Latvia 2009 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Civic Union won 2 of 8 seats with 24.3% of the vote; 53.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 12.3 points on 2004.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Union | 2 | 24.3 | 192,537 | ||
| Harmony | 2 | 19.6 | 154,894 | ||
| For Human Rights in a United Latvia | 1 | 0 | 9.7 | −1.0 | 76,436 |
| Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way | 1 | 7.5 | 59,326 | ||
| For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 1 | −3 | 7.5 | −22.4 | 58,991 |
| New Era Party | 1 | −1 | 6.7 | −13.1 | 52,751 |
| Libertas.lv | 0 | 4.3 | 34,073 | ||
| Society for Political Change | 0 | 3.9 | 30,444 | ||
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | −1.0 | 30,004 |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | −0.5 | 29,463 |
| All For Latvia! | 0 | 2.8 | 22,240 | ||
| People's Party | 0 | −1 | 2.8 | −3.9 | 21,968 |
± is the change against the Latvia 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Civic Union 192,537
- Harmony 154,894
- For Human Rights in a United Latvia 76,436
- Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way 59,326
- For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 58,991
- New Era Party 52,751
- Libertas.lv 34,073
- Society for Political Change 30,444
- Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 30,004
- Union of Greens and Farmers 29,463
- All For Latvia! 22,240
- People's Party 21,968
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
53.7% of the 1,484,781 registered voters cast a ballot (797,219 ballots), up 12.3 points on 2004. 791,597 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Civic Union24.3% of votes25.0% of seats
- Harmony19.6% of votes25.0% of seats
- For Human Rights in a United Latvia9.7% of votes12.5% of seats
- Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way7.5% of votes12.5% of seats
- For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK7.5% of votes12.5% of seats
- New Era Party6.7% of votes12.5% of seats
- Libertas.lv4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
- Society for Political Change3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
- Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- Union of Greens and Farmers3.7% of votes0.0% of seats
- All For Latvia!2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- People's Party2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.7 by votes and 5.3 by seats; Civic Union led Harmony by 4.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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