Indirect presidential elections were held in

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on 2 June 2011. Incumbent

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Valdis Zatlers Valdis Zatlers (born 22 March 1955) is a Latvian politician and former physician who served as the seventh president of Latvia from 2007 to 2011. He won the Latvian presidential election of 31 May 2007. He became President of Latvia on 8 July 2 ...

was standing again, as well as Andris Bērziņš (Saeima member for the

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/ref>), a former head of SEB Unibanka (not to be confused with Andris Bērziņš, former PM from

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); Bērziņš was nominated by five Saeima members of the

just two days before the nomination deadline, although the party was assumed to back Zatlers for re-election. In the first round, Bērziņš got 50 votes in favour and 48 against, while Zatlers got 43 in favour and 55 against (99 lawmakers cast votes, but one was invalid), meaning none was elected; a second round was held later on the same day, with Bērziņš winning the election 53 to 44 votes in favour; Zatlers got 41 to 56 votes.
/ref> Analysts attributed Zatlers' defeat to his decision to call Latvia's first 2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum, parliamentary dissolution referendum on 28 May 2011.

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2011 2011 elections in Europe

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