2014 European Parliament election in Latvia

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

European Parliament election in Latvia, 2014
24 May 2014
All 8 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout30.24%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Roberts Zīle Boris Tsilevitch
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 Alexander Mirsky
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%

Background

At the previous European Parliament election in Latvia in 2009, the country elected 8 MEPs. 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] Boris Tsilevitch 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 Alexander Mirsky 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
NameNational partyEP GroupPoints[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 16 October 2014 to become a Non-Attached Member. On 27 April 2015 she joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group.
Elected MEPs

See also

References
  1. Results of the 2014 European elections - European Parliament, 2014, retrieved 1 December 2019
  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.