Elections to the European Parliament Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Until ...

were held in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

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 Civic Platform ( pl, Platforma Obywatelska, PO)The party is officially the Civic Platform of the Republic of Poland (''Platforma Obywatelska Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''). is a political party in Poland. It is currently led by Donald Tusk. It ...

. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families. The radical

populist Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against " the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. The term develop ...

Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, SRP) is a nationalist, populist, and agrarian political party and trade union in Poland. Its platform combines left-wing populist economic policies with religio ...

, 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 The Social Democracy of Poland ( pl, Socjaldemokracja Polska, SDPL) is a social-democratic political party in Poland. Foundation The party was founded in April 2004 as a splinter group from the post-communist Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). Th ...

, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.

Opinion polls

Results

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 Stanisław Jałowiecki (born 26 December 1946 in Tanvald) is a Politics of Poland, Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian Voivodship & Opole Voivodship with the Civic Platform, part of the European People's P ...

, sociologist and politician * Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist *

Bogdan Klich Bogdan Adam Klich (born on 8 May 1960 in Kraków) is a former Minister of National Defence of Poland. Son to Adam Klich. Bogdan Klich was interned in 1981 during the martial law set by the communist regime. Until November 16, 2007, he was a ...

, expert on international politics * Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law *

Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (; born 13 June 1951) is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets. On 27 ...

, economist, ex-minister of privatisation * Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitan ...

* Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator *

Jacek Protasiewicz Jacek Protasiewicz (born 5 June 1967 in Brzeg) is a Polish politician. Graduated from Wroclaw University where in the 80s of 20th century was a leader of anti communist student organization (NZS). In 1995 was an international fellow at the Kett ...

, philologist and politician *

Bogusław Sonik Bogusław Andrzej Sonik (born 3 December 1953 in Kraków) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship with the Civic Platform, part of the European People's Part ...

, lawyer and politician * Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology *

Tadeusz Zwiefka Tadeusz Antoni Zwiefka (; born 28 December 1954 in Tuchola) is a Polish journalist and politician. Since 2004, member of the European Parliament. Biography Tadeusz Zwiefka comes from Tuchola in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship, he worked in Sz ...

, journalist

League of Polish Families

Filip Adwent Filip Stanisław Adwent (31 August 1955 – 26 June 2005) was a Polish politician and a Member of the European Parliament for the Pomeranian Voivodship. He was born in Strasbourg. He ran as a candidate from the League of Polish Families , and sa ...

, physician and author *

Sylwester Chruszcz Sylwester Arkadiusz Chruszcz (born 22 August 1972, in Głogów) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Lower Silesian Voivodship and Opole Voivodship with the Naprzód Polsko, part of the Union for Europe ...

, architect and politician *

Maciej Giertych Maciej Marian Giertych (, born 24 March 1936 in Warsaw) is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician of the League of Polish Families (LPR). He favours state intervention in the economy. He was a member of the Sejm (between 2001 a ...

, politician and publicist *

Dariusz Grabowski Dariusz Maciej Grabowski (born 28 August 1950 in Warsaw) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Masovian Voivodship with the League of Polish Families, part of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group and sit ...

, economist, politician and businessman * Urszula Krupa, doctor of medicine, journalist * Mirosław Piotrowski, professor of history * Bogdan Pęk, zootechnologist and politician *

Bogusław Rogalski Bogusław Rogalski (born 11 March 1972 in Maków Mazowiecki) is a far-right Polish politician and the current leader of Union of Christian Families. He graduated in 1997 from the Olsztyn Pedagogical University. As a student, between 1993 and ...

, 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 Mieczysław Edmund Janowski (born 16 November 1947 in Zduńska Wola) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Subcarpathian Voivodship with the Law and Justice, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations. He si ...

, doctor of technical sciences, local activist *

Michał Kamiński Michał Tomasz Kamiński (born 28 March 1972) is a Polish politician and a member of the Senate with the Union of European Democrats. He was chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament from July 2009 until Ma ...

, journalist and politician *

Marcin Libicki Marcin Wojciech Libicki (born 2 February 1939 in Poznań) is a Polish politician, former member of the Polish parliament (Sejm), elected for the Poznań constituency. He is one of the leaders of the Law and Justice party. On 13 June 2004, he was ...

, arts historian and politician *

Wojciech Roszkowski Wojciech Stefan Roszkowski OOB (born 20 June 1947 in Warsaw) is a Polish economic historian and writer, specializing in Polish and European history of the 20th and 21st century. He was a politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in ...

, 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 Richard Henry Czarnecki (, born 25 January 1963 pol. Ryszard Henryk Czarnecki) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Poland. He is a member of the Law and Justice, part of the European Conservatives and Reform ...

, 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 Edward Gierek (; 6 January 1913 – 29 July 2001) was a Polish Communist politician and ''de facto'' leader of Poland between 1970 and 1980. Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as First Secretary of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party (P ...

, 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 Andrzej Jan Szejna (; born 28 April 1973, in Końskie) is a Politics of Poland, Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Lesser Poland Voivodeship & Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Lab ...

, economist, politician

Freedom Union

* Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs * Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator *

Janusz Onyszkiewicz Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz (, born 18 December 1937) is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politicianEuropa Publications, "The International Who's Who 2004", Routledge, 2003pg. 1258/ref> and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign ...

, 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 Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański (18 October 1949 – 18 February 2022) was a Polish politician. Biography Podkański was born Guzówka, Poland. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Lublin Voivodship with the Polish People's Pa ...

, historian and politician, vice chairman of PSL, ex-vice minister of culture * Czesław Siekierski, agriculture economist, ex-vice minister of agriculture *

Janusz Wojciechowski Janusz Czesław Wojciechowski (born 6 December 1954 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician and was a long-standing Member of the European Parliament, elected from the Lodz Voivodship representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004–2006 ...

, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004

Social Democratic Party of Poland

Genowefa Grabowska Genowefa Grabowska (born 1 January 1944, in Przystajń) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Silesian Voivodship with the Social Democracy of Poland, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament ...

, professor of international law, senator *

Józef Pinior Józef Pinior (; born on 9 March 1955 in Rybnik) is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Lower Silesian Voivodship & Opole Voivodship with the Social Democracy of Poland, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the E ...

, lawyer, economist and politician *

Dariusz Rosati Dariusz Kajetan Rosati (born 8 August 1946 as Gaetano Dario Rosati) is a Polish professor of economics and a politician who served as a member of the European Parliament from 2004–2019, and subsequently as a deputy of the Sejm since 2019. Bio ...

, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs

Independent

Paweł Piskorski Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski (born 25 February 1968 in Warsaw) is a former Polish politician. He was Mayor of Warsaw from 30 March 1999 to 14 January 2002. In 1997 he was elected to the Sejm from the Freedom Union electoral list, and in 2001, af ...

, politician, ex-mayor of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

References

* ''Obwieszczenie PKW z dnia 15 VI 2004 r.'', Dz.U. Nr 137, poz. 1460.

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
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