Latvia

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Elections in Latvia gives information on election and election results in Latvia. See also: Lists of office-holders Categories: | ... Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (left) with Condoleezza Rice Dr. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born December 1, 1937 in Riga, Latvia) is the current and first female President of Latvia. ... The Prime Minister of Latvia is the most powerful member of the Latvian government, and presides over the Latvian cabinet. ... Aigars Kalvītis (born June 27, 1966) is a Latvian politician and the current Prime Minister of Latvia. ... The Saeima Plenary Chamber The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. ... If the President of Latvia decides to dissolve the Saeima (parliament), the Constitution calls for a referendum to be held immediately. ... Political parties in Latvia lists political parties in Latvia. ... Elections for 6th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on September 30 and October 1, 1995. ... Elections for 7th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 3, 1998. ... Elections for 8th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 5, 2002. ... The next Latvian general election is scheduled to be held on October 7, 2006. ... Indirect presidential elections will be held in Latvia on 6 June 2007. ... Latvia is divided into 26 districts (apriņķis; plural - apriņķi) (more often - rajons (rajoni)) and 7 cities (lielpilsētas; singular - lielpilsēta), indicated with asterisks: Aizkraukle District Alūksne District Balvi District Bauska District Cēsis District Daugavpils District Daugavpils* Dobele District Gulbene District Jēkabpils District Jelgava District... The European Union or EU is a supranational and international organization of 27 member states. ... Today`s Republic of Latvia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918-1940 republic. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... An election is a decision making process where people choose people to hold official offices. ...

Latvia elects on national level a legislature. The Saeima has 100 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation with a 5% threshold. An unmodified Sainte-Laguë method is used to allocate seats. The parliamentary elections are held on the first Saturday of October. 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. A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... The Saeima Plenary Chamber The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... The Sainte-Laguë method of the highest average (sometimes identified with Websters method or divisor method with standard rounding) is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ...

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 coalition governments. A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

2006 Parliamentary election

Main article: Latvian parliamentary election, 2006

The next Latvian general election is scheduled to be held on October 7, 2006. ... The Peoples Party, Popular Party, or Populist Party, is any of several political parties claiming to speak for the people; see Populism. ... Zaļo un Zemnieku SavienÄ«ba (abbreviated ZZS, English: Union of Greens and Farmers or Union of Greens and Rustics) is a political alliance in Latvia. ... The New Era is a term used in political and communications media to describe the time of American response to terrorism following the September 11 Terrorist Attacks. ... The Harmony Centre (abbreviated SC, Latvian: Saskaņas Centrs, Russian Центр согласия) is a political alliance in Latvia. ... The Harmony Centre (abbreviated SC, Latvian: Saskaņas Centrs, Russian Центр согласия) is a political alliance in Latvia. ... The Latvian Socialist Party (Latvian: Latvijas Socialistiska Partija) was formed in 1994 in response to the banning of the communist party after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... The Latvias First Party (Latvijas Pirmā Partija) is a political party in Latvia. ... Latvian Way (Latvian: Latvijas Ceļš) is a very liberal party in Latvia. ... For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK) is a nationalistic political party in Latvia. ... Par CilvÄ“ka TiesÄ«bām Vienotā Latvijā (abbreviated PCTVL, For Human Rights in United Latvia) is an alliance of several political parties in Latvia, supported mainly by Russian-speaking Latvians. ... The Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvian: Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Stradnieku Partija, abbreviated as LSDSP) is a political party in Latvia. ... Motherland Latvian: is a left populist coalition of political parties in Latvia, founded in 2004. ... All For Latvia! (Latvian: Visu Latvijai!) is a national conservative political party in Latvia. ... The New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti) is a political party in Latvia. ...

Past elections and referenda

Latvian parliamentary elections v • d • e

1920 | 1922 | 1925 | 1928 | 1931 | 1993 | 1995 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006

Latvian referenda

1998 | 2003 | 2007

Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Elections for 5th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on June 5 and June 6, 1993. ... Elections for 6th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on September 30 and October 1, 1995. ... Elections for 7th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 3, 1998. ... Elections for 8th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 5, 2002. ... The next Latvian general election is scheduled to be held on October 7, 2006. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... A referendum on two proposed security laws will be held in Latvia on 7 July 2007; the referendum was called after the president refused to sign the laws, claiming possible influence of oligarchs on Latvias national security, and after 211,000 signatures were collected, meeting the requirement of at...

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and Elections in Europe