List of political parties in Latvia

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This is a list of political parties in Latvia. Latvia has a multi-party system, where no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties

Major parties

Parties represented in the Saeima or the European Parliament.

Name Abbr. Leader(s) Ideology MPs MEPs Notes
style="background-color:Template:Social Democratic Party "Harmony"/meta/color" | Harmony
Saskaņa
SDPS Nils Ušakovs Centre-left: Social democracy, Russian minority politics 22 2
Who owns the state?
Kam pieder valsts?
KPV Artuss Kaimiņš Right-wing: Populism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism 12 0
New Conservative Party
Jaunā konservatīvā partija
JKP Jānis Bordāns Centre-right to right-wing: Conservatism, anti-corruption, pro-Europeanism 16 0
Development/For!
Attīstībai/Par!
AP! Daniels Pavļuts
Juris Pūce
Centre: Social liberalism, classical liberalism, pro-Europeanism, pro-LGBT 13 1 Electoral alliance:

LA, Par!, I

style="background-color:Template:National Alliance (Latvia)/meta/color" | National Alliance
Nacionālā apvienība
NA Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars Right-wing to radical right: National conservatism, economic liberalism 12 2
style="background-color:Template:Union of Greens and Farmers/meta/color" | Union of Greens and Farmers
Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība
ZZS Augusts Brigmanis Centre: Agrarianism, green politics 10 0 Electoral alliance:
LZS, LZP
style="background-color:Template:Unity (Latvia)/meta/color" | New Unity
Vienotība
V Arvils Ašeradens Centre-right: Liberal conservatism 8 2
style="background-color:Template:For Human Rights in United Latvia/meta/color" | Latvian Russian Union
Latvijas Krievu savienība
LKS Tatjana Ždanoka, Yakov Pliner, and Miroslav Mitrofanov Left-wing: Russian minority politics, democratic socialism 0 1

Minor and regional parties

Defunct parties

See also

References

  1. ^ "Latvian political parties undergo major upheaval". The Baltic Times. July 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "People's Party, Skele, ride off into the sunset". The Baltic Times. July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "KNAB izbeidz partijas "Latgales tauta" darbību". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  4. ^ "Latvian Reform Party to be liquidated". The Baltic Course. March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.

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