2019 European Parliament election in Latvia

2019 European Parliament election in Latvia

25 May 2019
All 8 Latvian seats in the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Valdis Dombrovskis Nils Ušakovs Roberts Zīle Party New Unity Harmony National Alliance Alliance EPP SD ECR Last election 4 seats, 46.56% (Unity) 1 seat, 13.14% 1 seat, 14.36% Seats after 2 2 2 Seat change 2 1 1 Popular vote 124,193 82,604 77,591 Percentage 26.40% 17.56% 16.49% Swing 20.16pp 4.42pp 2.13pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ivars Ijabs Tatjana Ždanoka Party Development/For! Latvian Russian Union Alliance ALDE G-EFA Last election – 1 seat, 6.43% Seats after 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 58,763 29,546 Percentage 12.49% 6.28% Swing New 0.18pp

An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2019.^[1] The previous elections were held in 2014.

The election uses the Sainte-Laguë method, which is weighted against the larger parties. That explains why, according to the results of one opinion poll, parties with 6% of the vote would be allocated one seat each, while a party with 17% of the vote would also be allocated only one seat.

Participating parties

№	List title	Title in Latvian
1	Latvian Russian Union	Latvijas Krievu savienība
2	Latvian Nationalists	Latviešu Nacionālisti
3	Latvian Association of Regions	Latvijas Reģionu apvienība
4	Union of Greens and Farmers Latvian Farmer's Union Latvian Green Party	Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība Latvijas Zemnieku savienība Latvijas Zaļā partija
5	KPV LV (Who owns the state?)	KPV LV
6	Progressives	Progresīvie
7	New Harmony	Jaunā Saskaņa
8	New Conservative Party	Jaunā konservatīvā partija
9	Development/For! For Latvia's Development Movement For! Growth	Attīstībai/Par! Latvijas attīstībai Kustība "Par!" Izaugsme
10	SDP "Harmony"	Sociāldemokrātiskā partija "Saskaņa"
11	National Alliance	Nacionālā apvienība „Visu Latvijai!” – „Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK”
12	Action Party	Rīcības partija
13	Awakening For Latvia from the Heart Christian Democratic Union Honor to Serve Our Latvia[2]	Atmoda No sirds Latvijai Kristīgi demokrātiskā savienība Gods kalpot mūsu Latvijai
14	Center Party	Centra partija
15	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā strādnieku partija
16	New Unity Unity Latgale Party	Jaunā Vienotība Vienotība Latgales partija

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

Fieldwork date	Commissioned by	Sample size	New Unity	NA	S	ZZS	LKS	KPV LV	JKP	AP!	LRA	P	Other	Don't know	Won't vote	Lead
21 May 2019	Berg Research	808	18,37% (2)	15,36% (1)	17,02% (2)	4,37%	7,38% (1)	1,05%	4,52%	9,94% (1)	7,68% (1)	3,77%	1,50%	9,04%	—	1,35%
14–20 May 2019	Factum	915	16,1% (1)	17,1% (2)	14,3% (1)	9,3% (1)	4,8%	3,0%	9,5% (1)	10,4% (1)	4,6%	7,1% (1)	3,8%	—	—	1,0%
2–9 May 2019	Factum	948	13% (1)	17% (1)	15% (1)	8% (1)	5%	3%	11% (1)	11% (1)	6% (1)	6% (1)	5%	—	—	3%
29 Apr–6 May 2019	SKDS/Latvijas Televīzija	918	10.8% (2)	9.0% (1)	14.0% (2)	3.8%	6.9% (1)	1.1%	3.2%	10.9% (2)	2.0%	4.3%	2.1%	18.0%	13.9%	3.1%
24–28 Apr 2019	Factum	895	13% (1)	15% (1)	18% (2)	8% (1)	4%	3%	11% (1)	12% (1)	5%	6% (1)	5%	—	—	3%
12–22 Apr 2019	Latvijas Fakti Archived 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine	1046	6.1% (1)	6.5% (2)	11.4% (3)	5.8% (1)	2.4%	1.9%	4.9%	5.8% (1)	2.6%	1.4%	29.0%	18.0%	3.6%	4.9%
17–21 Apr 2019	Factum	512	15% (1)	16% (1)	18% (2)	8% (1)	4%	3%	10% (1)	11% (1)	4%	7% (1)	4%	—	—	2%
11–16 Apr 2019[3]	SKDS/Latvijas Televīzija	912	11.7% (2)	8.1% (1)	15.0% (2)	3.7%	5.0% (1)	0.6%	2.4%	10.6% (2)	1.7%	4.5%	1%	19.2%	16.3%	3.3%
1–7 Apr 2019	Factum	542	16% (1)	13% (1)	19% (2)	10% (1)	5%	3%	10% (1)	10% (1)	4%	5% (1)	3%	—	—	4%
26 Mar–5 Apr 2019	Factum	1206	15% (1)	14% (1)	19% (2)	9% (1)	5%	3%	9% (1)	11% (1)	4%	6% (1)	5%	—	—	4%
3–18 Mar 2019	Latvijas Fakti [4][5]	907	26.8% (3)	13.4% (1)	20.7% (2)	14.6% (1)	4,9%	—	4,9%	9.8% (1)	4,9%	—	—	—	—	6.1%
18 Feb 2019	Kantar public	—	5.8%	11.3% (1)	25.4% (2)	11.8% (1)	1.2%	10.4% (1)	17.7% (2)	9.8% (1)	3.9%	2.3%	0.4%	—	—	8.2%
2014 elections			46.19% (4)	14.25% (1)	13.04% (1)	8.26% (1)	6.38% (1)	—	—	—	2.49%	—	9.39%			31.94%

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	New Unity	124,193	26.40	2	–2
	Social Democratic Party "Harmony"	82,604	17.56	2	+1
	National Alliance	77,591	16.49	2	+1
	Development/For!	58,763	12.49	1	New
	Latvian Russian Union	29,546	6.28	1	0
	Union of Greens and Farmers	25,252	5.37	0	–1
	Latvian Association of Regions	23,581	5.01	0	0
	New Conservative Party	20,595	4.38	0	New
	The Progressives	13,705	2.91	0	New
	Who Owns the State?	4,362	0.93	0	New
	Latvian Nationalists	3,172	0.67	0	New
	Centre Party	2,312	0.49	0	New
	Awakening	2,242	0.48	0	New
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	922	0.20	0	0
	New Harmony	829	0.18	0	New
	Action Party	791	0.17	0	New
Total		470,460	100.00	8	0
Valid votes		470,460	99.17
Invalid/blank votes		3,930	0.83
Total votes		474,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,414,712	33.53
Source: CVK

Elected MEPs

Elected MEPs

• 
  Valdis Dombrovskis (JV)
• 
  Sandra Kalniete (JV)
• 
  Nils Ušakovs (S)
• 
  Andris Ameriks (S)
• 
  Roberts Zīle (NA)
• 
  Dace Melbārde (NA)
• 
  Ivars Ijabs (AP!)
• 
  Tatjana Ždanoka (LKS)

References

1. Eiropas Parlamenta vēlēšanas 2019 CVK.LV
2. ""Atmoda" – partijas virsmērķis un jaunais nosaukums". nosirdslatvijai.lv. Archived from the original on 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
3. "Tā kā EP vēlēšanas ir pēc mazāk kā 2 nedēļām, tad izdomāju pats izlikt mūsu svaigākos aptauju datus par izvēli tajās. Līdz šim šo SKDS aptauju datus (taču ne visu sagatavoto!) atrādīja LTV un citi pēc tam pārpublicēja". Arnis Kaktiņš. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
4. Europe Elects "Latvia, Latvijas Fakti poll". Europe Elects. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
5. "Political landscape development" (PDF). European Parliament. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-09.

External links

• Central Election Commission
• European Parliament Election Law