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Parliamentary election held in Latvia
2014 Latvian parliamentary election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results map by electoral district
Strongest political party by municipality 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] 2010 elections ).
On 27 December 2013, the Reform Party announced an electoral pact with its government coalition partner Unity , with most prominent Reform Party candidates running under the Unity campaign.[ 2] 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 Harmony Centre alliance, the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" contested the elections with a separate list, whilst fellow alliance members the Latvian Socialist Party announced on 20 July 2014 that they would not contest the election.[ 4]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 209,887 23.15 24 –7 Unity 199,535 22.01 23 –19 Union of Greens and Farmers 178,210 19.66 21 +8 National Alliance 151,567 16.72 17 +3 For Latvia from the Heart 62,521 6.90 7 New Latvian Association of Regions 60,812 6.71 8 New Latvian Russian Union 14,390 1.59 0 0 United for Latvia 10,788 1.19 0 New For Latvia's Development 8,156 0.90 0 New New Conservative Party 6,389 0.70 0 New 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
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.
