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Communist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija, LKP) – banned in 1991; Democratic Center Party (Demokrātiskā Centra Partija, DCP) Daugavpils City Party (Daugavpils Pilsētas Partija, DPP) Democratic Party "Saimnieks" (Demokrātiskā Partija "Saimnieks", DPS) Equal Rights (Līdztiesība, ER)
Siliņa’s government is a three-party coalition between her own New Unity (JV) party, the Greens and Farmers Union (ZZS), and the social-democratic Progressives (PRO) with total 52 of 100 seats in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election. [20] Harmony, the former largest political party in the Saeima, lost all its seats.
Pro-European political parties in Latvia (2 P) Liberal parties in Latvia (8 P) M. Political parties of minorities in Latvia (1 C, 12 P) N. Nationalist parties in ...
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.
Locally, Latvia elects municipal councils, consisting of 7 to 60 members, depending on the size of the municipality, also by proportional representation for a four-year term. Latvia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form ...
All opposition parties against the Junta were banned. Former ruling party National League for Democracy, which was overthrown by the military coup in 2021 formed National Unity Government with small minor parties, allied with Anti-government armed groups and revolted against the Junta caused the civil war.
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]
Before the first round of the presidential election, the political parties represented in the Saeima nominate their candidate. [8]The President of the Republic is elected in the first round if he receives the absolute majority of the deputies, i.e. 51 votes out of 100.