European Parliament election, 2004 (Estonia)

The European elections in Estonia in 2004 was held on 13 June 2004. She was the first direct elections to the European Parliament after Estonia joined the European Union on 1 May 2004. Estonia provides six Members of the European Parliament.

Turnout and electoral system

In the election to the 6th European Parliament adopted in Estonia, 26.8 % of the 873 809 eligible voters, one of the lowest voter turnout in the European Union. The whole country formed a constituency. The Estonian MPs are elected according to the principle of proportional representation. There is in Estonia in the European elections ( logically) no threshold. For the determination of the deputies found the D' Hondt method application. It was ( in contrast to the European elections in Estonia 2009) the system of open lists, ie the order of candidates on the party lists could be influenced by the voters.

Election result

A total of ten parties and four individual candidates standing for election. The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party of Estonia ( Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond Eestis ), which could account for half of all Estonian MEPs with three seats.

The remaining three seats in Parliament shared the Centre Party ( Eesti Keskerakond ), the Liberal Reform Party ( Eesti Reformierakond ) and the conservative Homeland Union ( Isamaaliit ).

The four individual candidates together received 13,162 votes ( 8.3%).

MEPs from Estonia

To Estonian MEPs were elected:

Ivari Padar (SDE ) renounced his seat so that for him Andres Tarand (SDE ) as substitutes Member of the European Parliament was. Toomas Hendrik Ilves was elected on 23 September 2006 to the Estonian president and retired from the European Parliament. For him, moved in October 2006 Katrin Saks ( SDE ) to.

The next European elections for the 7th term of the European Parliament were held on June 7, 2009 in Estonia.

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