Latvia (European Parliament constituency)

Infobox European Parliament constituency
name = Infobox Latvia (European Parliament constituency)
title = Latvia
locationmap2007=yes
lat=60.0
long=26.0
created = 2004
meps = 9 (2004)
sources = [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/election/newep/en/maps.htm] [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2004/ep-election/sites/en/yourvoice/index.html] |In European elections, Latvia is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by nine MEPs. It covers the member state of Latvia. The electoral system used is party-list proportional representation.

Current MEPs

"As of October 2007"

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Latvia had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 12.

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 the rest of the EU.

2009

The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will remain the same.

References

External links

* [http://www.eurela.org European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)]
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/search.do?country=LV&language=EN List of MEPs] europarl.europa.eu