The 2024 European Parliament election in Latvia was held on 8 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth European Parliament election held in Latvia, and the first to take place after Brexit.
Electoral system Compared to the last election, Latvia was entitled to one more MEP assigned in 2023 after a pre-election assessment of the Parliament composition based on the most recent population figures. The 9 members are elected through open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through Sainte-Laguë method and a 5% electoral threshold.
Both Latvian and EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Latvia. No registration is needed for Latvian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Latvia are required to register with the Central Electoral Commission. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest.
Outgoing delegation The table shows the detailed composition of the Latvian seats at the European Parliament as of 31 May 2024 prior to the election. EP GroupSeatsPartySeatsMEPsEuropean People's Party Unity2 Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Social Democratic Party "Harmony"1 Honor to serve Riga1 Renew Europe For Latvia's Development1 European Conservatives and Reformists National Alliance2 Non-Inscrits Latvian Russian Union1 Total8 Source: European Parliament
Retiring incumbents NamePartyFirst electedTermsDate announcedSourceAndris AmeriksHonor to serve Riga201919 February 2024Tatjana ŽdanokaLatvian Russian Union20044
Running parties The following parties ran candidates in the 2024 EU Parliament election in Latvia. +PartyEuropean PartyGroup2019 resultTop candidate JVNew UnityEPPEPP26.4Valdis Dombrovskis SSocial Democratic Party "Harmony"PESS&D17.6Nils Ušakovs NANational AllianceECRECR16.5Roberts Zīle LAFor Latvia's DevelopmentALDERE12.5Ivars Ijabs Par!Movement For!ALDEREIvanna Volochiy ZZSUnion of Greens and Farmers − −5.6Harijs Rokpelnis ASUnited List − −5.0Reinis Pozņaks JKPNew Conservative Party − −4.4Tālis Linkaits PROThe ProgressivesEGP −2.9Elīna PintoTZVPeople. Land. Country. − − 0.9Aleksandrs Kiršteins CPCentre Party − −0.5Inna DjeriTVSForce of People's Power − − 0.2Valentīns Jeremejevs STFor Stability! − − −Ņikita Piņins LPVLatvia First − − −Vilis Krištopans SVSovereign PowerECPM − −Julija StepanenkoAJAlliance of Young Latvians − − −Rūdolfs Brēmanis
Opinion polling
Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize JV S NA LA Par! ZZS AS JKP PRO TZV CP TVS S! LPV SV AJ LeadSKDS/LTVMarch 20241.50516.6 (1)10.1 (1)17.1 (2)8.9 (1)1.53.46.1 (1)3.59.6 (1)0.22.10.66.4 (1)8.2 (1)3.81.90.5SKDS/LTV10-14 February 20241,50517.9 (2)9.1 (1)16.5 (1)9.2 (1)0.64.07.4 (1)3.58.9 (1)0.82.10.57.5 (1)6.6 (1)3.22.3 1.42019 election25 May 2019–26.4 (2)17.6 (2)16.5 (2)12.5 (1)5.6 (0)5.04.42.90.96.8 (1)0.28.7
Results
European groups
Elected MEPs
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