Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)
In European elections, Lithuania is a European Parliament constituency, currently represented by thirteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Lithuania.
| Lithuania | |
|---|---|
| European Parliament constituency | |
 Location among the current constituencies | |
| Member state | Lithuania |
| Created | 2004 |
| MEPs | 13 (2004) |
| Sources | |
MEPs
Current MEPs
| Name | National party | EP Group |
|---|---|---|
| Laima Andrikienė[1] | Homeland Union | EPP |
| Petras Auštrevičius | Liberal Movement | ALDE |
| Zigmantas Balčytis | Social Democratic Party | S&D |
| Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | Social Democratic Party | S&D |
| Antanas Guoga | Independent | EPP |
| Valentinas Mazuronis | Labour Party | ALDE |
| Rolandas Paksas | Order and Justice | EFDD |
| Bronis Ropė | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | G-EFA |
| Algirdas Saudargas | Homeland Union | EPP |
| Valdemar Tomaševski | Electoral Action of Poles | ECR |
| Viktor Uspaskich | Labour Party | ALDE |
Election results
2004
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Lithuania 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 13 June.
| 2004 • 2009 → | |||||||||
| Party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (DP) | 363,931 | 30.16 | — | 5 | — | ||||
| Social Democratic Party (LSDP) | 173,888 | 14.43 | — | 2 | — | ||||
| Homeland Union (TS) | 151,400 | 12.58 | — | 2 | — | ||||
| Liberal and Centre Union (LCS) | 135,341 | 11.23 | — | 2 | — | ||||
| Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (VNDPS) | 89,338 | 7.41 | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 82,368 | 6.83 | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Electoral Action of Poles (LLRA) – Union of Russians (LRS) | 68,937 | 5.71 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| New Union (NS) | 58,527 | 4.85 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Christian Democrats (LKD) | 33,162 | 2.75 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Christian Conservative Social Union (KKSS) | 31,060 | 2.57 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Party of National Progress (TPP) | 14,294 | 1.18 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Centre Party (NCP) | 3,663 | 0.30 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Valid votes | 1,205,704 | 94.00 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 76,930 | 6.00 | |||||||
| Totals | 1,282,634 | 100.00 | — | 13 | — | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 2,654,336 | 48.32 | — | ||||||
2009
For the 2009 election the number of seats was reduced to twelve.
| ← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 → | |||||||||
| Party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Union – Christian Democrats (TS–LKD) | EPP | Vytautas Landsbergis | 147,756 | 26.16 | 4 | 2  | |||
| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) | PES | Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | 102,347 | 18.12 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Order and Justice (TT) | None | Rolandas Paksas | 67,237 | 11.90 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Labour Party (DP) | ELDR | Viktor Uspaskich | 48,368 | 8.56 | 1 | 4  | |||
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (AWPL) | AECR | Valdemar Tomaševski | 46,293 | 8.20 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Liberal Movement (LS) | Leonidas Donskis | 40,502 | 7.17 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liberal and Centre Union (LiCS) | ELDR | Artūras Zuokas | 19,105 | 3.38 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Centre Party (LCP) | None | Ona Juknevičienė | 17,004 | 3.01 | 0 | 0  | |||
| Christian Conservative Social Union (KKSS) | Gediminas Vagnorius | 16,108 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Front Party (FRONTAS) | None | Algirdas Paleckis | 13,341 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peasant Popular Union (VNDS) | AEN | Gintaras Didžiokas | 10,285 | 1.82 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Civic Democratic Party (PDP) | None | Eugenijus Maldeikis | 7,425 | 1.31 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Samogitian Party (ZP) | None | Egidijus Skarbalius | 6,961 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National Resurrection Party (TPP) | None | Saulius Stoma | 5,717 | 1.01 | 0 | 0 | |||
| National Party Lithuanian Way | 1,568 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Valid votes | 550.017 | 97.38 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 14.786 | 2.62 | |||||||
| Totals | 564.803 | 100.00 | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 2,692,397 | 20.98 | 27.40 |
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| Source: Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission | |||||||||
2014
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Union | 199,393 | 17.43 | 2 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 197,477 | 17.26 | 2 | |
| Liberal Movement | 189,373 | 16.55 | 2 | |
| Order and Justice | 163,049 | 14.25 | 2 | |
| Labour Party | 146,607 | 12.38 | 1 | |
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Russian Alliance | 92,108 | 8.05 | 1 | |
| Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union | 75,643 | 6.61 | 1 | |
| Lithuanian Green Party | 40,696 | 3.56 | 0 | |
| Lithuanian Nationalist Union | 22,858 | 2.00 | 0 | |
| Liberal and Centre Union | 16,927 | 1.48 | 0 | |
| Total | 1,144,131 | 100.00 | 11 | |
2019
References
- "Laima Andrikienė tapo Europos Parlamento nare". 15min.lt. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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