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The 2024 European Parliament election in Latvia will be held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. [1] This will be the fifth European Parliament election held in Latvia, and the first to take place after Brexit.
Compared to last election, Latvia is entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. [2] The 9 members are elected through open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through Sainte-Laguë method and a 5% electoral threshold. [3]
Both Latvian and EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Latvia. No registration is needed for Latvian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Latvia are required to register with the Central Electoral Commission. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest. [4]
The table shows the detailed composition of the Latvian seats at the European Parliament as of 13 February 2024.
| EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 3 / 8 | Unity | 3 | |||
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 2 / 8 | Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 1 | |||
| Honor to serve Riga | 1 | |||||
| Renew Europe | 1 / 8 | For Latvia's Development | 1 | |||
| European Conservatives and Reformists | 1 / 8 | National Alliance | 1 | |||
| Non-Inscrits | 1 / 8 | Latvian Russian Union | 1 | |||
| Total | 8 | |||||
| Source: European Parliament | ||||||
| Name | Party | First elected | Terms | Date announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andris Ameriks | Honor to serve Riga | 2019 | 1 | 9 February 2024 | [5] |
| Tatjana Ždanoka [lower-alpha 1] | Latvian Russian Union | 2004 | 4 |
| Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JV | New Unity | EPP | EPP | 26.4 | Valdis Dombrovskis [5] | |
| S | Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | PES | S&D | 17.6 | Nils Ušakovs [5] | |
| NA | National Alliance | ECR | ECR | 16.5 | Roberts Zīle [5] | |
| LA | For Latvia's Development | ALDE | RE | 12.5 | Ivars Ijabs [5] | |
| Par! | Movement For! | ALDE | RE | Ivanna Volochiy [5] | ||
| ZZS | Union of Greens and Farmers | − | − | 5.6 [lower-alpha 1] | Harijs Rokpelnis [5] | |
| AS | United List | − | − | 5.0 [lower-alpha 2] | Reinis Pozņaks [5] | |
| JKP | New Conservative Party | − | − | 4.4 | Tālis Linkaits [5] | |
| PRO | The Progressives | EGP | − | 2.9 | Elīna Pinto [5] | |
| TZV | People. Land. Country. [lower-alpha 3] | − | − | 0.9 | Aleksandrs Kiršteins [5] | |
| CP | Centre Party [lower-alpha 4] | − | − | 0.5 | Inna Djeri [5] | |
| TVS | Force of People's Power [lower-alpha 5] | − | − | 0.2 | Valentīns Jeremejevs [5] | |
| ST | For Stability! | − | − | − | Ņikita Piņins [5] | |
| LPV | Latvia First | − | − | − | Vilis Krištopans [5] | |
| SV | Sovereign Power [lower-alpha 6] | ECPM | − | − | Julija Stepanenko [5] | |
| AJ | Alliance of Young Latvians | − | − | − | Rūdolfs Brēmanis [5] | |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | JV | S | NA | LA | Par! | ZZS | AS | JKP | PRO | TZV | CP | TVS | S! | LPV | SV | AJ | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKDS/LTV [7] | March 2024 | 1.505 | 16.6 (1) | 10.1 (1) | 17.1 (2) | 8.9 (1) | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6.1 (1) | 3.5 | 9.6 (1) | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 6.4 (1) | 8.2 (1) | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| SKDS/LTV [8] | 10-14 February 2024 | 1,505 | 17.9 (2) | 9.1 (1) | 16.5 (1) | 9.2 (1) | 0.6 | 4.0 | 7.4 (1) | 3.5 | 8.9 (1) | 0.8 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 7.5 (1) | 6.6 (1) | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
| 2019 election | 25 May 2019 | – | 26.4 (2) | 17.6 (2) | 16.5 (2) | 12.5 (1) | 5.6 (0) | 5.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 6.8 (1) [lower-alpha 1] | 0.2 | 8.7 | |||||
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