Latvia Parliamentary Election 2018 Results Voting Live

Latvia Parliamentary Election Dates 2018

Latvia Parliamentary Election Date: 6 October 2018

Latvia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.Latvia elects on national level a legislature. The Saeima has 100 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation with a 5% threshold. An unmodified Sainte-Laguë method is used to allocate seats. The parliamentary elections are held on the first Saturday of October. Locally, Latvia elects municipal councils, consisting of 7 to 60 members, depending on the size of the municipality, also by proportional representation for a four-year term.

Latvia Parliamentary Election Voting Live 2018 

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Electoral system of Latvia 

The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies (Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga(in which overseas votes are counted), Vidzeme and Zemgale) between 13 and 32 seats in size. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%.

Candidates for Parliamentary Election

Māris Kučinskis, Jānis Bordāns, Krišjānis Kariņš, Aldis Gobzems, Edwards Smiltēns, Roberts Zīle, Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Andrejs Mamikins, Roberts Putnis, Artis Pabriks

Latvia Elections Result 2018
 

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