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Central Election Commission (Latvian: Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija, abbreviated CVK) is the commission responsible for the organising and conducting of elections in the Republic of Latvia. It is regulated by Latvian national law. [2] It organises elections to the Saeima, the European Parliament, local councils as well as referendums.
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.
The New Conservative Party (Latvian: Jaunā konservatīvā partija, JKP), known as The Conservatives (Latvian: Konservatīvie, K) from February 2022 to October 2023, [2] [3] is a liberal-conservative political party in Latvia. [4] [5] It was formed on 17 May 2014. Jānis Bordāns was chosen as the leader on the founding assembly. [6]
The other parties which placed above the 5% threshold to receive a seat in parliament were the United List with 11%, the National Alliance with 9.3%, For Stability! with 7%, Latvia First with 6%, and The Progressives, who entered parliament for the first time with 6% of the vote. [42] [41] The wasted vote in this election was 29.09%.
3.4 6.1 (1) 3.5 9.6 (1) 0.2 2.1 0.6 6.4 (1) 8.2 (1) 3.8 ... 22.32: 2: 0: For Latvia's Development: 48,696: 9.46: 1: 0: ... CVK: Elected MEPs
Born on 12 January 1961, he graduated from the Riga Medical Institute in 1986 and became a doctor. [1]Before being elected to the Saeima, Mr Jakovins worked as a family doctor in Valmiera and Ranceni parishes, as an occupational physician in SIA "Leilands un Putnis", [1] and was a member of the Board of SIA "Kārvins". [1]
The 2020 Riga City Council election was held from 26 to 29 August 2020 to elect the 60 members of Riga City Council. [1] The election was initially scheduled for 25 April 2020, and then rescheduled three times – once due to a court ruling and twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia , to 2 May, [ 2 ] 6 June, [ 3 ] and 29 August.
Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 5 June 2021. [1] This was the first election after the Saeima passed a municipal reform in 2020 that reduced the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 43 municipalities, including 11 state cities and added 5 new Latvian towns: Ādaži, Iecava, Ķekava, Koknese, and Mārupe. [2]