Elections for 8th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 5, 2002. There were lists of candidates from 20 political parties, with a total of 1019 candidates. The voter participation was 71.51%, with 997,754 out of 1395,287 eligible voters casting votes.
Out of 20 parties, 6 gathered 5% or more of votes and won seats in the parliament.
Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentaryelections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
The results of parliamentaryelections held in Portugal since 1975, as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Portuguese legislature are available in Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
The results of parliamentaryelections held in Denmark since 1990, as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Danish legislature are available in Elections to the Danish Folketing.
The majority of Latvians belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church; a sizable minority is Russian Orthodox, and Eastern Latvia is predominantly Roman Catholic.
Latvians and Lithuanians are the only surviving direct descendents of the Baltic peoples who speak languages of the Indo-European family.
The U.S. Legation in Riga was officially established on November 13, 1922 and served as the headquarters for U.S. representation in the Baltics during the interwar era.
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