2019 European Parliament election in Latvia

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2019 European Parliament election in Latvia
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All 8 Latvian seats in the European Parliament
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Valdis Dombrovskis 2009.jpg Nils Usakovs 2012-03-22.jpg Roberts Zile - Latvian part press photos- Citizens' Corner debate on EU citizens and their digital rights (15712487334).jpg
Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Nils Ušakovs Roberts Zīle
Party New Unity Harmony National Alliance
Alliance EPP SD ECR
Last election4 seats, 46.56% (Unity)1 seat, 13.14%1 seat, 14.36%
Seats after222
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote124,19382,60477,591
Percentage26.40%17.56%16.49%
SwingDecrease2.svg 20.16ppIncrease2.svg 4.42ppIncrease2.svg 2.13pp
 Fourth partyFifth party
  Ivars Ijabs in 2015.jpg Tatjana Zdanoka1.JPG
Leader Ivars Ijabs Tatjana Ždanoka
Party Development/For! Latvian Russian Union
Alliance ALDE G-EFA
Last election–1 seat, 6.43%
Seats after11
Seat changeNewSteady2.svg
Popular vote58,76329,546
Percentage12.49%6.28%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg 0.18pp

An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2019. [1] The previous elections were held in 2014.

Contents

The election uses the Sainte-Laguë method, which is weighted against the larger parties. That explains why, according to the results of one opinion poll, parties with 6% of the vote would be allocated one seat each, while a party with 17% of the vote would also be allocated only one seat.

Participating parties

№List titleTitle in Latvian
1 Latvian Russian Union Latvijas Krievu savienība
2Latvian NationalistsLatviešu Nacionālisti
3 Latvian Association of Regions Latvijas Reģionu apvienība
4 Union of Greens and Farmers Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība
  • Latvijas Zemnieku savienība
  • Latvijas Zaļā partija
5 KPV LV (Who owns the state?) KPV LV
6 Progressives Progresīvie
7 New Harmony Jaunā Saskaņa
8 New Conservative Party Jaunā konservatīvā partija
9 Development/For! Attīstībai/Par!
  • Latvijas attīstībai
  • Kustība "Par!"
  • Izaugsme
10 SDP "Harmony" Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"
11 National Alliance Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” – „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”
12 Action Party Rīcības partija
13 Awakening Atmoda
  • No sirds Latvijai
  • Kristīgi demokrātiskā savienība
  • Gods kalpot mūsu Latvijai
14 Center Party Centra partija
15 Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā strādnieku partija
16 New Unity Jaunā Vienotība
  • Vienotība
  • Latgales partija

Opinion polls

Graphical summary Opinion polling for Latvian European election, 2019.svg
Graphical summary
Fieldwork dateCommissioned
by		Sample size New Unity NA S ZZS LKS KPV LV JKP AP! LRA P OtherDon't knowWon't voteLead
21 May 2019 Berg Research 80818,37% (2)15,36% (1)17,02% (2)4,37%7,38% (1)1,05%4,52%9,94% (1)7,68% (1)3,77%1,50%9,04%—1,35%
14–20 May 2019 Factum 91516,1% (1)17,1% (2)14,3% (1)9,3% (1)4,8%3,0%9,5% (1)10,4% (1)4,6%7,1% (1)3,8%——1,0%
2–9 May 2019 Factum 94813% (1)17% (1)15% (1)8% (1)5%3%11% (1)11% (1)6% (1)6% (1)5%——3%
29 Apr–6 May 2019 SKDS/Latvijas Televīzija 91810.8% (2)9.0% (1)14.0% (2)3.8%6.9% (1)1.1%3.2%10.9% (2)2.0%4.3%2.1%18.0%13.9%3.1%
24–28 Apr 2019 Factum 89513% (1)15% (1)18% (2)8% (1)4%3%11% (1)12% (1)5%6% (1)5%——3%
12–22 Apr 2019 Latvijas Fakti Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine 10466.1% (1)6.5% (2)11.4% (3)5.8% (1)2.4%1.9%4.9%5.8% (1)2.6%1.4%29.0%18.0%3.6%4.9%
17–21 Apr 2019 Factum 51215% (1)16% (1)18% (2)8% (1)4%3%10% (1)11% (1)4%7% (1)4%——2%
11–16 Apr 2019 [3] SKDS/Latvijas Televīzija 91211.7% (2)8.1% (1)15.0% (2)3.7%5.0% (1)0.6%2.4%10.6% (2)1.7%4.5%1%19.2%16.3%3.3%
1–7 Apr 2019 Factum 54216% (1)13% (1)19% (2)10% (1)5%3%10% (1)10% (1)4%5% (1)3%——4%
26 Mar–5 Apr 2019 Factum 120615% (1)14% (1)19% (2)9% (1)5%3%9% (1)11% (1)4%6% (1)5%——4%
3–18 Mar 2019Latvijas Fakti [4] [5] 90726.8% (3)13.4% (1)20.7% (2)14.6% (1)4,9%—4,9%9.8% (1)4,9%————6.1%
18 Feb 2019 Kantar public —5.8%11.3% (1)25.4% (2)11.8% (1)1.2%10.4% (1)17.7% (2)9.8% (1)3.9%2.3%0.4%——8.2%
2014 elections46.19% (4)14.25% (1)13.04% (1)8.26% (1)6.38% (1)———2.49%—9.39%31.94%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Unity 124,19326.402–2
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 82,60417.562+1
National Alliance 77,59116.492+1
Development/For! 58,76312.491New
Latvian Russian Union 29,5466.2810
Union of Greens and Farmers 25,2525.370–1
Latvian Association of Regions 23,5815.0100
New Conservative Party 20,5954.380New
The Progressives 13,7052.910New
Who Owns the State? 4,3620.930New
Latvian Nationalists3,1720.670New
Centre Party 2,3120.490New
Awakening 2,2420.480New
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 9220.2000
New Harmony 8290.180New
Action Party 7910.170New
Total470,460100.0080
Valid votes470,46099.17
Invalid/blank votes3,9300.83
Total votes474,390100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,414,71233.53
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

References

  1. ↑ Eiropas Parlamenta vēlēšanas 2019 CVK.LV
  2. ↑ ""Atmoda" – partijas virsmērķis un jaunais nosaukums". nosirdslatvijai.lv. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Tā kā EP vēlēšanas ir pēc mazāk kā 2 nedēļām, tad izdomāju pats izlikt mūsu svaigākos aptauju datus par izvēli tajās. Līdz šim šo SKDS aptauju datus (taču ne visu sagatavoto!) atrādīja LTV un citi pēc tam pārpublicēja". Arnis Kaktiņš. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. ↑ Europe Elects "Latvia, Latvijas Fakti poll". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  5. ↑ "Political landscape development" (PDF). European Parliament. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
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