Latvian Parliamentary elections 2018 live Voting Dates Opinion Exit Poll Candidates
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Latvian Parliamentary elections 2018 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll
Latvian Parliamentary elections Dates 2018
National Parliamentary elections Date: October 2018
The next Latvian parliamentary elections will be called following the dissolution or expiry of the current Saeima, and must not be held later than 6 October 2018
The 2014 elections saw Social Democratic Party "Harmony" emerge as the largest party. Although the largest party, Harmony has not participated in the government. A coalition was formed by Unity, theUnion of Greens and Farmers and the National Alliance with Laimdota Straujuma as Prime Minister.[On 7 December 2015 she resigned after increasing tensions within the ruling coalition. Following her resignation and several scandals around the Unity leader Solvita Āboltiņa, opinion polls showed a rapid decrease of support for Unity. On 13 January 2016 Māris Kučinskis of the Union of Greens and Farmers was nominated to be the next Prime Minister by President Raimonds Vējonis. His government was approved by the Saeima on 11 February.
Latvian Parliamentary elections Results Live 2018
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Electoral system of Latvian
The 100 members of the Saeima are elected byopen list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies (Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga (in which overseas votes are counted), Vidzeme andZemgale) 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 elections 2018
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Latvian Parties and leaders
Christian Democratic Union , Fatherland Union, For native language!, Latvian Development , Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party, Our Land (Party) , People of Latgale, Reform Party.
Latvian Parliamentary elections Results
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Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
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Harmony |
209,887 |
23.00 |
24 |
–7 |
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Unity |
199,535 |
21.87 |
23 |
–19 |
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Union of Greens and Farmers |
178,210 |
19.53 |
21 |
+8 |
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National Alliance |
151,567 |
16.61 |
17 |
+3 |
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For Latvia from the Heart |
62,521 |
6.85 |
7 |
New |
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Latvian Association of Regions |
60,812 |
6.66 |
8 |
New |
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Latvian Russian Union |
14,390 |
1.58 |
0 |
0 |
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United for Latvia |
10,788 |
1.18 |
0 |
New |
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Latvian Development |
8,156 |
0.89 |
0 |
New |
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New Conservative Party |
6,389 |
0.70 |
0 |
New |
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Freedom. Free from Fear, Hate and Anger |
1,735 |
0.19 |
0 |
0 |
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Growth |
1,515 |
0.17 |
0 |
New |
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Sovereignty |
1,033 |
0.11 |
0 |
New |
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Invalid/blank votes |
6,953 |
– |
– |
– |
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Total |
913,491 |
100 |
100 |
0 |
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Registered voters/turnout |
1,552,235 |
58.85 |
– |
– |
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