2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

2024 European Parliament election in Latvia
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9 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Roberts Zīle Ivars Ijabs
Party JV NA LA
Alliance EPP ECR RE
Last election 26.40%, 2 seats 16.49%, 2 seats 12.49%, 1 seat[a]
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 130,563 114,858 48,696
Percentage 25.37% 22.32% 9.46%
Swing Decrease1.03pp Increase5.83pp Decrease4.03pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Reinis Pozņaks Elīna Pinto Nils Ušakovs
Party AS PRO Harmony
Alliance ECR Greens/EFA S&D
Last election 5.01%, 0 seats[b] 2.91%, 0 seats 17.56%, 2 seats
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change New Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 42,551 38,752 37,096
Percentage 8.27% 7.53% 7.21%
Swing New Increase4.62pp Decrease10.35pp
  Seventh party
 
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Leader Vilis Krištopāns
Party LPV
Alliance Patriots
Last election New
Seats won 1
Seat change New
Popular vote 32,034
Percentage 6.23%
Swing New

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.

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.

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
European People's Party
1 / 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
 
Total 8
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents

Name Party First elected Terms Date announced Source
Andris Ameriks Honor to serve Riga 2019 1 9 February 2024 [5]
Tatjana Ždanoka[c] Latvian Russian Union 2004 4

Running parties

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[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

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election
Graphical summary
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
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[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)[i] 0.2 8.7

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Unity130,56325.3720
National Alliance114,85822.3220
For Latvia's Development48,6969.4610
United List42,5518.271New
The Progressives38,7527.531+1
Social Democratic Party "Harmony"37,0967.211–1
Latvia First32,0346.231New
Sovereign Power13,6232.650New
Union of Greens and Farmers11,8522.3000
Alliance of Young Latvians11,0672.150New
For Stability!10,3072.000New
Centre Party8,9251.7300
New Conservative Party7,7991.5200
People. Land. Country. [lv]3,0170.590New
Force of People's Power1,7790.3500
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

Elected MEPs

Notes

  1. ^ As Development/For!
  2. ^ a b 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%

References

  1. ^ "2024 European elections: National rules Infographic" (PDF). European Parliament.
  2. ^ "2024 European elections: 15 additional seats divided between 12 countries | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ Oelbermann, Kai Friederike; Pukelsheim, Friedrich (July 2020). "The European Elections of May 2019" (PDF). europarl.europa.eu. p. 14.
  4. ^ "How to vote in Latvia". European Parliament. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "EIROPAS PARLAMENTA VĒLĒŠANAS 2024". 9 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Līdz ar plānotajiem grozījumiem EP vēlēšanu likumā Ždanokai varētu liegt atkārtoti kļūt par EP deputāti". LSM. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Partiju reitingi pirms Eiroparlamenta vēlēšanām: "Jaunā Vienotība" zaudē līderpozīciju Nacionālajai apvienībai". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ "Partiju reitingi: Pirms Eiroparlamenta vēlēšanām līderos "Jaunā Vienotība" un Nacionālā apvienība". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-02-19.