Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)

Lithuania
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2007 constituencies
Member state	Lithuania
Created	2004
MEPs	13 (2004)
Sources

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

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
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

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.

 Summary of the results of Lithuania's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament

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.

 Summary of the results of Lithuania's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament

← 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
Source: Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission

References

External links

• European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
• List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu