2014 European Parliament election in Latvia

2014 European Parliament election in Latvia

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All 8 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	30.14%
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 1 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 1 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.

Unity party won these elections, The party has won every European parliament election since, as of 2024.

Background

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Unity	204,979	46.56	4	0
	National Alliance	63,229	14.36	1	0
	Social Democratic Party "Harmony"	57,863	13.14	1	0
	Union of Greens and Farmers	36,637	8.32	1	+1
	Latvian Russian Union	28,303	6.43	1	0
	Alternative	16,566	3.76	0	New
	Latvian Association of Regions	11,035	2.51	0	New
	For Latvia's Development	9,421	2.14	0	New
	Socialist Party of Latvia	6,817	1.55	0	New
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	1,462	0.33	0	0
	Christian Democratic Union	1,453	0.33	0	0
	Latvian Rebirth Party	1,252	0.28	0	0
	For a Presidential Republic	672	0.15	0	New
	Sovereignty	599	0.14	0	New
Total		440,288	100.00	8	0
Valid votes		440,288	99.21
Invalid/blank votes		3,514	0.79
Total votes		443,802	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,472,478	30.14
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

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.

Elected MEPs

• 
  Valdis Dombrovskis (V)
• 
  Sandra Kalniete (V)
• 
  Artis Pabriks (V)
• 
  Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (V)
• 
  Roberts Zīle (NA)
• 
  Andrejs Mamikins (S)
• 
  Iveta Grigule (ZZS)
• 
  Tatjana Ždanoka (LKS)

See also

• 2014 European Parliament election
• Politics of Latvia
• List of political parties in Latvia

References

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

External links

• Central Election Commission
• European Parliament Election Law