2014 Latvian parliamentary election

2014 Latvian parliamentary election

4 October 2014

Party Leader Vote % 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

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

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)