Parliamentary election in Latvia 2014
The 2014 parliamentary elections in Latvia took place on October 4, 2014. It was the election of the 12th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia .
Electoral system
The Latvian Parliament has 100 members. The legislative period is four years. There is a five percent threshold . The seats are distributed proportionally in five constituencies ( Riga , Vidzeme , Latgale , Kurzeme and Zemgale ) using the Sainte-Laguë procedure .
All Latvian citizens over the age of 18 are entitled to vote. Every Latvian citizen with a valid passport or an electronic identity card (in connection with a voting card) is entitled to vote.
The polling stations were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Latvians abroad were able to cast their votes at the polling stations available in various countries.
Starting position
The result of the 2011 general election
In the 2011 parliamentary elections, Saskaņas Centrs , which was mainly elected by the Russian-speaking population, became the strongest party for the first time. Of the so-called oligarchic parties, only the ZZS alliance overcame the 5% hurdle.
The formation of the government in 2011
After the election, a center-right coalition consisting of the ZRP , Vienotība and the National Alliance was formed . A few days after the coalition agreement was signed, six MPs resigned from the ZRP, whose support the three coalition parties then secured with individual agreements. On October 25, Dombrovski's III cabinet was confirmed with 57 votes.
Valdis Dombrovskis ran as the top candidate of Vienotība for the European elections in 2014 and resigned as prime minister in early 2014. He was later nominated as the Latvian EU Commissioner. On January 22, 2014, Laimdota Straujuma , also a politician of the Vienotība, succeeded Dombrovki's Prime Minister of Latvia. She was the first woman to head her country's government.
Parties
For the election on October 4, 2014, 13 party lists were registered:
The Reformu partija (RP, Reform Party) founded by former President Valdis Zatlers , which had won 20.8% of the vote and 22 seats in the 2011 election, did not make its own list in this election, but joined the Vienotība.
Top candidates
Nils Ušakovs
( Saskaņa )
Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis
( Reform Party ; shared list with Vienotība)
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Survey
| Institute | date | V | SDPS | ZZS | N / A | NSL | LRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDKS | 09/24/2014 | 28 | 24 | 19th | 14th | 10 | 5 |
Election result
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (SDPS) | 209,887 | 23.0 | −5.4 | 24 | −7 | |
| Unity (V) | 199,535 | 21.9 | +3.1 | 23 | +3 | |
| Alliance of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) | 178.210 | 19.5 | +7.3 | 21st | +8 | |
| National Alliance VL – TB / LNNK (NA) | 151,567 | 16.6 | +2.7 | 17th | +3 | |
| From the heart for Latvia (NSL) | 62,521 | 6.9 | New | 7th | New | |
| Latvian Regional Alliance (LRA) | 60,812 | 6.7 | New | 8th | New | |
| Latvian Russian Union (LKS) | 14,390 | 1.6 | +0.8 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| United for Latvia (VL) | 10,788 | 1.2 | New | 0 | New | |
| For Latvia's Development (LA) | 8,156 | 0.9 | New | 0 | New | |
| New Conservative Party (JKP) | 6,389 | 0.7 | New | 0 | New | |
| Freedom. Free from fear, hate and anger (BBBND) | 1,735 | 0.2 | ± 0.0 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Political Party "Growth" (PPI) | 1,515 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | |
| Political Party "Sovereignty" (PPS) | 1,033 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | |
| total | 906.538 | 100.0 | - | 100 | - | |
| Valid votes | 906.538 | 99.2 | +0.2 | |||
| Invalid votes | 6,953 | 0.8 | −0.2 | |||
| voter turnout | 913.491 | 58.9 | −0.6 | |||
| Non-voters | 638.744 | 41.1 | +0.6 | |||
| Eligible voters | 1,552,235 | |||||
| Source: Central Electoral Commission | ||||||
Web links
- Central Electoral Commission Official Website (Latvian, Russian, English)
- Latvian Parliament - Saeima Official Website (Latvian, English)
- tagesschau.de ( Memento from October 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) October 5, 2014 on the situation after the election
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Election results announced after counting all 1054 electoral districts. Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija (CVK), October 6, 2014, accessed on October 9, 2014 (Latvian).
- ^ The Voter Card. Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija, accessed October 9, 2014 .
- ^ The Saeima Election Law. Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija, accessed October 9, 2014 .
- ^ 'Vienotība', ZRP un VL-TB / LNNK paraksta reformu un tiesiskuma koalīcijas vienošanos. In: Delfi. October 10, 2011, accessed October 9, 2014 (Latvian).
- ↑ 2014. gada octobra 12th Saeimas vēlēšanu deputātu kandidātu saraksti. Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija, accessed October 9, 2014 (Latvian).
- ↑ Ingrid Meissl Årebo: The Russia horror plays into the hands of the government. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung (online), October 2, 2014, accessed on October 9, 2014.
- ^ Poll sets the scene for October election. In: LSM.lv. Retrieved October 9, 2014 .
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