2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

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2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
← 1999 10 June 2004 2009 →
27 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout 39.26%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Camiel Eurlings Max van den Berg Jules Maaten
Party CDA PvdA VVD
Alliance EPP-ED PES ALDE
Seats won
7 / 27
7 / 27
4 / 27
Seat change 2 Decrease 1 Increase 2 Decrease
Popular vote 1,164,431 1,124,549 629,198
Percentage 24.43% 23.60% 13.20%
Swing 2.51% Decrease 3.49% Increase 6.49% Decrease
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Kathalijne Buitenweg Paul van Buitenen Erik Meijer
Party GL Europe Transparent SP
Alliance Greens-EFA Greens-EFA EUL/NGL
Seats won
2 / 27
2 / 27
2 / 27
Seat change 2 Decrease 2 Increase 1 Increase
Popular vote 352,201 349,156 332,326
Percentage 7.39% 7.33% 6.97%
Swing 4.46% Decrease new 1.93% Increase
  Seventh party Eighth party
  Noimage.png Sophie in 't Veld - Candidate for the European Parliament for D66.jpg
Leader Hans Blokland Sophie in 't Veld
Party Christian Union – Reformed Political Party D66
Alliance ID ALDE
Seats won
2 / 27
1 / 27
Seat change 1 Decrease 1 Decrease
Popular vote 279,880 202,502
Percentage 5.87% 4.25%
Swing 2.27% Decrease 1.55% Decrease
Members of the
European Parliament
for the Netherlands
ECSC delegation (1952)
EP delegation (1958)
1st term (1979)
2nd term (1984)
3rd term (1989)
4th term (1994)
5th term (1999)
6th term (2004)
7th term (2009)
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The 2004 European Parliament election 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 10 June 2004. Fifteen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 27 seats. (down from 31).

Background

Combined lists

Several parties combined in one list to take part in this European Election and increase their chance on a seat in the European Parliament. These combined lists are:

  1. Christian Union and SGP

Electoral alliances

Several parties formed an electoral alliance:[1]

  1. PvdA/European Social-Democrats and GreenLeft
  2. CDA/European People's Party and Christian Union-SGP
  3. VVD/European Liberal-Democrats and Democrats 66

The alliance between Christian Democratic Appeal and Christian Union-SGP cost the Christian Democratic Appeal a seat, which goes to Christian Union-SGP. Other alliances had no effect on the result.

Treaty of Nice

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Further information: Treaty of Nice

The exact number of seats allocated to each country is determined by the treaties, currently the Treaty of Nice, and is adjusted by the accession treaty of each new member. Hence no change to the seats occurs without ratification by all states. According to the treaties, the maximum number of members in the Parliament is 732. This why the seats for the Netherlands was reduced from 31 to 27

Numbering of the candidates list

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Further information: Party lists in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Party lists in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

Results

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Further information: Netherlands (European Parliament constituency)

According to the European Commission, the publication of national results prior to Sunday evening is considered illegal. However, all the municipalities in the Netherlands published the results on Thursday, giving the media the opportunity to give an almost complete national result, only missing votes cast abroad. The complete and official result were publicised according to the rules.[2]

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. Voter turnout was 39.26%, a lot higher than the turnout in 1999 30.02%.

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Seat assignment

Electoral quota

The electoral quota is the number of votes needed for one seat. It is the total valid number of votes divided by the number of seats.
For this election it was 4,765,677 valid votes, divided by 27 seats.
The electoral quota was established as: 176,506

Electoral alliances

The results of the electoral alliances. Both parties of both alliances reached the electoral quota and are eligible for remainder seats.

Electoral alliance List Number of votes 
1
List 1: CDA – European People's Party 1,164,431
List 5: Christian Union-SGP 279,880
Total 1,444,311
Electoral alliance List Number of votes 
2
List 2: P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats 1,124,549
List 4: GreenLeft 352,201
Total 1,476,750
Electoral alliance List Number of votes 
3
List 3: VVD - European Liberal-Democrats 629,198
List 6: Democrats 66 (D66) 202,502
Total 831,700

Assigning full seats

Full seats are assigned by number of votes divided by the electoral quota. Electoral alliances are marked as a letter, instead of a number. Any seats left over are not yet assigned to a specific party.

List Party's Number of votes Electoral quota Seats
1 (list 1+5) Christian Democratic Appeal + Christian Union-SGP 1,444,311 176,506 8
2 (list 2+4) Labour Party + GreenLeft 1,476,750 176,506 8
3 (list 3+6) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy + Democrats 66 831,700 176,506 4
7 Socialist Party 332,326 176,506 1
8 Democratic Europe 8,780 176,506 0
9 LIVABLE EUROPE 9,144 176,506 0
10 Party for the North 18,234 176,506 0
11 New Right 15,732 176,506 0
12 Europe Transparent 349,156 176,506 1
13 List Pim Fortuyn 121,509 176,506 0
14 Party for the Animals 153,432 176,506 0
15 Respect.now 4,603 176,506 0
Total 4,765,677 22
Total seats 27
Remaining seats 5

Remainder seats

The remaining, or left over, seats are awarded sequentially to the lists with the highest average number of votes per seat. Only lists that reached the electoral quota are eligible.

List Remainder seat 1 Remainder seat 2 Remainder seat 3 Remainder seat 4 Remainder seat 5 Total
1 (list 1+5) 160,479 160,479 160,479 160,479 160,479 1
2 (list 2+4) 164,083 164,083 164,083 164,083 147,675 1
3 (list 3+6) 166,340 166,340 138,636 138,636 138,636 1
7 166,163 166,163 166,163 110,775 110,775 1
12 174,578 116,385 116,385 116,385 116,385 1
Assigned to 12 3 7 2 1

Awarding seats within electoral alliances

To decide the seats per party for electoral alliances, the combination quota is first determined. Combination quota for electoral alliances are determined by the total number valid votes divided by the awarded seats. The party with the most votes left after the full seats are assigned gets the seat remaining.

List 1
For list 1, there were 1,444,311 votes divided by 9 seats. The combination quota was established as: 160,479 votes

Electoral alliance List Number of votes Combination quota Full seats Remainder votes Remainder seat Total 
1
List 1: CDA – European People's Party 1,164,431 160,479 7 41,078 0 7
List 5: Christian Union-SGP 279,880 160,479 1 119,401 1 2
Total 1,444,311 9

List 2
For list 2, there were 1,476,750 votes divided by 9 seats. The combination quota was established as: 164,083 votes

Electoral alliance List Number of votes Combination quota Full seats Remainder votes Remainder seat Total 
2
List 2: P.v.d.A./European Social Democrats 1,124,549 164,083 6 140,049 1 7
List 4: GreenLeft 352,201 164,083 2 24,034 0 2
Total 1,476,750 9

List 3
For list 3, there were 831,700 votes divided by 5 seats. The combination quota was established as: 166,340 votes

Electoral alliance List Number of votes Combination quota Full seats Remainder votes Remainder seat Total 
3
List 3: VVD - European Liberal-Democrats 629,198 166,340 3 130,178 1 4
List 6: Democrats 66 (D66) 202,502 166,340 1 36,162 0 1
Total 831,700 5

Summary:

European groups

The EPP-ED group lost 2 seats, making it just as big as the PES group. The ELDR becomes 3rd group after PES. After the elections ELDR and European Democratic Party (EDP) formed a new European Group named ALDE in the European parliament. The EDP did not have member party's in the Netherlands. Also the Europe of Democracies and Diversities (EDD) group reforms itself with party's from Eastern-Europe. They rename their group to Independence/Democracy (ID). The Christian Union – Reformed Political Party is part of this new group.

Summary of the 10 June 2004 European Parliament elections in the Netherlands
← 1999 2004 2009 →
European group Seats 1999 Seats 2004 Change
European People's Party–European Democrats EPP-ED 9 7 2 Decrease
Party of European Socialists PES 6 7 1 Increase
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe ALDE 8 5 3 Decrease
The Greens–European Free Alliance Greens-EFA 4 4 0 Steady
European United Left–Nordic Green Left EUL-NGL 1 2 1 Increase
Independence/Democracy IND&DEM 3 2 1 Decrease
Non-Inscrits NI 0 0 0 Steady
31 27 4 Decrease

Elected members

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Further information: List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–09

Below are all the elected members of European parliament. People with enough preference votes are in bold. The following MEP were officially announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 15 June 2004:[1]
21 members were elected by preference vote. Emine Bozkurt for the Labour Party was purely elected on his preference votes and would otherwise not made it into the European Parliament.

Christian Democratic Appeal

  1. Camiel Eurlings, with 938,025 votes (top candidate)
  2. Maria Martens, with 50,493 votes
  3. Albert-Jan Maat, with 30,948 votes
  4. Ria Oomen-Ruijten, with 29,719 votes
  5. Lambert van Nistelrooij, with 27,957 votes
  6. Bert Doorn, with 4,842 votes
  7. Corien Wortmann-Kool, with 9,776 votes

Labour Party

  1. Max van den Berg, with 879,972 votes (top candidate)
  2. Edith Mastenbroek, with 92,018 votes
  3. Jan-Marinus Wiersma, with 27,067 votes
  4. Emine Bozkurt, with 24,359 votes
  5. Dorette Corbey, with 17,847 votes
  6. Ieke van den Burg, with 7,695 votes
  7. Thijs Berman, with 6,825 votes

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

  1. Jules Maaten, with 412,688 votes (top candidate)
  2. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, with 44,064 votes
  3. Jan Mulder, with 43,376 votes
  4. Toine Manders, with 32,819 votes

GreenLeft

  1. Kathalijne Buitenweg, with 297,237 votes (top candidate)
  2. Joost Lagendijk, with 12,405 votes

Europe Transparent

  1. Paul van Buitenen, with 338,477 votes (top candidate)
  2. Els de Groen, with 4,796 votes

Socialist Party

  1. Erik Meijer, with 230,531 votes (top candidate)
  2. Kartika Liotard, with 32,187 votes

Christian Union – Reformed Political Party

  1. Hans Blokland (ChristianUnion), with 197,031 votes (top candidate)
  2. Bastiaan Belder (Reformed Political Party), with 44,473 votes

Democrats 66

  1. Sophie in 't Veld, with 161,104 votes (top candidate)

MEPs period 2004–2009

Below is a list of members of the European Parliament for the period 2009–2014 as a result of this election.

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This section is transcluded from List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–2009. (edit | history)
Name National party EP Group Period Votes
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder      ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party      IND&DEM 20 July 1999 44,473
Max van den Berg      Labour Party      PES 20 July 1999 – 1 September 2007 879,972
Thijs Berman      Labour Party      PES 20 July 2004 2,536
Johannes Blokland      ChristianUnion–Reformed Political Party      IND&DEM 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 197,031
Emine Bozkurt      Labour Party      PES 20 July 2004 24,359
Paul van Buitenen      Europe Transparent      G–EFA 20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009 338,477
Kathalijne Buitenweg      GreenLeft      G–EFA 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 297,237
Ieke van den Burg      Labour Party      PES 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 2,084
Jan Cremers      Labour Party      PES 8 May 2008 – 14 July 2009
Dorette Corbey      Labour Party      PES 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 17,847
Bert Doorn      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 978
Camiel Eurlings      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 2004 – 22 February 2007 938,025
Els de Groen-Kouwenhoven      Europe Transparent      G–EFA 20 July 2004 – 14 July 2009 4,796
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert      People's Party for Freedom and Democracy      ALDE 20 July 2004 44,064
nl (Lily Jacobs)      Labour Party      PES 4 September 2007 – 14 July 2009
Joost Lagendijk      GreenLeft      G–EFA 1 September 1998 – 14 July 2009 3,626
Esther de Lange      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 12 April 2007
Kartika Liotard      Socialist Party      EUL–NGL 20 July 2004 32,187
Albert Jan Maat      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 1999 – 10 April 2007 50,493
Jules Maaten      People's Party for Freedom and Democracy      ALDE 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 412,688
Toine Manders      People's Party for Freedom and Democracy      ALDE 20 July 1999 43,376
Maria Martens      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 30.948
Edith Mastenbroek      Labour Party      PES 20 July 2004 – 20 April 2008 92,018
Erik Meijer      Socialist Party      EUL–NGL 20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009 230,531
Jan Mulder      People's Party for Freedom and Democracy      ALDE 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 32,819
Lambert van Nistelrooij      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 2004 27,957
Ria Oomen-Ruijten      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 19 July 1994 29,719
Joop Post      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 1 March 2007 – 16 October 2007
Sophie in 't Veld      Democrats 66      ALDE 20 July 2004 161,104
Cornelis Visser      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 17 October 2007 – 14 July 2009
Jan-Marinus Wiersma      Labour Party      PES 19 July 1994 – 14 July 2009 27,067
Corien Wortmann-Kool      Christian Democratic Appeal      EPP–ED 20 July 2004 2,748
Source: [3]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minutes Dutch EP election 2004 in .pfd and Dutch
  2. ↑ Electoral council is allowed to renounce results Article Volkskrant
  3. ↑ Dutch MEPs Parlementair Documentatie Centrum
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