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The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Netherlands was the election of MEP representing Netherlands constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. It was held on on June 10, 2004.
The ruling centre-right parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy polled poorly, while the opposition Labour Party and Socialist Party gained ground. The anti-fraud party Europe Transparent of whistle blower Paul van Buitenen unexpectedly won two seats.
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Results
| Party | Abbr. | EU party | Top Candidate | Votes | % | Change | Seats | |
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| Christian Democratic Appeal | CDA | EPP-ED | Camiel Eurlings | 1,164,431 | 24.4 | -2.5 | 7 | -2 |
| Labour Party | PvdA | PES | Max van den Berg | 1,124,549 | 23.6 | +3.5 | 7 | +1 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | VVD | ALDE | Jules Maaten | 629,198 | 13.2 | -6.5 | 4 | -2 |
| Green-Left | GL | EGP-EFA | Kathalijne Buitenweg | 352,201 | 7.4 | -4.4 | 2 | -2 |
| Europe Transparent | ET | EGP-EFA | Paul van Buitenen | 349,156 | 7.3 | +7.3 | 2 | +2 |
| Socialist Party | SP | EUL-NGL | Erik Meijer | 332,326 | 7.0 | +2.0 | 2 | +1 |
| ChristenUnie-SGP | CU-SGP | IND/DEM | Johannes Blokland | 279,880 | 5.9 | -2.8 | 2 | -1 |
| Democrats '66 | D66 | ALDE | Sophie in 't Veld | 202,502 | 4.2 | -1.6 | 1 | -1 |
| Party for the Animals | PvdD | none | Marianne Thieme | 153,432 | 3,2 | +3,2 | 0 | 0 |
| List Pim Fortuyn | LPF | none | Jens van der Vorm-de Rijke | 121,509 | 2,6 | +2,6 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 331,434 | 1.1 | -1.2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4,765,677 | 27 | -4 | |||||
Preference votes and remainder seats
Several parties formed an electoral alliance: the liberal VVD and D66, the Christian CDA and ChristenUnie/SGP and pro-European left PvdA and GreenLeft.
Five seats are distributed as remainder seats these go to: Europe Transparant, VVD-D66 electoral alliance (which is alloted to the VVD), the SP, PvdA-GreenLeft electoral alliance (which is given to the PvdA) and the CDA-ChristenUnie/SGP electoral alliance (which is alloted to the ChristenUnie/SGP). In the last case the CDA actually lost a seat because of its electoral alliance, if the CDA and the ChristenUnie/SGP would not have entered into an alliance the CDA would have been alloted 8 seats and the ChristenUnie/SGP 1.
Several members were elected by preference vote: Ria Oomen-Ruijten of the CDA, Emine Bozkurt of the PvdA and Kartika Liotard of the SP.
Elected Members
CDA
- Bert Doorn
- Camiel Eurlings, top candidate
- Esther de Lange
- Maria Martens
- Lambert van Nistelrooij
- Ria Oomen-Ruijten
- Corien Wortmann-Kool
PvdA
- Max van den Berg, top candidate
- Thijs Berman
- Emine Bozkurt
- Ieke van den Burg
- Dorette Corbey
- Edith Mastenbroek
- Jan-Marinus Wiersma
VVD
GreenLeft
Europe Transparent
SP
ChristenUnie-SGP
- Johannes Blokland (ChristenUnie), top candidate
- Bastiaan Belder (SGP)
D66
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