Latvia (European Parliament constituency)

This article is about the constituency in the European Parliament. For the country, see Latvia.

Latvia
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Latvia
Created	2004
MEPs	9 (2004 - 2009) 8 (2009 - present)
Sources

In European elections, Latvia is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by nine MEPs. It covers the member state of Latvia. The electoral system used is party-list proportional representation.

Current members

Name	National party	EP Group	'Points'
Sandra Kalniete	Unity	EPP	277 124
Artis Pabriks	Unity	EPP	261 163
Krišjānis Kariņš	Unity	EPP	228 998
Inese Vaidere^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Unity	EPP	223 477
Roberts Zīle	National Alliance	ERC	99 937
Andrejs Mamikins	Harmony	S&D	84 953
Iveta Grigule	Greens & Farmers	NA	46 939
Tatjana Ždanoka	Russian Union	G-EFA	51 742

↑ Replaced Valdis Dombrovskis on 1 November 2014.

'Points' are calculated from votes cast for a candidate's lists minus 'crossings-out' and adding 'pluses'

Source: "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 1 Sep 2014.

2014

Further information: European Parliament election, 2014 (Latvia)

Summary of the results of Latvia's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament^[1]
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
	Unity	EPP	Valdis Dombrovskis	204,979	46.2	11.4	4 / 8	0
	National Alliance	none	Roberts Zīle	63,229	14.3	4.0	1 / 8	0
	Harmony	PES^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Boriss Cilevičs	57,863	13.0		1 / 8	0
	Union of Greens and Farmers	EGP/-^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Andris Bērziņš	36,637	8.3	4.5	1 / 8	1
	Latvian Russian Union	EFA^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Tatjana Ždanoka	28,303	6.4	3.3	1 / 8	0
	Alternative	none	Aleksandrs Mirskis	16,566	3.7	new	0 / 8	1
	Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība)	none	Mārtiņš Bondars	11,035	2.5	new	0 / 8	0
	Latvian Development (Latvijas attīstībai)	ALDE	Einars Repše	9,421	2.1	new	0 / 8	0
	Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija)	INITIATIVE	Alfrēds Rubiks	6,817	1.5		0 / 8	1
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote)			5,438	1.2
Valid votes				440,288
Blank and invalid votes				4,937	0.8
Total				445,225	100	–	8 / 8	0

1 2 Observer status only.
↑ The Union of Greens and Farmers is an Electoral Alliance. Only the Latvian Green Party is a member of the EGP

2009

Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Latvia)

Summary of the results of Latvia's 6 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–	Seats (post-Lisbon)	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
	Civic Union (PS)	EPP	192,537	24.32	24.32	2 / 8	2	3 / 9	1
	Harmony Centre (SC^[2]) Social Democratic Party (SDPS) Socialist Party (LSP)	None PES (observer) None	154,894	19.57	13.15	2 / 8	1 1	2 / 9	0 0
	For Human Rights in United Latvia (PCTVL)	EFA	76,436	9.66	1.00	1 / 8	0	1 / 9	0
	Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (LPP/LC^[3])	ELDR	59,326	7.49	2.30	1 / 8	0	1 / 9	0
	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK)	AEN	58,991	7.45	22.28	1 / 8	3	1 / 9	0
	New Era Party (JL)	EPP	52,751	6.66	13.05	1 / 8	1	1 / 9	0
	Libertas.lv (LIBERTAS.LV)	LIBERTAS.EU	34,073	4.30	new	0 / 8	0	0 / 9	0
	Society for Other Politics (SCP)	None	30,444	3.85	new	0 / 8	0	0 / 9	0
	Social Democratic Workers' Party (LSDSP)	PES (observer)	30,004	3.79	0.98	0 / 8	0	0 / 9	0
	Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) Farmers' Union (LZS) Green Party (LZP)	None None EGP	29,463	3.72	0.53	0 / 8	0 0	0 / 9	0 0
	All For Latvia! (VL)	None	22,240	2.81	new	0 / 8	0	0 / 9	0
	People's Party (TP)	EPP	21,968	2.78	3.85	0 / 8	1	0 / 9	0
	Others		13,957	1.76	—	0 / 8	0	0 / 9	0
Valid votes			777,079	97.47
Blank and invalid votes			20,140	2.53
Totals			797,219	100.00	—	8 / 8	1	9 / 9	1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout			1,484,781	53.69	12.81
Source: Official results ↑ "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission of Latvia. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014. ↑ In 2004 - separate TSP and LSP lists ↑ In 2004 - separate LPP and LC lists

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Latvia)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Latvia had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 12.

There were lists of candidates from 16 political parties. with a total of 1019 candidates. The voter turnout was 41.20%, with 574,674 voters casting votes. It was significantly lower than the usual turnout for Latvian parliamentary elections (which has been between 71% and 73% for previous three elections) but higher than the turnout in the rest of the EU.

Summary of the results of Latvia's 12 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
2004 • 2009 →
	For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK)	AEN	171,859	29.82	—	4 / 9	—
	New Era Party (JL)	EPP	113,593	19.71	—	2 / 9	—
	For Human Rights in United Latvia (PCTVL)	EFA	61,401	10.66	—	1 / 9	—
	People's Party (TP)	EPP	38,324	6.65	—	1 / 9	—
	Latvian Way (LC)	ALDE	37,724	6.55	—	1 / 9	—
	National Harmony Party (TSP)	PES	27,506	4.77	—	0 / 9	—
	Social Democratic Labour Party (LSDSP)	PES	27,468	4.77	—	0 / 9	—
	Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) Farmers' Union (LZS) Green Party (LZP)	None None EGP	24,467	4.25	—	0 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 9	— —
	Latvia's First Party (LPP)	EPP–ED	18,685	3.24	—	0 / 9	—
	Conservative Party		9,716	1.69	—	0 / 9	—
	Socialist Party (LSP)		9,480	1.65	—	0 / 9	—
	Light of Latgale		8,439	1.46	—	0 / 9	—
	Others		9,831	1.70	—	0 / 9	—
Valid votes
Valid ballots
Blank and invalid ballots
Totals			571,364	100.00	—	9 / 9	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout			1,397,736	40.88	—
Source: Official results

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu

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