Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)
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| Lithuania European Parliament constituency |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEP(s) | 13 (2004) |
| Member State | Lithuania |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Lithuania is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by thirteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Lithuania.
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[edit] Current MEPs
Further information: MEPs for Lithuania 2004-2009
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Laima Liucija Andrikienė | Tėvynės sąjunga | EPP–ED |
| Šarūnas Birutis | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
| Danutė Budreikaitė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
| Arūnas Degutis | independent | ALDE |
| Jolanta Dičkutė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
| Gintaras Didžiokas | Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga | UEN |
| Eugenijus Gentvilas | Liberalų ir centro sąjunga | ALDE |
| Ona Juknevičienė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
| Vytautas Landsbergis | Tėvynės sąjunga | EPP–ED |
| Eugenijus Maldeikis | Tvarka ir teisingumas | UEN |
| Justas Vincas Paleckis | Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija | PES |
| Aloyzas Sakalas | Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija | PES |
| Margarita Starkevičiūtė | Liberalų ir centro sąjunga | ALDE |
[edit] 2004
Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Lithuania)
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Lithuania 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 13.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Labour Party | 363,931 | 30.2 | 5 | |
| Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party | 173,888 | 14.4 | 2 | |
| Homeland Union | 151,400 | 12.6 | 2 | |
| Liberal and Centre Union | 135,341 | 11.2 | 2 | |
| Peasants and New Democratic Party Union | 89,338 | 7.4 | 1 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 82,368 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Electoral Action of Poles – Union of Russians | 68,937 | 5.7 | — | |
| New Union | 58,527 | 4.8 | — | |
| Lithuanian Christian Democrats | 33,162 | 2.7 | — | |
| Christian Conservative Social Union | 31,060 | 2.6 | — | |
| Party of National Progress | 14,294 | 1.2 | — | |
| Lithuanian Centre Party | 3,663 | 0.3 | — | |
| Total | 1,205,704 | 100 | 13 | |
| Registered voters: | 2,654,336 | |||
| Votes cast: | 1,282,634 | 48.3 | ||
| Invalid votes: | 76,930 | 6.0 | ||
| Valid votes: | 1,205,704 | 94.0 | ||
[edit] 2009
Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Lithuania)
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to twelve.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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