Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)
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Lithuania | |
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European Parliament constituency | |
Location among the 2007 constituencies
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Member state | Lithuania |
Created | 2004 |
MEPs | 13 (2004) |
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In European elections, Lithuania is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by thirteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Lithuania.
Current MEPs
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As of October 2007
Name | National Party | EP group |
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Laima Liucija Andrikienė | Tėvynės sąjunga | EPP–ED |
Šarūnas Birutis | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
Danutė Budreikaitė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
Arūnas Degutis | independent | ALDE |
Jolanta Dičkutė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
Gintaras Didžiokas | Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga | UEN |
Eugenijus Gentvilas | Liberalų ir centro sąjunga | ALDE |
Ona Juknevičienė | Darbo Partija | ALDE |
Vytautas Landsbergis | Tėvynės sąjunga | EPP–ED |
Eugenijus Maldeikis | Tvarka ir teisingumas | UEN |
Justas Vincas Paleckis | Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija | PES |
Aloyzas Sakalas | Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija | PES |
Margarita Starkevičiūtė | Liberalų ir centro sąjunga | ALDE |
2004
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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 June 13.
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Party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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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
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For the 2009 election the number of seats was reduced to twelve.
References
External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu