2004 European Parliament election in Latvia
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2004 European Parliament election in Latvia
| country = Latvia
| type = parliamentary
| next_election = 2009 European Parliament election in Latvia
| next_year = 2009
| seats_for_election = 9 seats to the European Parliament
| election_date = 12 June 2004
}}
The election of MEPs representing Latvia constituency for the 2004–2009 term of the European Parliament was held on 12 June 2004. It was the first European Parliament election in Latvia following its admission to the European Union in May 2004. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.
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 most of other countries which joined EU together with Latvia in 2004.
The election was conducted according to party-list proportional representation system, with at least 5% of votes necessary to gain seats in the parliament. Out of 16 parties, five won seats in the European Parliament. Several parties narrowly missed the 5% threshold.
Results
The elections were a major loss for the coalition government in power, as the three coalition parties together won only 14.2% of popular vote. Tautas Partija was the only coalition party to win a seat.
The winning party Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK had most votes in 22 of 26 counties and 5 of 7 cities. The exception was Southeast Latvia (Daugavpils, Krāslava and Rezekne districts and cities of Daugavpils and Rēzekne) which were won by the Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā party and Ludza district won by Socialist Party of Latvia, due to large percentage of ethnically Russian voters in this area.
{{Election results
|party1=For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK|votes1=171859|seats1=4
|party2=New Era Party|votes2=113593|seats2=2
|party3=For Human Rights in United Latvia|votes3=61401|seats3=1
|party4=People's Party|votes4=38324|seats4=1
|party5=Latvian Way|votes5=37724|seats5=1
|party6=National Harmony Party|votes6=27506|seats6=0
|party7=Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party|votes7=27468|seats7=0
|party8=Union of Greens and Farmers|votes8=24467|seats8=0
|party9=Latvia's First Party|votes9=18685|seats9=0
|party10=United Social Democratic Welfare Party|votes10=12871|seats10=0
|party11=Conservative Party|votes11=9716|seats11=0
|party12=Socialist Party of Latvia|votes12=9480|seats12=0
|party13=Light of Latgale|votes13=8439|seats13=0
|party14=Eurosceptics|votes14=5481|seats14=0
|party15=Christian Democratic Union|votes15=2362|seats15=0
|party16=Social Democratic Union|votes16=1988|seats16=0
|invalid=6517
|electorate=1397736
|source=[https://www.cvk.lv/cgi-bin/wdbcgiw/base/eiro.veles_rez04c.sak CVK], [http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webview/index.jsp?study=http://129.177.90.166:80/obj/fStudy/LAEP2004_Display&mode=cube&v=2&cube=http://129.177.90.166:80/obj/fCube/LAEP2004_Display_C1&top=yes European Elections Database]{{dead url|date=June 2024}}
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=Elected MEPs=
{{Gallery
|title=Elected MEPs
|width=160 | height=170
|perrow=5
|align=center
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|captionstyle=text-align:center;
|File:Roberts Zile - Latvian part press photos- Citizens’ Corner debate on EU citizens and their digital rights (15712487334).jpg|Roberts Zīle (TB/LNNK)
|File:Guntars Krasts 2011-08-20.jpg|Guntars Krasts (TB/LNNK)
|File:Vaidere Inese 2014-02-05 2.jpg|Inese Vaidere (TB/LNNK)
|File:Girts Valdis Kristovskis.jpg|Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis (TB/LNNK)
|File:Valdis Dombrovskis 2009.jpg|Valdis Dombrovskis (JL)
|File:Tatjana Ždanoka1.JPG|Tatjana Ždanoka (PCTVL)
|File:Rihards Piks.jpg|Rihards Pīks (TP)
|File:Georgs Andrejevs.jpg|Georgs Andrejevs (LC)
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See also
{{European Parliament elections}}
{{Latvian elections}}