 | 0 |
| | Polish Labour Party | 32,807 | 0.54 | 0 |
| | Reason Party | 18,068 | 0.30 | 0 |
| | Greens 2004 | 16,288 | 0.27 | 0 |
| | Democratic Left Party | 5,513 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | Together for the Future | 2,897 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | National Revival of Poland | 2,546 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Polish National Party | 2,510 | 0.04 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 6,091,531 | 100.00 | 54 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,091,531 | 97.33 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 167,019 | 2.67 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,258,550 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 29,986,109 | 20.87 | |
| Source: PKW |||||

## Elected members
### Civic Platform

* 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

### League of Polish Families

* 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

### Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union

* 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

### Freedom Union

* 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

### Polish People's Party

* Zbigniew Kuzmiuk, politician, chairman of PSL parliamentary caucus
* Zdzisław Podkański, historian and politician, vice chairman of PSL, ex-vice minister of culture
* Czesław Siekierski, agriculture economist, ex-vice minister 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

### Independent

* Paweł Piskorski, politician, ex-mayor of Warsaw