2019 European Parliament election in Latvia

The European Parliament election 2019 in Latvia is the election of the delegation from Latvia to the European Parliament in 2019.[1] The previous elections were held in 2014.

2019 European Parliament election in Latvia
25 May 2019
All 8 Latvian seats to 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, 46.19% (Unity) 1 seat, 13.04% 1 seat, 14.25%
Seats before 4 1 1
Seats after 2 2 2
Seat change 2 1 1
Popular vote 124 193 82 604 77 591
Percentage 26.24% 17.45% 16.40%
Swing 19.95 4.41 2.15
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Ivars Ijabs Tatjana Ždanoka
Party Development/For! Latvian Russian Union
Alliance ALDE G-EFA
Last election new 1 seat, 6.38%
Seats before 0 1
Seats after 1 1
Seat change 1
Popular vote 58 763 29 546
Percentage 12.25% 6.24%
Swing 12.25 0.14

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 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! 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 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 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
 Summary of the results of Latvia's 25 May 2019 election to the European Parliament[6]
← 2014 • 2019 • 2024 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
New Unity EPP Valdis Dombrovskis 124,193 26.24 19.95
2 / 8
 2
Harmony PES Nils Ušakovs 82,604 17.45 4.41
2 / 8
 1
National Alliance ECR Roberts Zīle 77,591 16.40 2.15
2 / 8
 1
Development/For! RE Ivars Ijabs 58,763 12.25 new
1 / 8
 1
Latvian Russian Union EFA Tatjana Ždanoka 29,546 6.4 0.14
1 / 8
 0
Union of Greens and Farmers EGP Dana Reizniece-Ozola 25,252 5.34 2.92‬
0 / 8
 1
Latvian Association of Regions none Edvards Smiltēns 23,581 4.98 2.49‬
0 / 8
 0
New Conservative Party none Andis Kudors 20,595 4.35 new
0 / 8
 0
The Progressives none Gunta Anča 13705 2.9 new
0 / 8
 0
Who Owns the State? none Kaspars Ģirģens 4,362 0.92 new
0 / 8
 0
Other parties 10,268 2.17
Valid votes 470,460
Blank and invalid votes 3,930‬ 0.8
Total 474,390 100  –
8 / 8
 0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 1,414,712 33.53 3.29‬
Elected MEPs

References
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  2. ""Atmoda" – partijas virsmērķis un jaunais nosaukums". nosirdslatvijai.lv. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  4. Europe Elects Twitter https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1111947199406051328/. Retrieved 2020-06-09. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Political landscape development" (PDF). www.europarl.europa.eu. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  6. "European Elections 2019". Central Election Commission of Latvia. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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