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Ireland European Parliament election, 2004
13 seats to the European Parliament
11 June 2004

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The 2004 European Parliament election in Ireland was the Irish component of the 2004 European Parliament election. The voting was held on Friday, 11 June 2004. The election coincided with the 2004 local elections. The election was conducted under the single transferable vote.

Since the 1999 European Parliament election Ireland's entitlement had fallen from 15 seats to 13 seats due to EU expansion and some constituencies boundaries and names were changed.

Munster constituency lost County Clare and was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed South
Connacht–Ulster gained County Clare and was renamed North–West
Leinster had no boundary changes but was reduced from 4 seats to 3 and renamed East
Dublin was unchanged

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**Elections to the European Parliament in Ireland – 2004**
Party		Party Leader	1st Pref Vote	%	±%	Seats	±
	Fine Gael	Enda Kenny	494,412	27.8	+3.2	5	+1
	Fianna Fáil	Bertie Ahern	524,504	29.5	–9.1	4	–2
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	197,715	11.1	+4.8	1	+1
	Labour Party	Pat Rabbitte	188,132	10.5	+1.8	1	±0
	Green Party	Trevor Sargent	76,917	4.3	–2.4	0	–2
	Socialist Party	Joe Higgins	23,218	1.3	+0.5	0	±0
	Independents		275,870	15.5	+1.2	2	±0
Total			1,780,768	100	—	13	–2

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2004–2009 European Parliament Ireland constituencies

Constituency	Electorate	Turnout	Spoilt	Valid Poll	Quota	Seats	Candidates
Dublin	821,723	435,136 (52.9%)	13,239 (3.0%)	421,897	84,380	4	12
East	806,598	471,895 (58.5%)	18,717 (3.9%)	453,178	113,295	3	13
North–West	688,804	435,910 (63.3%)	14,487 (3.3%)	421,423	105,356	3	9
South	802,359	498,394 (62.1%)	14,124 (2.8%)	484,270	121,068	3	10
Total	3,119,484	1,841,335 (59.0%)	60,567 (3.3%)	1,780,768	—	13	44

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Constituency	Area	Seats	Pop.	per Seat
Dublin	Dublin	4	1.1m	275k
East	Leinster less Dublin	3	1m	333k
South	Munster less Clare	3	1m	333k
North–West	Connacht plus Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare	3	800k	270k
Total		13	3.9m	300k

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MEPs for Ireland 2004–2009 – List ordered by constituency
For the Northern Ireland European Parliament elections, see 2004 UK European Parliament election.

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