The 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was the election of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) representing the Czech Republic for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.

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2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

11–12 June 2004 2009 →
24 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	28.32%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jan Zahradil Miloslav Ransdorf Josef Zieleniec Party ODS KSČM SNK ED Alliance EPP–ED GUE/NGL EPP–ED Seats won 9 6 3 Popular vote 700,942 472,862 257,278 Percentage 30.05% 20.27% 11.03%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Zuzana Roithová Libor Rouček Vladimír Železný Party Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party ČSSD NEZ Alliance EPP–ED PES IND/DEM Seats won 2 2 2 Popular vote 223,383 204,903 191,025 Percentage 9.58% 8.78% 8.18%

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These were the first European elections after the country's EU accession and hence the first to be held in the Czech Republic. They took place on 11 and 12 June 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. The debacle of his party was one of the reasons for the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla.^{[citation needed]}