2004 European Parliament election in France

European Parliament elections were held in France on 13 June 2004. The opposition Socialist Party made substantial gains, although this was mainly at the expense of minor parties. The governing Union for a Popular Movement and Union for French Democracy also made gains.

Seats

The elections were conducted in seven regional constituencies in metropolitan France, plus an eighth consisting of all overseas departments and territories. Allocation of seats was by proportional representation, with closed lists and no preferential voting, using the rule of the highest average, with a threshold of 5% of the votes in each.

Constituency	Departements	Seats
Nord-Ouest	Lower Normandy, Upper Normandy, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy	12
Ouest	Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Poitou-Charentes	10
Est	Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne-Ardenne, Franche-Comté, Lorraine	10
Sud-Ouest	Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées	10
Sud-Est	Corsica, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes	13
Massif-Central – Centre	Auvergne, Centre, Limousin	6
Île-de-France	Île-de-France	14
Outre-Mer	French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna	3