2014 Latvian parliamentary election

2014 Latvian parliamentary election
Latvia
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Party Leader % Seats +/–
Harmony Nils Ušakovs 23.15 24 −7
Unity Laimdota Straujuma 22.01 23 −19
ZZS Raimonds Vējonis 19.66 21 +8
NA Raivis Dzintars 16.72 17 +3
NSL Inguna Sudraba 6.85 7 New
LRA Mārtiņš Bondars 6.66 8 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results map by electoral district
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Laimdota Straujuma
Unity
Laimdota Straujuma
Unity
Strongest political party by municipality

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).

Campaign

On 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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party "Harmony"209,88723.1524–7
Unity199,53522.0123–19
Union of Greens and Farmers178,21019.6621+8
National Alliance151,56716.7217+3
For Latvia from the Heart62,5216.907New
Latvian Association of Regions60,8126.718New
Latvian Russian Union14,3901.5900
United for Latvia10,7881.190New
For Latvia's Development8,1560.900New
New Conservative Party6,3890.700New
Freedom. Free from Fear, Hate and Anger1,7350.1900
Izaugsme1,5150.170New
Sovereignty1,0330.110New
Total906,538100.001000
Valid votes906,53899.24
Invalid/blank votes6,9530.76
Total votes913,491100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,552,23558.85
Source: CVK

Aftermath

Following 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

  1. ^ Article 13 Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine of the Constitution of Latvia
  2. ^ 'Vienotība' un RP vienojas par kopīgu startu 12.Saeimas vēlēšanās, LETA, 27 December 2013, accessed 21 September 2014
  3. ^ LSDSP un Latvijas Reģionu apvienība kopā startē Saeimas vēlēšanās Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (in Latvian)
  4. ^ Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas XVII kongress[permanent dead link] Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas (in Latvian)
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