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Centre Party () is a political party in
Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
. It was founded on 11 November 2005 under the name "All-Latvian Party 21st Century" (), renamed the Latvian movement "SOLIDARITY" () in 2009, in 2016 became the Latvian Centrist Party (), but since November 7, 2018 has been operating under the current name. The party advertises itself as a "patriotic, Christian-conservative party representing the majority of Latvian society."


History

On July 25, 2016, it was transformed into the Latvian Centrist Party. At that time, Aleksandra Siliniece, Aivars Silinieks and Andžejs Zdanovičs were on the party board. On August 7, 2018, the party submitted its list of candidates for the Saeima elections. The party's program included the restoration of the
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as the national currency and its withdrawal from
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. In the elections, the Latvian Centrist Party received the lowest voter support - 0.11%, which was significantly less than the number of invalid ballot papers handed over. In the 2019 European Parliament elections, starting as a Centre Party, the leader of the party list was Normunds Grostiņš. In the election campaign, party advocated a traditional family, a society based on traditional values and compensation from the
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for 15 years of discrimination against
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as a member. Among their candidates was Waldemar Herdt from the
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. The Centre Party participated unsuccessfully in the Riga City Council's elections in 2020 and promised to reduce heating costs, support the residents of denationalized houses and gradually switch to free public transport in
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. The first number of the party list was Jānis Valtervitenheims, the second was Normunds Grostiņš. The ticket placed last, with a mere 0.16% of the vote. The party did not participate in the
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, however, multiple members (e.g. party leader
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, Juris Aleksejevs and Andžejs Zdanovičs) ran on the
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ticket.


Election results


European Parliament elections


References

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