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2014 European Parliament election in Latvia

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2014 European Parliament election in Latvia

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All 8 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout30.14%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Roberts Zīle Boris Tsilevitch
Party Unity National Alliance Harmony
Alliance EPP ECR S&D
Last election merger of Civic Union, New Era Party and Society for Political Change merger of For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK and All for Latvia! part of Harmony Centre
Seats won 4 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady 1 Increase
Popular vote 204,979 63,229 57,863
Percentage 46.56% 14.36% 13.14%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Andris Bērziņš Tatjana Ždanoka Alexander Mirsky
Party Union of Greens and Farmers Latvian Russian Union Alternative
Alliance EFDD Greens/EFA S&D
Last election 3.7% 0 seats 9.66% 1 seat new
Seats won 1 1 no seats
Seat change 1 Increase Steady 1 Decrease
Popular vote 36,637 28,303 16,566
Percentage 8.32% 6.43% 3.76%

An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 24 May 2014.

Background

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At the previous European Parliament election in Latvia in 2009, the country elected 8 MEPs. Upon entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty Latvia was awarded 1 additional MEP, again bringing the total number of MEPs representing Latvia to 9. Calculated from the results of the 2009 election, this MEP came from the Civic Union. For this election however, the number of MEP's representing Latvia was again reduced to 8.[1]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Unity204,97946.5640
National Alliance63,22914.3610
Social Democratic Party "Harmony"57,86313.1410
Union of Greens and Farmers36,6378.321+1
Latvian Russian Union28,3036.4310
Alternative16,5663.760New
Latvian Association of Regions11,0352.510New
For Latvia's Development9,4212.140New
Socialist Party of Latvia6,8171.550New
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party1,4620.3300
Christian Democratic Union1,4530.3300
Latvian Rebirth Party1,2520.2800
For a Presidential Republic6720.150New
Sovereignty5990.140New
Total440,288100.0080
Valid votes440,28899.21
Invalid/blank votes3,5140.79
Total votes443,802100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,472,47830.14
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

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Name National party EP Group Points[a]
Valdis Dombrovskis   Unity   EPP 346 821
Sandra Kalniete   Unity   EPP 277 124
Artis Pabriks   Unity   EPP 261 163
Krišjānis Kariņš   Unity   EPP 228 998
Roberts Zīle   National Alliance   ECR 99 937
Andrejs Mamikins   Harmony   S&D 84 953
Iveta Grigule   Greens & Farmers   EFDD[b] 46 939
Tatjana Ždanoka   Russian Union   G-EFA 51 742
  1. ^ Points are calculated from votes cast for a candidate's list minus 'crossings-out' and adding 'pluses' for individual candidates
  2. ^ Iveta Grigule withdrew from the EFDD group on 16 October 2014 to become a Non-Attached Member. On 27 April 2015 she joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "How many MEPs will each country get after European Parliament elections in 2014?". European Parliament. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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