European Parliament election, 2004 (Estonia)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Estonia was the election of MEP representing Estonia constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13.

The election was conducted using the D'Hondt method with open list. The voter turnout in Estonia was one of the lowest of all member countries at only 26.8%. A similar trend was visible in most of the new member states that joined the EU in 2004.

The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party, due to the popularity of their leading candidate Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who received the vast majority of the party's votes.^[1] The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly. Ilves went on to become President of Estonia in October 2006, leaving his MEP seat to Katrin Saks.

Results

 Summary of the results of Estonia's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

2004 • 2009 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party (SDE)	PES		85,433	36.79	—	3 / 6	—
	Centre Party (KESK)	ELDR		40,704	17.53	—	1 / 6	—
	Reform Party (RE)	ELDR		28,377	12.22	—	1 / 6	—
	Pro Patria Union (IL)	EPP		24,375	10.50	—	1 / 6	—
	People's Union (RL)	AEN		18,687	8.05	—	0 / 6	—
	Res Publica Party (ERP)	EPP		15,457	6.66	—	0 / 6	—
	Democratic Party (EDP)			2,849	1.23	—	0 / 6	—
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			19,228	8.28	—	0 / 6	—
Valid votes				232,241	99.04
Blank and invalid votes				2,244	0.96
Totals				234,485	100.00	—	6 / 6	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				873,809	26.83	—

References

1. Distribution of mandates, Estonian National Electoral Committee