1996 Latvian presidential election

1996 Latvian presidential election
	June 18, 1996
	Votes by MPs
President before election; Guntis Ulmanis; LZS	Elected President ; Guntis Ulmanis; LZS

The 1996 presidential elections in Latvia took place on June 18, 1996. Guntis Ulmanis was re-elected President of Latvia . According to the Satversme , the President was elected by the 6th Saeima.

Candidates

Candidate	Party
Guntis Ulmanis	Latvian Farmers' Union, Christian Democratic Union, Latgale Democrats Party
Ilga Kreituse	Democratic Party "Saimnieks"
Imants Liepa	People's Movement for Latvia
Alfrēds Rubiks	Socialist Party of Latvia

Election process and results

There was a scandal surrounding the election due to the fact that one of the nominated presidential candidates, Alfrēds Rubiks, was in prison at that time, thus there was an active debate on this issue in the previous Saeima sittings before the presidential elections. It was also decided to extend the president's term from three to four years, but only from the next presidential election onwards. In the first round of voting, one of the candidates, incumbent President Guntis Ulmanis collected the necessary number of votes to be re-elected President of Latvia.[1]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Guntis Ulmanis	Latvian Farmers' Union	53	54.64
	Ilga Kreituse	Democratic Party "Saimnieks"	25	25.77
	Imants Liepa	People's Movement for Latvia	14	14.43
	Alfrēds Rubiks	Socialist Party of Latvia	5	5.15
Total			97	100.00

References

Čepānis, Alfrēds (June 18, 1996). "Latvijas Republikas 6.Saeimas ārkārtas sesijas sēde". Saeima. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.

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[1] Čepānis, Alfrēds (June 18, 1996). "Latvijas Republikas 6.Saeimas ārkārtas sesijas sēde". Saeima. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.