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All 12 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament | ||
The 2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania was the election of the delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament in 2009. It was a part of the wider 2009 European Parliament election. The Homeland Union (European Peoples Party) doubled their representation from 2 to 4, whilst Labour shrank from 5 to 1.
15 political parties were competing in the elections, of which 6 won seats. [1] Lithuania has 12 seats in the European Parliament.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Union – Christian Democrats | 147,756 | 26.86 | 4 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 102,347 | 18.61 | 3 | +1 | |
| Order and Justice | 67,237 | 12.22 | 2 | +1 | |
| Labour Party | 48,368 | 8.79 | 1 | –4 | |
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 46,293 | 8.42 | 1 | +1 | |
| Liberal Movement | 40,502 | 7.36 | 1 | New | |
| Liberal and Centre Union | 19,105 | 3.47 | 0 | –2 | |
| Lithuanian Centre Party | 17,004 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Conservative Social Union | 16,108 | 2.93 | 0 | 0 | |
| Front Party | 13,341 | 2.43 | 0 | New | |
| Peasant Popular Union | 10,285 | 1.87 | 0 | –1 | |
| Civic Democratic Party | 7,425 | 1.35 | 0 | New | |
| Samogitian Party | 6,961 | 1.27 | 0 | New | |
| National Resurrection Party | 5,717 | 1.04 | 0 | New | |
| National Party Lithuanian Way | 1,568 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 550,017 | 100.00 | 12 | –1 | |
| Valid votes | 550,017 | 97.38 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,786 | 2.62 | |||
| Total votes | 564,803 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,692,397 | 20.98 | |||
| Source: VRK | |||||
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