Latvia (European Parliament constituency)
| Latvia | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Latvia |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEPs | 9 (2004–2009) 8 (2009–present) |
| Sources | |
| [1][2] | |
For elections in the European Union, Latvia is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by eight 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 | Movement For![a] | EPP | 261 163 |
| Krišjānis Kariņš | Unity | EPP | 228 998 |
| Inese Vaidere[b] | 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 |
| Miroslav Mitrofanov[c] | Russian Union | G-EFA | 51 742 |
- ^ Elected on the Unity list
- ^ Replaced Valdis Dombrovskis on 1 November 2014.
- ^ Replaced Tatjana Ždanoka on 5 March 2018.
'Points' are calculated from votes cast for a candidate's list minus 'crossings-out' and adding 'pluses'
Source: "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2014
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| style="background-color: Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color" | | Unity | EPP | Valdis Dombrovskis | 204,979 | 46.2 | 11.4 
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| style="background-color: Template:National Alliance (Latvia)/meta/color" | | National Alliance | none | Roberts Zīle | 63,229 | 14.3 | 4.0
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| style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party "Harmony"/meta/color" | | Harmony | PES[a] | Boris Tsilevitch | 57,863 | 13.0 |
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| style="background-color: Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color" | | Union of Greens and Farmers | EGP/-[b] | Andris Bērziņš | 36,637 | 8.3 | 4.5
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| Latvian Russian Union | EFA[a] | Tatjana Ždanoka | 28,303 | 6.4 | 3.3 
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| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Alternative | none | Alexander Mirsky | 16,566 | 3.7 | new | 0 / 8
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| Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība) | none | Mārtiņš Bondars | 11,035 | 2.5 | new | 0 / 8
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| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Latvian Development (Latvijas attīstībai) | ALDE | Einars Repše | 9,421 | 2.1 | new | 0 / 8
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| Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija) | INITIATIVE | Alfrēds Rubiks | 6,817 | 1.5 |
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| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote) | 5,438 | 1.2 |
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| Valid votes | 440,288 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 4,937 | 0.8 | |||||||
| Total | 445,225 | 100 | – | 8 / 8
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- ^ a b 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
Template:European Parliament election, 2009 (Latvia)
2004
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 12 June.
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.
Template:European Parliament election, 2004 (Latvia)
References
- ^ "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission of Latvia. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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