Parliamentary elections in Latvia 1995

The parliamentary elections in Latvia in 1995 took place on September 30 and October 1, 1995. It was the election of the 6th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia .

Electoral system

100 seats in the Latvian parliament were redefined. There was a five percent threshold . The election was based on proportional representation . The legislative period was four years.

Election result

Of 19 lists, 9 moved into the Saeima. The others failed at the 5% hurdle.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Latvia in 1995

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Saimniek Democratic Party (DPS)	144,758	15.2	New	18th	New
	Popular Movement for Latvia (Winner Party) (TKL)	142,324	14.9	New	16	New
	Latvian Way (LC)	139.929	14.7	−17.7	17th	−19
	For Fatherland and Freedom (TB)	114.050	11.9	+6.5	14th	+8
	Party of Unity of Latvia (LVP)	68,305	7.2	+7.1	8th	+8
	LZS - KDS	60,498	6.3	+1.3	8th	+2
	Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK)	60,352	6.3	−7.1	8th	−7
	Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP)	53,325	5.6	New	5	New
	People's Harmony Party (TSP)	53,041	5.6	−6.4	6th	−7
	Work and justice	43,599	4.6	New	0	New
	Political Association of Economists	14,209	1.5	New	0	New
	Farmers' Union of Latvia (LZS)	13.009	1.4	−9.3	0	−12
	Latvia's Party of Russian Citizens (LKPP)	11,924	1.3	New	0	New
	Latvian Popular Front (LTF)	11,090	1.2	−2.4	0	± 0
	Political Association of the Underprivileged and Latvian Independence Party	9,468	1.0	New	0	New
	Our country and anti-communist union	5,050	0.5	−0.3	0	± 0
	Democratic Party	2,546	0.3	New	0	New
	Latvia's Liberal Party	2.163	0.2	± 0.0	0	± 0
	Latvian National Democratic Party (LNDP)	1,367	0.1	New	0	New
total		951.007	100.0		100
Valid votes		951.007	98.5	−0.1
Invalid votes		14,332	1.5	+0.1
voter turnout		965,339	72.6	−18.6
Non-voters		363,440	27.4	+18.6
Eligible voters		1,328,779
Source: Central Electoral Commission

Among the 100 members of the Saeima were:

• 15 women
• 90 with a university degree

Trivia

The election campaign is remembered mainly because Joachim Siegerist ( Tautas Kustība Latvijai ) had bananas distributed in order to win voters.

Web links

• Central Electoral Commission Official website (Latvian, English, Russian)
• Latvian Parliament - Saeima Official Website (Latvian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official election result 1995 ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Central Election Commission (English)