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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 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.
[3] Both Latvian and EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Latvia. No registration is needed for Latvian citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Latvia are required to register with the Central Electoral Commission.
[7] Livonia: Glorija Grevcova: AJ: Ind. 1988 Left the For Stability! party and its Saeima fraction on March 17, 2023, after being found guilty of lying to the Central Election Commission about her past by Rīga Pārdaugava Court. [8] [9] In May 2023, joined the Alliance of Young Latvians. [10]
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]
People's Party (Tautas Partija, TP) [3] New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks, JL) All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!, VL) (2006-2011) [4] Civic Union (Pilsoniskā Savienība, PS) Communist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija, LKP) – banned in 1991; Democratic Center Party (Demokrātiskā Centra Partija, DCP)
They got 61 seats and Harmony got 24. [14] In 2018 parliamentary election pro-Russian Harmony (former Harmony Centre) was again the biggest party securing 23 out of 100 seats. the second and third were the populist KPV LV and New Conservative Party. Ruling coalition, comprising the Union of Greens and Farmers, the National Alliance and the ...