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Sandra Kalniete (PS)
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Inese Vaidere (PS)
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Alfrēds Rubiks (SC)
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Aleksandrs Mirskis (SC)
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Tatjana Ždanoka (PCTVL)
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Ivars Godmanis (LPP/LC)
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Roberts Zīle (TB/LNNK)
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An election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament was held on 6 June 2009. Seventeen lists containing a total of 185 candidates were registered for the election.
The election was conducted according to the party-list proportional representation system, with at least 5% of votes necessary to gain seats in the parliament. Voters were given 17 ballot papers, one for each party and had the opportunity to approve of candidates on their chosen list by adding a plus or disapprove by crossing out candidates.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Original | +/– | Post- Lisbon | +/– | |||||
Civic Union | 192,537 | 24.78 | 2 | New | 3 | +1 | ||
Harmony Centre | 154,894 | 19.93 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0 | ||
For Human Rights in United Latvia | 76,436 | 9.84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way | 59,326 | 7.63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 58,991 | 7.59 | 1 | –3 | 1 | 0 | ||
New Era Party | 52,751 | 6.79 | 1 | –1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Libertas.lv | 34,073 | 4.38 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Society for Political Change | 30,444 | 3.92 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 30,004 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Union of Greens and Farmers | 29,463 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
All for Latvia! | 22,240 | 2.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
People's Party | 21,968 | 2.83 | 0 | –1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Motherland | 4,409 | 0.57 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Action Party | 3,373 | 0.43 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Christian Democratic Union | 2,361 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Osipova Party | 2,102 | 0.27 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Latvian Rebirth Party | 1,712 | 0.22 | 0 | New | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 777,084 | 100.00 | 8 | –1 | 9 | +1 | ||
Valid votes | 777,084 | 98.17 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 14,513 | 1.83 | ||||||
Total votes | 791,597 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,484,781 | 53.31 | ||||||
Source: CVK, European Elections Database |