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Social Democratic Party "Harmony"
Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija "Saskaņa"
AbbreviationSPDS
ChairmanNils Ušakovs
Vice ChairmanJānis Urbanovičs
Founded21 November 2009 (21 November 2009) cooperation agreement
10 February 2010 (10 February 2010)
party
Merger ofNational Harmony Party
New Centre
Social Democratic Party
HeadquartersMaskavas iela 4 Riga LV-1050
Youth wing"Restart"[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Russian minority politics[2]
Political positionCentre-left
European affiliationParty of European Socialists (associate)
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
International affiliationSocialist International (consultative)
Progressive Alliance
Colours  Red
Saeima
24 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Website
sdps.lv

The Social Democratic Party "Concord" (Latvian: Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija "Saskaņa", SDPS, Russian: Социал-демократическая партия «Согласие»),[nb 1] also commonly referred to as Concord (Saskaņa), is a social-democratic political party in Latvia. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-left in Latvian politics. The party was founded in 2010 as the merger of the National Harmony Party (TSP) with New Centre (JC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a breakaway from the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (LSDSP).[3] At that time, all three were members of the former electoral alliance Harmony Centre. The alliance also included the communist Socialist Party of Latvia. The Daugavpils City Party merged into the party in 2011.[4]

The chairman of the party, Nils Ušakovs is the current Mayor of Riga and was the "Concord" candidate for the office of Prime Minister of Latvia in 2014. In the Saeima the party has 24 out of 100 seats after polling 23% of the vote at the 2014 parliamentary election. It's parliamentary group is therefore the largest among the six groups in the Latvian Parliament, and the leading opposition group. Internationally, "Concord" is a member of the Progressive Alliance[5] and has associate status in the Party of European Socialists.[6] It's sole MEP, Andrejs Mamikins, sits in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament.[6]

"Concord" is currently the governing party on the Riga City Council in coalition with Proud to serve Riga, the successor to the centre-right Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way which dissolved in 2011. "Concord" is the largest party seeking to represent the Russian-speaking population of Latvia.

Election results

Parliament (Saeima)

Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Notes
2010 251,397 26.6
24 / 100
 [a]
2011 259,930 28.4
28 / 100
 Increase 4 [b]
2014 209,887 23.0
24 / 100
 Decrease 4
  1. ^ Concord Centre list won 29 seats - 4 went to SPL - 1 to DCP
  2. ^ Concord Centre list won 31 seats - 3 went to the SPL

European Parliament

Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/–
2014 57,863 13.0 (#3)
1 / 8

Symbols

References

  1. ^ The party officially translates its name as Social Democratic Party "Concord"
  1. ^ TV NET/News/Latvia/Harmony establishes youth organization, TV NET (www.tvnet.lv), retrieved on 13 March 2015
  2. ^ a b "Parties and Elections in Europe, "Latvia", The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck". Parties & Elections. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Tom Lansford (8 April 2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. SAGE Publications. pp. 811–812. ISBN 978-1-4833-3327-4.
  4. ^ http://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/daugavpils-partija-ieklaujas-saskana-sc-veidos-divi-speki.d?id=36390563
  5. ^ http://progressive-alliance.info/participants/
  6. ^ a b http://www.pes.eu/soci_ldemokr_tisk_partija_saska_a
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