2014 Latvian parliamentary election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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
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
Latvian Socialist Party announced on 20 July 2014 that they would not contest the election.[4]
Results
New Conservative Party 6,389 | 0.70 | 0 | New | | |||||
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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
- ^ Article 13 Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine of the Constitution of Latvia
- ^ 'Vienotība' un RP vienojas par kopīgu startu 12.Saeimas vēlēšanās, LETA, 27 December 2013, accessed 21 September 2014
- ^ LSDSP un Latvijas Reģionu apvienība kopā startē Saeimas vēlēšanās Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (in Latvian)
- ^ Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas XVII kongress[permanent dead link] Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas (in Latvian)