European Parliament election, 2014 (Latvia)

European Parliament election in Latvia, 2014

24 May 2014

All 8 Latvian seats to the European Parliament Turnout 30.24%[1]   First party Second party Third party   Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Roberts Zīle Boriss Cilevičs 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 46.2% 14.3% 13.0% Swing 11.4 4.0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Andris Bērziņš Tatjana Ždanoka Aleksandrs Mirskis 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 8.3% 6.4% 3.7% Swing 4.5% 3.3%

The European Parliament election 2014 in Latvia was the election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament in 2014.

Background

At the previous European Parliament election in Latvia in 2009, the country elected 8 MEP's. 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.^[2]

Results

 Summary of the results of Latvia's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament^[3]

← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Unity	EPP	Valdis Dombrovskis	204,979	46.2	11.4	4 / 8	0
	National Alliance	none	Roberts Zīle	63,229	14.3	4.0	1 / 8	0
	Harmony	PES[lower-alpha 1]	Boriss Cilevičs	57,863	13.0		1 / 8	0
	Union of Greens and Farmers	EGP/-[lower-alpha 2]	Andris Bērziņš	36,637	8.3	4.5	1 / 8	1
	Latvian Russian Union	EFA[lower-alpha 1]	Tatjana Ždanoka	28,303	6.4	3.3	1 / 8	0
	Alternative	none	Aleksandrs Mirskis	16,566	3.7	new	0 / 8	1
	Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība)	none	Mārtiņš Bondars	11,035	2.5	new	0 / 8	0
	Latvian Development (Latvijas attīstībai)	ALDE	Einars Repše	9,421	2.1	new	0 / 8	0
	Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija)	INITIATIVE	Alfrēds Rubiks	6,817	1.5		0 / 8	1
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote)			5,438	1.2
Valid votes				440,288
Blank and invalid votes				4,937	0.8
Total				445,225	100	–	8 / 8	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				1,472,478	30.24	23.45

1. Observer status only.
2. The Union of Greens and Farmers is an Electoral Alliance. Only the Latvian Green Party is a member of the EGP

Elected Members of the European Parliament

Name	National party	EP Group	Points[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]	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 October 16, 2014 to become a Non-Attached Member. On April 27, 2015 she joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group.

See also

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

References

1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-lv-2014.html
2. "How many MEPs will each country get after European Parliament elections in 2014?". European Parliament. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
3. "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission of Latvia. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

• Central Election Commission
• European Parliament Election Law