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Elections In Latvia
Latvia elects on the 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. 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. 2022 parliamentary election A parliamentary election was held on 1 October 2022. Referendums The Constitution of Latvia prescribes a referendum for five purposes: * recalling of the Parliament (Article 14) * acceding to the European Union (Article 68) * accepting substantial changes in the terms regarding the membership in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Development/For!
Development/For! ( Latvian: ''Attīstībai/Par!,'' AP!) was a liberal political alliance A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who a ... in Latvia. It was formed in 2018 and was composed of Movement For! (Par), For Latvia's Development (LA) and Izaugsme. The alliance embraced a Centrism, centrist position, and was variously described as Social liberalism, social-liberalReģistrējoties teju 300 biedriem nodibina partiju Kustība Par! tvnet.lv. Accessed on 27 February 2018. and Classical liberalism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive (government), executive and judiciary, and for local government, regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary association and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient History of Athens , Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchy , oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Latvian Parliamentary Dissolution Referendum
A referendum on whether the Saeima should be dissolved early was held in Latvia on 23 July 2011. President of Latvia, President Valdis Zatlers used his Parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President, parliamentary dissolution power for the first time in the history of Latvia.Zatlers nolemj rosināt Saeimas atlaišanu Delfi, 28 May 2011 A "yes/no" vote was held and the referendum passed with 94.3% support. Background President of Latvia, President Valdis Zatlers called the referendum under the Parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President, power given to him by the constitution on 28 May 2011. Zatlers called the referendum in response to the Saeima's refusal to sanction a search at the home of MP Ainārs Š ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voter Turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of Voter registration, registered voters, Suffrage, eligible voters, or all Voting age, voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote." Institutional factors drive the vast majority of differences in turnout rates.Michael McDonald and Samuel Popkin"The Myth of the Vanishing Voter"in American Political Science Review. December 2001. p. 970. For example, simpler parliamentary democracies where voters get shorter ballots, fewer elections, and a multi-party system that makes accountability easier see much higher turnout than the systems of the United States, Japan, and Switzerland. Significance Some parts of society are more likely to vote than others. As turnou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Latvia
The Constitution of Latvia (, ) is the fundamental law of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. The Satversme is the oldest Central and Eastern Europe, Eastern or Central European constitution still in force and the sixth oldest still-functioning republican basic law in the world.Jarinovska, K. "Popular Initiatives as Means of Altering the Core of the Republic of Latvia" Juridica International. Vol. 20, 2013. p. 152 It was adopted, as it states itself in the text, by the people of Latvia, as represented in the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia, on 15 February 1922 and came into force on 7 November 1922. It was heavily influenced by Germany's Weimar Constitution and the Swiss Federal Constitution. The constitution establishes the main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United For Latvia
United for Latvia () is a populist and Economic liberalism, economically liberal list of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2011 in Rēzekne and in 2013 Ainārs Šlesers became party chairman. Šlesers has been dubbed one of the three "oligarchs" prominent in Latvian politics, and United for Latvia marks his return to electoral politics. He was previously leader of Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way and has served in several governments of Latvia including as Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Aigars Kalvītis and Minister of Transport in the second government of Ivars Godmanis, both of whom are party members. Other formerly prominent Latvian politicians who are now party members include Jānis Jurkāns and Jānis Straume. The party is yet to win seats in the Saeima or the Latvia (European Parliament constituency), European Parliament. Šlesers and several other party members have been in the past among the Latvian politicians most willin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For A Humane Latvia
For a Humane Latvia (, PCL), previously known as Who Owns the State? (''Kam pieder valsts?, KPV''), is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist list of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia. Since 2022, it has been a member of the Union for Latvia () alliance together with the National Power Unity, Heritage of the Fatherland party. It was formed in 2016 by Artuss Kaimiņš under the name of KPV. It is positioned on the Centre-right politics, centre-right or Right-wing politics, right-wing on the political spectrum, and it is a Conservatism, conservative and Eurosceptic party that advocates for anti-corruption policies. History Origins, success in 2018 Initially known as just ''KPV'', it changed its abbreviation to ''KPV LV'' on 21 June 2016, as an association by the same name already existed. In July 2018, the party experienced a steep rise in ratings, reaching 7.0%, in comparison with 4.4% just a month before, and became the third most popular political pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Servants For Latvia
People's Servants for Latvia (, TKL), initially Motherland alliance (), is a populist party in Latvia, founded in 2004. Its chairman was surgeon Viktors Kalnbērzs and its membership for most of its existenceincluded currency exchange businessman Juris Žuravļovs. History The founding parties of the Motherland alliance were the Social Democratic Welfare Party (founded by Žuravļovs in 1998 as the Welfare Party), "For Freedom, Social Justice and Equal Rights" (Russian abbreviation "ЗаСССР", meaning "For USSR") and the Latvian Youth Party of Jānis Kuzins. Since 2005 Motherland was represented on the Riga City Council, being elected in a coalition with the Socialist Party of Latvia. In the 2006 parliamentary election Motherland got 2.08% and failed to gain representation in the Saeima. The coalition was dissolved in 2008. The coalition was succeeded by the For the Motherland! () party in 2007. Alīna Ļebedeva unsuccessfully stood as a candidate from the party in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic (Latvia)
The Republic (), initially known as Republic 2030 (), is a Centrism, centrist List of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia. It was formed in 2021. The party is represented in the Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia, 13th Saeima with 4 deputies who were elected from the lists of Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Evija Papule) and For a Humane Latvia, KPV LV (Kaspars Ģirģens, Ēriks Pucens) in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election, 2018 parliamentary election.https://puaro.lv/politika/nodibinata-partija-republika/ NODIBINĀTA PARTIJA "REPUBLIKA" Election results Legislative elections References Centrist parties in Latvia Political parties established in 2021 {{Latvia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Conservatives (Latvia)
The New Conservative Party (, JKP), known as The Conservatives (, K) from February 2022 to October 2023, is a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia. It was formed on 17 May 2014. Jānis Bordāns was chosen as the leader on the founding assembly. The Conservatives is a Conservatism, conservative party, and it is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum. It has embraced its main appeal on anti-corruption policies. Due to its rapid transformation, it succeeded in winning seats in the 2017 Latvian municipal elections, 2017 municipal elections. In the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election, 2018 parliamentary election they placed third by winning 16 seats. During their stint in the 13th Saeima, in 2022 the party voted supported an ultimately unsuccessful bill to introduce civil unions to the country, which would allow the recognition of same-sex unions in Latvia. The similar partnership law was approved by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign Power (Latvia)
Sovereign Power (, SV) is a populist political party in Latvia, founded on 4 July 2022 by Julija Stepanenko, Jūlija Stepaņenko and Ļubova Švecova. Before Stepanenko led the party, it was legally registered on 24 January 2005 first as Latgale Heart Union () and then as Law.Responsibility.Order (). The party had 3 seats in the Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia, 13th Saeima of Latvia: Jūlija Stepaņenko, Ļubova Švecova and Ainārs Vilciņš, officially sitting as independents. After taking part in the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election, 2022 parliamentary election the party didn't win any seat, losing its parliamentary representation. For the 2025 Latvian municipal elections, 2025 municipal elections, SV formed a coalition with Alliance of Young Latvians with other parties including the Latvian Russian Union also being represented. Election results Legislative elections European Parliament elections References Political parties established in 2022 2022 establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
