2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania
The 2009 European Parliament election 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.
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12 seats to the European Parliament | ||
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Results
| Party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| 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 | 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 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.
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