2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

8 June 2024
9 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   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 Popular vote 130,563 114,858 48,696 Percentage 25.37% 22.32% 9.46% Swing 1.03pp 5.83pp 4.03pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 1 1 Popular vote 42,551 38,752 37,096 Percentage 8.27% 7.53% 7.21% Swing New 4.62pp 10.35pp   Seventh party   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
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.

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 Group		Seats	Party		Seats	MEPs
	European People's Party	2 / 8		Unity	2	Sandra Kalniete Inese Vaidere
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	2 / 8		Social Democratic Party "Harmony"	1	Nils Ušakovs
				Honor to serve Riga	1	Andris Ameriks
	Renew Europe	2 / 8		For Latvia's Development	1	Ivars Ijabs
	European Conservatives and Reformists	1 / 8		National Alliance	2	Roberts Zīle Ansis Pūpols
	Non-Inscrits	1 / 8		Latvian Russian Union	1	Tatjana Ždanoka
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

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

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[8]	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[9]	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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Unity	130,563	25.37	2	0
	National Alliance	114,858	22.32	2	0
	For Latvia's Development	48,696	9.46	1	0
	United List	42,551	8.27	1	New
	The Progressives	38,752	7.53	1	+1
	Social Democratic Party "Harmony"	37,096	7.21	1	–1
	Latvia First	32,034	6.23	1	New
	Sovereign Power	13,623	2.65	0	New
	Union of Greens and Farmers	11,852	2.30	0	0
	Alliance of Young Latvians	11,067	2.15	0	New
	For Stability!	10,307	2.00	0	New
	Centre Party	8,925	1.73	0	0
	New Conservative Party	7,799	1.52	0	0
	People. Land. Country. [lv]	3,017	0.59	0	New
	Force of People's Power	1,779	0.35	0	0
	Movement For!	1,666	0.32	0	0
Total		514,585	100.00	9	+1
Valid votes		514,585	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		6,641	1.27
Total votes		521,226	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,541,102	33.82
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

Elected MEPs

• 
  Valdis Dombrovskis (JV)^[7]
• 
  Sandra Kalniete (JV)^[7]
• 
  Rihards Kols (NA)^[7]
• 
  Nils Ušakovs (S)^[7]
• 
  Ivars Ijabs (LA)^[7]
• 
  Reinis Pozņaks (AS)^[7]
• 
  Mārtiņš Staķis (PRO)^[7]
• 
  Vilis Krištopans (LPV)^[7]

Notes

1. As Development/For!
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%

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. "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. "Euroelections results officially confirmed in Latvia". LSM. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
8. "Partiju reitingi pirms Eiroparlamenta vēlēšanām: "Jaunā Vienotība" zaudē līderpozīciju Nacionālajai apvienībai". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
9. "Partiju reitingi: Pirms Eiroparlamenta vēlēšanām līderos "Jaunā Vienotība" un Nacionālā apvienība". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-02-19.