Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 4 October 2014. The previous elections were held in 2011, but according to the country's constitution,[1] the parliamentary term was reduced to only three years following early elections (the 2011 elections took place a year after the 2010 elections).
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Campaign
editOn 27 December 2013, the Reform Party announced an electoral pact with its government coalition partner Unity, with most prominent Reform Party candidates running under the Unity campaign.[2] On 16 July 2014 the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party signed a cooperation pact with the Latvian Association of Regions to run under the LAR campaign.[3]
The main party of the Harmony Centre alliance, the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" contested the elections with a separate list, whilst fellow alliance members the Latvian Socialist Party announced on 20 July 2014 that they would not contest the election.[4]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 209,887 | 23.15 | 24 | –7 | |
| Unity | 199,535 | 22.01 | 23 | –19 | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 178,210 | 19.66 | 21 | +8 | |
| National Alliance | 151,567 | 16.72 | 17 | +3 | |
| For Latvia from the Heart | 62,521 | 6.90 | 7 | New | |
| Latvian Association of Regions | 60,812 | 6.71 | 8 | New | |
| Latvian Russian Union | 14,390 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| United for Latvia | 10,788 | 1.19 | 0 | New | |
| For Latvia's Development | 8,156 | 0.90 | 0 | New | |
| New Conservative Party | 6,389 | 0.70 | 0 | New | |
| Freedom. Free from Fear, Hate and Anger | 1,735 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Izaugsme | 1,515 | 0.17 | 0 | New | |
| Sovereignty | 1,033 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 906,538 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 906,538 | 99.24 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,953 | 0.76 | |||
| Total votes | 913,491 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,552,235 | 58.85 | |||
| Source: CVK | |||||
Aftermath
editFollowing the elections, a centre-right coalition government was formed by Unity, the Union of Greens and Farmers and the National Alliance. However, the government resigned on 7 December 2015.
References
edit- ^ Article 13 Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine of the Constitution of Latvia
- ^ 'Vienotība' un RP vienojas par kopīgu startu 12.Saeimas vēlēšanās, LETA, 27 December 2013, accessed 21 September 2014
- ^ LSDSP un Latvijas Reģionu apvienība kopā startē Saeimas vēlēšanās Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (in Latvian)
- ^ Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas XVII kongress[permanent dead link] Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas (in Latvian)