2004 European Parliament election in Germany

2004 European Parliament election in Germany
13 June 2004
All 99 German seats in the European Parliament
Turnout43.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CDU/CSU SPD Greens
Alliance EPP-ED PES G/EFA
Seats before 53 33 7
Seats won 49 23 13
Seat change 4 10 6
Popular vote 11,476,897 5,547,971 3,079,728
Percentage 44.5% 21.5% 11.9%
Swing 4.2% 9.2% 5.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party PDS FDP
Alliance GUE-NGL ALDE
Seats before 6 0
Seats won 7 7
Seat change 1 7
Popular vote 1,579,109 1,565,431
Percentage 6.1% 6.1%
Swing 0.3% 3.0

The election of MEPs representing Germany constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June 2004.

The elections saw a heavy defeat for the ruling Social Democratic Party, which polled its lowest share of the vote since World War II. More than half of this loss, however, went to other parties of the left, particularly the Greens. The votes of the opposition conservative parties, the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, also fell, though not as sharply as the SPD's. The liberal Free Democratic Party improved its vote and gained representation.

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