2004 European Parliament election in Poland

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2004 European Parliament election in Poland

| country = Poland

| flag_year =

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election =

| previous_year =

| next_election = 2009 European Parliament election in Poland

| next_year = 2009

| seats_for_election = 54 seats to the European Parliament

| election_date = 13 June 2004

| turnout = 20.87%

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Jerzy Buzek, 2010.JPG|bSize = 215|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 7|oLeft = 39}}

| leader1 = Jerzy Buzek

| party1 = Civic Platform

|alliance1 = European People's Party

| seats1 = 15 seats

| popular_vote1 = 1,467,775

| percentage1 = 24.1%

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image= M. Piotrowski1.JPG|bSize = 145|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 32|oLeft = 19}}

| leader2 = Mirosław Piotrowski

| party2 = League of Polish Families

| alliance2 = Independence/Democracy

| seats2 = 10 seats

| popular_vote2 = 969 689

| percentage2 = 15.92%

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Anna Fotyga (2007).jpg|bSize = 180|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 29}}

| leader3 = Anna Fotyga

| party3 = Law and Justice

| alliance3 = Alliance for Europe of the Nations

| seats3 = 7 seats

| popular_vote3 = 771 858

| percentage3 = 12.67%

| color3 = 00a1b0

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Ryszard Czarnecki (May 2009).jpg|bSize = 153|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 15|oLeft = 30}}

| leader4 = Ryszard Czarnecki

| party4 = Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland

| alliance4 = AEN / PES

| seats4 = 6 seats

| popular_vote4 = 656 782

| percentage4 = 10.78%

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Geringer de Oedenberg, Lidia Joanna-1562.jpg|bSize = 140|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 9|oLeft = 11}}

| leader5 = Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg

| party5 = Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)

| alliance5 = Party of European Socialists

| seats5 = 5 seats

| popular_vote5 = 569 311

| percentage5 = 9.35%

| image6 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Frasyniuk.Balcerowicz.jpg|bSize = 210|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 21|oLeft = 80}}

| leader6 = Władysław Frasyniuk

| party6 = Freedom Union (Poland)

| alliance6 = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

| seats6 = 4 seats

| popular_vote6 = 446 549

| percentage6 = 7.33%

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| leader7 = Janusz Wojciechowski

| party7 = Polish People's Party

| alliance7 = European People's Party

| seats7 = 4 seats

| popular_vote7 = 386 340

| percentage7 = 6.34%

| image8 = {{CSS image crop|Image= Dariusz Rosati 2007.jpg|bSize = 200|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 15|oLeft = 18}}

| leader8 = Dariusz Rosati

| party8 = Social Democracy of Poland

| alliance8 = Party of European Socialists

| seats8 = 3 seats

| popular_vote8 = 324 707

| percentage8 = 5.33%

| map = 400px

| map_caption = Election result and the plurality list's popular vote in each constituency

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Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland on 13 June 2004 as part of the wider 2004 European Parliament election. They were the first European Parliament elections held in Poland after the country's accession to the European Union in May 2004. Poland was allotted 54 members of the European Parliament. 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. Second place was taken by the strongly anti-EU League of Polish Families.

The radical populist Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, 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, which managed to cross the required 5% threshold, and the Freedom Union, which got over twice the expected percentage of votes.