Latvia

1990 Parliamentary elections

Date: 18 March 1990 (first round; 170 deputies elected); 25 March, 1 April and 29 April 1990 (run-off elections)
Number of registered voters:
Turnout (first round): 81.3 %
Votes: total cast; valid

 

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

% Seats
LTF-  Latvian Popular Front- Latvijas Tautas fronte N/A

68.2

131

65.17
Latvian Communist Party and Interfront N/A

21.5

55

27.36
Independents N/A

10.3

15

7.46
TOTAL N/A

100.0

201

100.0

 

1993 Parliamentary elections

Date: 5 and 6 June 1993
Turnout: 91.18%
Registered voters: 1,243,956
Votes: total cast: 1,134,204; valid 1,118,316 [98.60%]

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

% Seats
LC - Alliance “Latvia’s Way” (Savieniba “Latvijas cels”)

362,473

32.41

36

36.00
LNNK -Latvian National Independence Movement  (Latvijas Nacionalas Neatkarības Kustība)

149,347

13.35

15

15.00
Harmony for Latvia – Revival for the Economy (Saskana Latvijai – Atdzimsana Tautsaimniecībai)

134,289

12.01

13

13.00
LZS - Latvian Farmers’ Union (Latvijas Zemnieku Savienība)

119,116

10.65

12

12.00
Equal Rights Movement (Lidztiesība)

64,444

5.76

7

7.00
TB - For Homeland and Freedom (Tevzemei un Brīvībai)

59,855

5.35

6

6.00
LKDS - Latvian Christian Democratic Union (Latvijas Kristīgi Demokratu Savienība)

56,057

5.01

6

6.00
Democratic Centre Party (Demokratiska Centra Partija)

53,303

4.77

5

5.00
LTF- Latvian Popular Front (Latvijas Tautas fronte)

29,396

2.63

0

0
ZS  - Green List (Zalais saraksts)

13,362

1.19

0

0
LKPP -Party of Russian Citizens in Latvia  (Latvijas Krievu pilsonu partija)

13,006

1.16

0

0
LDDP - Latvian Democratic People’s Party (Latvijas Demokratiska Darba Partija)

10,509

0.94

0

0
Electoral Union "Happiness of Latvia"  (Velesanu apvienība "Latvijas laime")

9814

0.88

0

0
Citizens’ Union "Our Land" (Pilsonu kopa "Musu zeme")

8687

0.78

0

0
Saimnieciskas Rosibas Liga

8333

0.75

0

0
LSSP – Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (Latvijas Socialdemokratu Stradnieku Partija)

7416

0.66

0

0
Anticommunist Union (Pretkomunistu apvienība)

5954

0.53

0

0
Republikas platforma  (Republican Platform)

5075

0.45

0

0
Conservatives and Peasants (Konservativie un zemnieki)

2797

0.25

0

0
Independents’ Union  (Neatkarigo savieniba)

1968

0.18

0

0
LLP – Latvian Liberal Party  (Latvijas Liberala Partija)

1520

0.14

0

0
LVP – Latvian Unity Party (Latvijas Vienibas Partija)

1070

0.10

0

0
Liberal Alliance (Liberala Alianse)

525

0.05

0

0
TOTAL

1,118,316

100.0

100

100

 

1995 Parliamentary elections

Date: 30 September and 1 October
Registered voters: 1,328,779
Turnout: 72.65%
Votes: total cast 965,339; valid 951,007 [98.97%]

Party/Grouping Votes % Votes Seats

% Seats
Democratic Party "Saimnieks" 144,758

15.22

18

18
People's Movement for Latvia (Siegerist Party) 142,324 14.97

16

16
Alliance "Latvia's Way" 139,929 14.71

17

17
Union "For Fatherland and Freedom" 114,050 11.99

14

14
Latvia's Unity Party 68,305 7.18

8

8
United List of Latvia's Farmers' Union,
Latvian Christian Democrat Union,
Latgale Democratic Party		 60,498 6.36

8

8
Latvian National Conservative Party and
Latvian Green Party		 60,352 6.35

8

8
Latvian Socialist Party 53,325 5.61

5

5
National Harmony Party 53,041 5.58

6

6
Coalition "Labour and Justice"* 43,599 4.58

0

0
Political Union of Economists 14,209 1.49

0

0
Union of Latvian Farmers 13,009 1.37

0

0
Party of Russian Citizens of Latvia 11,924 1.25

0

0
Latvia's Popular Front 11,090 1.17

0

0
Political Association of the Underprivileged and Latvian Independence Party 9,468 1.00

0

0
Party "Our Land" and Anticommunist Union 5,050 0.53

0

0
Democrats Party 2,546 0.27

0

0
Latvian Liberal Party 2,163 0.23

0

0
Latvian National Democratic Party 1,367 0.14

0

0
Total 951,007 100.00

100

100.00
 

* Coalition "Labour and Justice": Latvian Democratic Labour Party,Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party, Party for the Defence of Latvia's Defrauded People "Justice"

 

1998 Parliamentary elections
Date: 3 October 1998
Number of registered voters: 1,383,661
Turnout: 71.00%
Votes: total cast  982,400; valid 955,581 [97.27%]

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

% Seats
TP - Popular Party - Tautas partija

203,585

21.30

24

24.0
LC - Alliance “Latvia’s Way” - Savieniba “Latvijas cels”

173,420

18.15

21

21.0
TB/LNNK - Alliance “For Homeland and Freedom”/LNNK – Apvieniba “Tevzemei un Brivibai”/LNNK

140,773

14.73

17

17.0
TSP - National Harmony Party - Tautas saskanas partija

135,700

14.20

16

16.0
LSDA - Latvian Social-Democratic Alliance - Latvijas Socialdemokratu apvieniba

123,056

12.88

14

14.0
JP - New Party - Jauna partija

70,214

7.35

8

8.0
LZS - Latvian Farmers’ Union - Latvijas Zemnieku savieniba;

23,732

2.48

0

0
Alliance: DP (Darba partijas; Labour Party); LKDS (Latvijas Kristigi demokratiskas savienibas; Latvian Christian Democratic Union); LZP (Latvijas Zalas partijas; Latvian Green Party)

22,018

2.30

0

0
TKL – Popular Movement for Latvia (Zigerist’s Party) - Tautas kustiba Latvijai (Zigerista partija)

16,647

1.74

0

0
DPS – Democratic Party "Master" – Demokratiska partija "Saimnieks"

15,410

1.61

0

0
LAP – Lavian Revival Party - Latvijas Atdzimsanas partija

5,000

0.52

0

0
NPP – National Progress Party - Nacionala progresa partija

4,522

0.47

0

0
LVP – Latvian Unity Party - Latvijas Vienibas partija

4,445

0.47

0

0
Social Democratic Public Organization – Socialdemokratiska sieviesu organizacija

3,133

0.33

0

0
Popular Movement "Freedom" - Tautas kopa "Briviba"

3,099

0.32

0

0
LNDP - Latvian National Democratic Party – Lavijas Nacionali demokratiska partija

2,927

0.31

0

0
Conservative Party - Konservativa partija

2,318

0.24

0

0
Maras zeme

2,238

0.23

0

0
Helsinki-86

2,088

0.22

0

0
Democratic Party - Demokratu partija

792

0.08

0

0
LNRP - Latvian National Reform Party - Latvijas Nacionala reformu partija

464

0.05

0

0
TOTAL

955,581

100.0

100

100.0

 

SOURCES:
Elections to the 7th Saeima of the Republic of Latvia (1999). The official website of the Latvian Parliament (Saeima): http://www.saeima.lv/Lapas/Velesanas_Visa.htm.

 

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