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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]
7 73 2 August [32] Progressive Christian Party (KPP) Christian democracy: Centre-right: Andrejs Krasņikovs: 12 4 5 5 5 31 2 August [33] United for Latvia (VL) Populism: Centre-right: TBD 10 7 3 4 4 28 2 August [34] Maximum candidates 39 29 16 15 16 115
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)
[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 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]