2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

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2024 European Parliament election in Latvia
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9 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Roberts Zīle Ivars Ijabs
Party JV NA LA
Alliance EPP ECR RE
Last election26.40%, 2 seats16.49%, 2 seats12.49%, 1 seat [a]
Seats won221
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote130,563114,85848,696
Percentage25.37%22.32%9.46%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.03pp Increase2.svg5.83pp Decrease2.svg4.03pp
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Reinis Pozņaks Elīna Pinto Nils Ušakovs
Party AS PRO Harmony
Alliance ECR Greens/EFA S&D
Last election5.01%, 0 seats [b] 2.91%, 0 seats17.56%, 2 seats
Seats won111
Seat changeNewIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote42,55138,75237,096
Percentage8.27%7.53%7.21%
SwingNewIncrease2.svg4.62pp Decrease2.svg10.35pp
 Seventh party
 
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Leader Vilis Krištopāns
Party LPV
Alliance Patriots
Last electionNew
Seats won1
Seat changeNew
Popular vote32,034
Percentage6.23%
SwingNew
2024 Latvian EU election results.svg
Results by Saeima constituency

The 2024 European Parliament election in Latvia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. [1] This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Latvia, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Contents

Electoral system

Compared to the last election, Latvia was 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]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Latvian seats at the European Parliament as of 31 May 2024 prior to the election.

EP GroupSeatsPartySeatsMEPs
European People's Party
2 / 8
 Unity 2
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
2 / 8
 Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 1
Honor to serve Riga 1
Renew Europe
2 / 8
 For Latvia's Development 1
European Conservatives and Reformists
1 / 8
 National Alliance 2
Non-Inscrits
1 / 8
 Latvian Russian Union 1
Total8
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents

NamePartyFirst electedTermsDate announcedSource
Andris Ameriks Honor to serve Riga 2019 19 February 2024 [5]
Tatjana Ždanoka [c] Latvian Russian Union 2004 4

Running parties

The following parties ran candidates in the 2024 EU Parliament election in Latvia. [7]

PartyEuropean PartyGroup2019 resultTop 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 [d] Harijs Rokpelnis [5]
AS United List −−5.0 [b] 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. [e] −−0.9 Aleksandrs Kiršteins [5]
CP Centre Party [f] −−0.5 Inna Djeri [5]
TVS Force of People's Power [g] −−0.2 Valentīns Jeremejevs [5]
ST For Stability! −−−Ņikita Piņins [5]
LPV Latvia First −−− Vilis Krištopans [5]
SV Sovereign Power [h] ECPM −− Julija Stepanenko [5]
AJ Alliance of Young Latvians −−−Rūdolfs Brēmanis [5]

Opinion polling

Graphical summary Opinion polling for Latvian European election, 2024.svg
Graphical summary
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size		 JV
EPP 		S
S&D 		NA
ECR 		LA
Renew 		Par!
Renew 		ZZS AS JKP PRO
G/EFA 		TZV CP TVS S! LPV SV AJ Lead
SKDS/LTV [8] March 20241.50516.6 (1)10.1 (1)17.1 (2)8.9 (1)1.53.46.1 (1)3.59.6 (1)0.22.10.66.4 (1)8.2 (1)3.81.90.5
SKDS/LTV [9] 10-14 February 20241,50517.9 (2)9.1 (1)16.5 (1)9.2 (1)0.64.07.4 (1)3.58.9 (1)0.82.10.57.5 (1)6.6 (1)3.22.31.4
2019 election 25 May 2019–26.4 (2)17.6 (2)16.5 (2)12.5 (1)5.6 (0)5.04.42.90.96.8 (1) [i] 0.28.7

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Unity 130,56325.3720
National Alliance 114,85822.3220
For Latvia's Development 48,6969.4610
United List 42,5518.271New
The Progressives 38,7527.531+1
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 37,0967.211–1
Latvia First 32,0346.231New
Sovereign Power 13,6232.650New
Union of Greens and Farmers 11,8522.3000
Alliance of Young Latvians 11,0672.150New
For Stability! 10,3072.000New
Centre Party 8,9251.7300
New Conservative Party 7,7991.5200
People. Land. Country.  [ lv ]3,0170.590New
Force of People's Power 1,7790.3500
Movement For! 1,6660.3200
Total514,585100.009+1
Valid votes514,58598.73
Invalid/blank votes6,6411.27
Total votes521,226100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,541,10233.82
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

Notes

  1. ↑ As Development/For!
  2. 1 2 Includes the result of the only coalition member that run independently in 2019, LRA, while the other two were members of the ZZS coalition.
  3. ↑ Inelegible to run for reelection. [6]
  4. ↑ Includes the separate results of the ZZS coalition and of its member LSDSP, that run independently in 2019.
  5. ↑ Includes also Latvian Independence Movement (LNK) candidates.
  6. ↑ A joint list of Latvian Russian Union and Centre Party candidates
  7. ↑ Includes also People's Servants for Latvia (TKL) candidates.
  8. ↑ Includes also United for Latvia (VL) candidates.
  9. ↑ Latvian Russian Union: 6.3% (1); Centre Party: 0.5%

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