2002 Latvian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 5 October 2002.[1] The New Era Party emerged as the largest party in the Saeima, winning 26 of the 100 seats.

2002 Latvian parliamentary election
Latvia
5 October 2002

All 100 seats in the Saeima
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.03% (Increase 6.03 pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
JL Einars Repše 23.98 26 New
ForHRUL Jānis Jurkāns 19.09 25 +9
TP Andris Šķēle 16.69 20 -4
LPP Ainārs Šlesers 9.57 10 New
ZZS Ingrīda Ūdre 9.47 12 +12
TB/LNNK Jānis Straume 5.39 7 -10
Results by district
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Andris Bērziņš
Latvian Way
Einars Repše
New Era Party

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Era Party237,45223.9826New
For Human Rights in United Latvia189,08819.0925+9
People's Party165,24616.6920–4
Latvia's First Party94,7529.5710New
Union of Greens and Farmers93,7599.4712+12
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK53,3965.397–10
Latvian Way48,4304.890–21
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party39,8374.020–14
Light of Latgale15,9481.610New
Social Democratic Party15,1621.530New
Social Democratic Welfare Party13,2341.340New
Political Alliance "Centre"[lower-alpha 1]5,8190.590New
Russian Party4,7240.480New
Latvians' Party3,9190.400New
Latvian Revival Party2,5580.260New
Freedom Party2,0750.210New
Mara's Land1,4460.150New
Citizens' Union "Our Land"1,3490.1400
Progressive Centre Party1,2290.120New
Latvian United Republican Party8260.080New
Total990,249100.001000
Valid votes990,24999.25
Invalid/blank votes7,5050.75
Total votes997,754100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,295,28777.03
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
  1. Political Alliance "Centre" was an alliance of Latvia's Democratic Party, the Workers' Party, For Freedom in Latvia and the Union of Latvian Farmers.[2]

Aftermath

Voters severely punished the previous governing parties, with the People's Party and For Fatherland and Freedom both losing seats, while Latvian Way lost all its MPs.

A new coalition government was formed by the New Era Party, Latvia's First Party, For Fatherland and Freedom and the Union of Greens and Farmers. This enjoyed a parliamentary majority of 55 of the 100 MPs. However, after two years For Fatherland and Freedom left the coalition and was replaced by the People's Party, who returned to government after a two-year absence.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1135
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