2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania

European Parliament election in Lithuania, 2009

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12 seats to the European Parliament

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Lithuania was the election of the delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament in 2009. It was a part of the wider 2009 European Parliament election. The Homeland Union (European Peoples Party) doubled their representation from 2 to 4, whilst Labour shrank from 5 to 1.

Results[]

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

Party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Homeland Union – Christian Democrats (TS–LKD)	EPP	Vytautas Landsbergis	147,756	26.16	+ 13.58	4	2
	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP)	PES	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	102,347	18.12	+ 3.69	3	1
	Order and Justice (TT)	None	Rolandas Paksas	67,237	11.90	+ 5.07	2	1
	Labour Party (DP)	ELDR	Viktor Uspaskich	48,368	8.56	– 21.6	1	4
	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (AWPL)	AECR	Valdemar Tomaševski	46,293	8.20	+ 2.49	1	1
	Liberal Movement (LS)		Leonidas Donskis	40,502	7.17	new	1	1
	Liberal and Centre Union (LiCS)	ELDR	Artūras Zuokas	19,105	3.38	– 7.85	0	2
	Centre Party (LCP)	None	Ona Juknevičienė	17,004	3.01	+ 2.71	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		6,961	1.23		0	0
	National Resurrection Party (TPP)	None		5,717	1.01		0	0
				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 Archived 1 April 2012 at WebCite

15 political parties were competing in the elections, of which 6 won seats.^[1] Lithuania has 12 seats in the European Parliament.

See also[]

• MEPs for Lithuania 2009–2014
• Members of the European Parliament 2009–2014

References[]