2004 European Parliament election in Latvia

none 2004 European Parliament election in Latvia Latvia parliamentary 2009 European Parliament election in Latvia 2009 9 seats to the European Parliament 12 June 2004 The election of MEPs representing Latvia constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 12 June 2004. It was the first European Parliament election in Latvia following its admission to the European Union in May 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. 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 most of other countries which joined EU together with Latvia in 2004. The election was conducted according to party-list proportional representation system, with at least 5% of votes necessary to gain seats in the parliament. Out of 16 parties, five won seats in the European Parliament. Several parties narrowly missed the 5% threshold. Results The elections were a major loss for the coalition government in power, as the three coalition parties together won only 14.2% of popular vote. Tautas Partija was the only coalition party to win a seat. The winning party Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK had most votes in 22 of 26 counties and 5 of 7 cities. The exception was Southeast Latvia (Daugavpils, Krāslava and Rezekne districts and cities of Daugavpils and Rēzekne) which were won by the Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā party and Ludza district won by Socialist Party of Latvia, due to large percentage of ethnically Russian voters in this area. For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 171859 4 New Era Party 113593 2 For Human Rights in United Latvia 61401 1 People's Party 38324 1 Latvian Way 37724 1 National Harmony Party 27506 0 Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 27468 0 Union of Greens and Farmers 24467 0 Latvia's First Party 18685 0 United Social Democratic Welfare Party 12871 0 Conservative Party 9716 0 Socialist Party of Latvia 9480 0 Light of Latgale 8439 0 Eurosceptics 5481 0 Christian Democratic Union 2362 0 Social Democratic Union 1988 0 6517 1397736 CVK, European Elections DatabaseJune 2024 Elected MEPs Elected MEPs 160 170 5 center text-align:center; File:Roberts Zile - Latvian part press photos- Citizens’ Corner debate on EU citizens and their digital rights (15712487334).jpg Roberts Zīle (TB/LNNK) File:Guntars Krasts 2011-08-20.jpg Guntars Krasts (TB/LNNK) File:Vaidere Inese 2014-02-05 2.jpg Inese Vaidere (TB/LNNK) File:Girts Valdis Kristovskis.jpg Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis (TB/LNNK) File:Valdis Dombrovskis 2009.jpg Valdis Dombrovskis (JL) File:Tatjana Ždanoka1.JPG Tatjana Ždanoka (PCTVL) File:Rihards Piks.jpg Rihards Pīks (TP) File:Georgs Andrejevs.jpg Georgs Andrejevs (LC) See also Politics of Latvia Latvia Category:European Parliament elections in Latvia Category:2004 in Latvia