2004 European Parliament election in Poland



Elections to the European Parliament were held in Poland 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. 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.

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, sociologist and politician
 * Filip Kaczmarek, historian and journalist
 * Bogdan Klich, expert on international politics
 * Barbara Kudrycka, professor of law
 * Janusz Lewandowski, economist, ex-minister of privatisation
 * Jan Olbrycht, politician, ex-mayor of Cieszyn
 * Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, economist, former Poland-EU negotiator
 * Jacek Protasiewicz, philologist and politician
 * Bogusław Sonik, lawyer and politician
 * Zbigniew Zaleski, professor of psychology
 * Tadeusz Zwiefka, journalist

League of Polish Families

 * Filip Adwent, physician and author
 * Sylwester Chruszcz, architect and politician
 * Maciej Giertych, politician and publicist
 * Dariusz Grabowski, economist, politician and businessman
 * Urszula Krupa, doctor of medicine, journalist
 * Mirosław Piotrowski, professor of history
 * Bogdan Pęk, zootechnologist and politician
 * Bogusław Rogalski, 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, doctor of technical sciences, local activist
 * Michał Kamiński, journalist and politician
 * Marcin Libicki, arts historian and politician
 * Wojciech Roszkowski, 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, 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, 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, economist, politician

Freedom Union

 * Bronisław Geremek, historian and politician, ex-minister of foreign affairs
 * Jan Kulakowski, journalist, ex Poland-EU negotiator
 * Janusz Onyszkiewicz, 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, historian and politician, vice chairman of PSL, ex-vice minister of culture
 * Czesław Siekierski, agriculture economist, ex-vice minister of agriculture
 * Janusz Wojciechowski, lawyer and politician, chairman of PSL since March 2004

Social Democratic Party of Poland

 * Genowefa Grabowska, professor of international law, senator
 * Józef Pinior, lawyer, economist and politician
 * Dariusz Rosati, professor of economics, ex-minister of foreign affairs

Independent

 * Paweł Piskorski, politician, ex-mayor of Warsaw