2004 European Parliament election in Estonia

2004 European Parliament election in Estonia

13 June 2004
All 6 Estonian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	26.8%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ivari Padar Edgar Savisaar Siim Kallas Party SDE Estonian Centre Party Reform Alliance PES ALDE ALDE Seats won 3 1 1 Popular vote 85,433 40,704 28,377 Percentage 36.8% 17.5% 12.2%   Fourth party   Leader Mart Laar Party Pro Patria Union Alliance EPP-ED Seats won 1 Popular vote 24,375 Percentage 10.5%
Results by county

An election for Members of the European Parliament representing Estonia constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 13 June 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.

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. 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party	85,433	36.79	3
	Estonian Centre Party	40,704	17.53	1
	Estonian Reform Party	28,377	12.22	1
	Pro Patria Union	24,375	10.50	1
	People's Union of Estonia	18,692	8.05	0
	Res Publica Party	15,458	6.66	0
	Estonian Democratic Party	2,849	1.23	0
	Estonian Pensioners' Party	1,329	0.57	0
	Social Democratic Labour Party	1,057	0.46	0
	Russian Party in Estonia	805	0.35	0
	Independents	13,162	5.67	0
Total		232,241	100.00	6
Valid votes		232,241	99.04
Invalid/blank votes		2,244	0.96
Total votes		234,485	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		873,809	26.83
Source: VVK