2004 European Parliament election in Ireland

2004 European Parliament election in Ireland
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13 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	1,841,335 (59.0% 8.8 pp)
	Colours indicate winning party.

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.

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.^[1]

**Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 2004**
Party		European party	Party Leader	1st Pref Vote	%	±%	Seats	±
	Fine Gael	EPP-ED	Enda Kenny	494,412	27.8	+3.2	5	+1
	Fianna Fáil	UEN	Bertie Ahern	524,504	29.5	−9.1	4	−2
	Sinn Féin	GUE/NGL	Gerry Adams	197,715	11.1	+4.8	1	+1
	Labour Party	PES	Pat Rabbitte	188,132	10.5	+1.8	1	±0
	Green Party	Greens/EFA	Trevor Sargent	76,917	4.3	−2.4	0	−2
	Socialist Party		Joe Higgins	23,218	1.3	+0.5	0	±0
	Independent			275,870	15.5	+1.2	2	±0
Total				1,780,768	100.0	—	13	–2

MEPs elected

Constituency	Name
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

2004–2009 European Parliament Ireland constituencies

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

References

^ Murphy, Tom (10 June 2004). "91,000 people are eligible to vote". Wicklow People. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

External links

[1] Murphy, Tom (10 June 2004). "91,000 people are eligible to vote". Wicklow People. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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