2009 European Parliament election in Latvia
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An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 6 June 2009. Seventeen lists containing a total of 185 candidates were registered for the election.
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6 June 2009
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8 seats to the European Parliament | |
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The election was conducted according to the party-list proportional representation system, with at least 5% of votes necessary to gain seats in the parliament. Voters were given 17 ballot papers, one for each party and had the opportunity to approve of candidates on their chosen list by adding a plus or disapprove by crossing out candidates.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| Original | +/– | Post-Lisbon | +/– | |||||
| Civic Union | 192,537 | 24.78 | 2 | New | 3 | +1 | ||
| Harmony Centre | 154,894 | 19.93 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| For Human Rights in United Latvia | 76,436 | 9.84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way | 59,326 | 7.63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 58,991 | 7.59 | 1 | –3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| New Era Party | 52,751 | 6.79 | 1 | –1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Libertas.lv | 34,073 | 4.38 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Society for Political Change | 30,444 | 3.92 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 30,004 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 29,463 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| All for Latvia! | 22,240 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| People's Party | 21,968 | 2.83 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Motherland | 4,409 | 0.57 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Action Party | 3,373 | 0.43 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Democratic Union | 2,361 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Osipova Party | 2,102 | 0.27 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Latvian Rebirth Party | 1,712 | 0.22 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 777,084 | 100.00 | 8 | –1 | 9 | +1 | ||
| Valid votes | 777,084 | 98.17 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 14,513 | 1.83 | ||||||
| Total votes | 791,597 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,484,781 | 53.31 | ||||||
| Source: CVK, European Elections Database | ||||||||
Elected MEPs
Elected MEPs
Sandra Kalniete (PS)
Inese Vaidere (PS)
Alfrēds Rubiks (SC)
Aleksandrs Mirskis (SC)
Tatjana Ždanoka (PCTVL)
Ivars Godmanis (LPP/LC)
Roberts Zīle (TB/LNNK)
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References
External links
- Latvijas Republikas Uzņēmumu Reģistrs: Politisko partiju reģistrs: gives list of registered parties & associations and explains the difference.(in Latvian)
- Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB), political parties financing data base: donations Archived 27 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine(in Latvian)
- Latvia EP elections results(in Latvian)
- Latvia EP elections: candidates Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine(in Latvian)
- Latvia EP elections: List programs and statistics Archived 17 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine(in Latvian)
- Exit polls Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine