Latvia (European Parliament constituency)

Latvia
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Latvia
Created	2004
MEPs	9 (2004 - 2009) 8 (2009 - present)
Sources
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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.

'Points' are calculated from votes cast for a candidate's lists minus 'crossings-out' and adding 'pluses'

Source: "European Elections 2014". Central Election Commission. 

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.