2004 European Parliament election in Slovenia

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

2004 European Parliament election in Slovenia

13 June 2004
7 seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lojze Peterle Jelko Kacin Mihael Brejc Party NSi LDS SDS Alliance EPP ALDE EPP Last election First Election First Election First Election Seats before 0 0 0 Seats after 2 2 2 Seat change 2 2 2 Popular vote 102,753 95,489 76,945 Percentage 23.57 % 21.91 % 17.65 % Swing 23.57 % 21.91 % 9.01 %   Fourth party   Leader Borut Pahor Party SD Alliance PES Last election First Election Seats before 0 Seats after 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 61,672 Percentage 14.65% Swing 14.65 %

The biggest surprise was the victory of the New Slovenia – Christian People's Party over the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia and the defeat of the Slovene People's Party, which did not win a seat. The parties on the right of centre that form the opposition in the Slovenian national parliament won this election.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	New Slovenia	102,753	23.57	2
	Liberal Democracy–DeSUS	95,489	21.91	2
	Slovenian Democratic Party	76,945	17.65	2
	United List of Social-Democrats	61,672	14.15	1
	Slovenian People's Party	36,662	8.41	0
	Slovenian National Party	21,883	5.02	0
	Slovenia is Ours	17,930	4.11	0
	Youth Party–Greens	10,027	2.30	0
	Voice of Slovenian Women	5,249	1.20	0
	Party of Ecological Movements	2,588	0.59	0
	National Labour Party	2,022	0.46	0
	Party of Slovenian People	1,386	0.32	0
	Democratic Party, Democrats	1,263	0.29	0
Total		435,869	100.00	7
Valid votes		435,869	94.38
Invalid/blank votes		25,938	5.62
Total votes		461,807	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,628,918	28.35
Source: DVK