New Centre (Latvia)

New Centre (Latvian: Jaunais Centrs, JC; Russian: Но́вый центр) was a centre-left political party in Latvia. In 2005, the JC entered the Harmony Centre coalition, which won 17 seats in the 2006 election. It merged into the Harmony party in 2010.

New Centre
Jaunais Centrs
Новый центр
AbbreviationJC (Latvian)
НЦ (Russian)
LeaderSergey Dolgopolov
Founded20 November 2004 (2004-11-20)[1]
Dissolved10 February 2010 (2010-02-10)
Split fromNational Harmony Party
Merged intoSocial Democratic Party "Harmony"
HeadquartersRiga, Ģertrūdes iela 20-5a, LV-1011
Youth wingPatrioti.lv
Membership (2005)1,097[2]
IdeologySocial democracy
Russian minority politics
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationHarmony Centre
Colours  Maroon
  White
Seats in the 9th Saeima
2 / 100
Website
jaunaiscentrs.lv

Election results

Legislative elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2006 Sergey Dolgopolov 130,887 14.52 New
2 / 100
New 4th Opposition[lower-alpha 1]
  1. Harmony Centre list won 17 seats - 11 went to TSP - 4 to LSP - 2 to JC - 1 to DPP

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