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Elections in Latvia

For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009)

For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/latvia_en.html

Latvia: Percentage of Votes for the Saeima

 

 

 

5, 6 June 1993

30 September, 1 October 1995

3 October 1998

5 October 2002

7 October 2006

 

Valid Votes

89.9

71.6

71.2

71.0

62.3

 

Invalid Votes

1.3

1.1

0.7

0.5

0.4

 

Total Votes

91.2

72.7

71.9

71.5

62.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Latvia's Way

32.4

14.7

18.1

4.9

32

Latvian First Party and Latvia's Way

8.6

26

Latvian First Party

9.6

2

LNNK�National Conservative Party

13.4

15

LNNK/Latvian Greens

6.3

10

Latvian Greens

1.2

6

For Fatherland and Freedom

5.4

12.0

21

For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK

14.7

5.4

7.0

3

National Harmony Party

12.0

5.6

14.2

25

For Human Rights in United Latvia

19.1

6.1

4

Equality/LSP

5.8

5.6

31

Harmony Centre

14.5

5

Latvian Farmers' Union

10.7

2.5

27

Green and Farmers' Union

9.5

16.8

7

Latvian Christian Democratic Union

5.0

14

United List

6.4

23

Labour, Christian Democrats & Greens

2.3

8

Democratic Party�Saimnieks

4.8

15.2

1.6

9

Latvian Popular Front

2.6

1.2

11

Russian Citizens of Latvia

1.2

1.3

12

Popular Movement�Siegerists

15.0

1.7

3

Latvian Unity Party

7.2

0.5

16

Latvian Social Democratic Workers

4.6

12.9

4

3.5

17

Political Union of Economists

1.5

18

Union of Latvian Farmers

1.4

19

Underprivileged & Independence

1.0

20

People's Party

21.3

16.7

19.7

22

New Party

7.3

24

New Era

24.0

16.5

28

Life of Latgale

1.6

29

Social Democratic Union�SDS

1.5

30

Motherland

1.3

2.1

33

All for Latvia

1.5

34

New Democrats

1.3

 

Others

5.7

1.2

2.8

2.4

2.4

Source: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.166f

Latvia : Number of Seats in the Saeima

 

 

 

 

 

5, 6 June 1993

30 September, 1 October 1995

3 October 1998

5 October 2002

7 October 2006

1

Latvia 's Way

36

17

21

0

32

Latvian First Party and Latvia 's Way

10

26

Latvian First Party

10

2

LNNK�National Conservative Party

15

15

LNNK/Latvian Greens

8

10

Latvian Greens

0

6

For Fatherland and Freedom

6

14

21

For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK

17

7

8

3

National Harmony Party

13

6

16

25

For Human Rights in United Latvia

25 1

6

4

Equality/LSP

7

5

31

Harmony Centre

17

5

Latvian Farmers' Union

12

0

27

Green and Farmers' Union

12

18

7

Latvian Christian Democratic Union

6

14

United List

8

23

Labour, Christian Democrats & Greens

0

8

Democratic Party�Saimnieks

5

18

0

9

Latvian Popular Front

0

0

11

Russian Citizens of Latvia

0

0

12

Popular Movement�Siegerists

16

0

13

Latvian Unity Party

8

0

16

Latvian Social Democratic Workers

0

14

0

0

17

Political Union of Economists

0

18

Union of Latvian Farmers

0

19

Underprivileged & Independence

0

20

People's Party

24

20

23

22

New Party

8

24

New Era

26

18

28

Life of Latgale

0

29

Social Democratic Union� SDS

0

30

Motherland

0

0

33

All for Latvia

0

34

New Democrats

0

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total

100

100

100

100

100

1 By the end of 2003, PCTVL's 25 seats were divided: Equality, 6; LSP, 5; National Harmony, 14.

Source: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.166f



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