2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

Latvia component of the 2024 European Parliament election
2024 European Parliament election in Latvia

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9 Latvian seats to the European Parliament
 
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Candidate Valdis Dombrovskis Nils Ušakovs Roberts Zīle
Party JV Harmony NA
Alliance EPP S&D ECR
Last election 26.4%, 2 seats 17.6%, 2 seats 16.5%, 2 seats
Current seats 3 2 1

 
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Leader Ivars Ijabs
Party For Latvia's Development
Alliance ALDE
Last election 12.4%, 1 seat as Development/For!
Current seats 1

The 2024 European Parliament election in Latvia will be held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.[1] This will be the fifth European Parliament election held in Latvia, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Electoral system

Compared to last election, Latvia is 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 13 February 2024.

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
European People's Party
3 / 8
Unity 3
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
2 / 8
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 1
Honor to serve Riga 1
Renew Europe
1 / 8
For Latvia's Development 1
European Conservatives and Reformists
1 / 8
National Alliance 1
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[a] Latvian Russian Union 2004 4
  1. ^ Inelegible to run for reelection.[6]

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[a] 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.[c] 0.9 Aleksandrs Kiršteins[5]
CP Centre Party 0.5 Inna Djeri[5]
TVS Force of People's Power[d] 0.2 Valentīns Jeremejevs[5]
ST For Stability! Ņikita Piņins[5]
LPV Latvia First Vilis Krištopans[5]
SV Sovereign Power[e] ECPM Julija Stepanenko[5]
AJ Alliance of Young Latvians Rūdolfs Brēmanis[5]
  1. ^ Includes the separate results of the ZZS coalition and of its member LSDSP, that run independently in 2019.
  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. ^ Includes also Latvian Independence Movement (LNK) candidates.
  4. ^ Includes also People's Servants for Latvia (TKL) candidates.
  5. ^ Includes also United for Latvia (VL) candidates.

Opinion polling

Graphical summary
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
JV S NA LA Par! ZZS AS JKP PRO 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 0.5 0.2 8.7

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.
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