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. Results Members elected Nord-Ouest Jean-Louis Bourlanges (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Jean-Louis Cottigny (Party of European Socialists) Brigitte Douay (Party of European Socialists) Hélène Flautre (Greens-EFA) Jean-Paul Gauzes (European People's Party) Jacky Henin (European United Left - Nordic Green Left) Carl Lang (Non-Inscrits) Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (Party of European Socialists) Vincent Peillon (Party of European Socialists) Tokia Saïfi (European People's Party) Chantal Simonot (Non-Inscrits) Henri Weber (Party of European Socialists) Ouest Marie-Hélène Aubert (Greens-EFA) Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (European People's Party) Philippe de Villiers (Independence and Democracy) Ambroise Guellec (European People's Party) Stéphane Le Foll (Party of European Socialists) Philippe Morillon (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Bernard Poignant (Party of European Socialists) Marie-Line Reynaud (Party of European Socialists) Yannick Vaugrenard (Party of European Socialists) Bernadette Vergnaud (Party of European Socialists) Est Jean Marie Beaupuy (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Joseph Daul (European People's Party) Bruno Gollnisch (Non-Inscrits) Natalie Griesbeck (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Benoît Hamon (Party of European Socialists) Adeline Hazan (Party of European Socialists) Marie-Anne Isler-Béguin (Greens-EFA) Véronique Mathieu (European People's Party) Pierre Moscovici (Party of European Socialists) Catherine Trautmann (Party of European Socialists) Sud-Ouest Kader Arif (Party of European Socialists) Françoise Castex (Party of European Socialists) Jean-Marie Cavada (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Christine de Veyrac (European People's Party) Alain Lamassoure (European People's Party) Anne Laperrouze (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Jean-Claude Martinez (Non-Inscrits) Robert Navarro (Party of European Socialists) Gérard Onesta (Greens-EFA) Béatrice Patrie (Party of European Socialists) Sud-Est Jean-Luc Bennahmias (Greens-EFA) Guy Bono (Party of European Socialists) Marie-Arlette Carlotti (Party of European Socialists) Thierry Cornillet (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Claire Gibault (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) Françoise Grossetête (European People's Party) Jean-Marie Le Pen (Non-Inscrits) Patrick Louis (Independence and Democracy) Michel Rocard (Party of European