| Latvia European Parliament constituency |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEP(s) | 9 (2004) |
| Member State | Latvia |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Latvia is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by nine MEPs. It covers the member state of Latvia. The electoral system used is party-list proportional representation.
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As of December 2011
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Ivars Godmanis | Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way | ALDE |
| Sandra Kalniete | Unity | EPP |
| Roberts Zīle | Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK | ECR |
| Alfreds Rubiks | Harmony Centre | GUE-NGL |
| Aleksandrs Mirskis | Harmony Centre | S&D |
| Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš | Unity | EPP |
| Inese Vaidere | Unity | EPP |
| Tatjana Ždanoka | Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā | G–EFA |
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Latvia had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 12.
There were lists of candidates from 16 political parties. with a total of 1019 candidates. The voter turnout was 41.20%, with 574,674 voters casting votes. It was significantly lower than the usual turnout for Latvian parliamentary elections (which has been between 71% and 73% for previous three elections) but higher than the turnout in the rest of the EU.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 170,819 | 29.8 | 4 | |
| New Era Party | 112,698 | 19.7 | 2 | |
| For Human Rights in United Latvia | 61,329 | 10.7 | 1 | |
| People's Party | 38,114 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Latvian Way | 37,357 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party | 27,437 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| People's Harmony Party | 27,423 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 24,405 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Latvia's First Party | 18,614 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Others | 50,316 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Total | 574,674 | 100 | 9 | |
The last election was in 2009 and the number of seats was 8.
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