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|<small>Leader of the [[New Unity|JV]] alliance,</small> <small>1 seat - [[Latgale Party]]</small> |
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| ⚫ | | '''Economics''': [[Centre-left]], '''Social''': [[Centre-right]] to [[right-wing]]:<br />{{Nowrap|[[Russians in Latvia|Russian]] [[Political parties of minorities|minority politics]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/latvia.html|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|title=Latvia|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031852/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/latvia.html|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead|year=2010}}</ref><br />[[Russophilia]]<ref>{{cite web |website=Русский союз Латвии |title=Программа партии Русский союз Латвии на выборах 13-го Сейма |url=https://rusojuz.lv/programma-partii-russkij-sojuz-latvii-na-vyborah-13-go-sejma/ |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=ru |date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/security-police-detain-pro-russia-activist.a277733/|title=Security Police detain pro-Russia activist|website=LSM|lang=en|date=9 May 2018}}</ref><br />[[Direct democracy]]<br />[[Social conservatism]]}} |
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| <small>Electoral alliance:<br />[[Latvian Farmers' Union|LZS]], [[Latvian Green Party|LZP]]</small> |
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| ⚫ | | '''Economics''': [[Centre-left]], '''Social''': [[Centre-right]] to [[right-wing]]:<br />{{Nowrap|[[Russians in Latvia|Russian]] [[Political parties of minorities|minority politics]]<ref name="Nordsieck">{{cite web|url=http://www.parties-and-elections.de/latvia.html|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|title=Latvia|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031852/http://www.parties-and-elections.de/latvia.html|archive-date=2011-07-26|url-status=dead|year=2010}}</ref><br />[[Russophilia]]<ref>{{cite web |website=Русский союз Латвии |title=Программа партии Русский союз Латвии на выборах 13-го Сейма |url=https://rusojuz.lv/programma-partii-russkij-sojuz-latvii-na-vyborah-13-go-sejma/ |access-date=22 August 2020 |language=ru |date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/security-police-detain-pro-russia-activist.a277733/|title=Security Police detain pro-Russia activist|website=LSM|lang=en|date=9 May 2018}}</ref><br />[[Direct democracy]]<br />[[Social conservatism]]}} |
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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.
Minor and regional parties
- Centre Party (Centra partija)[4]
- Christian Democratic Union (Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība, KDS)
- Eurosceptic Action Party (Eiroskeptiķu Rīcības partija)
- Growth (Izaugsme) – part of Development/For!
- Heritage of the Fatherland (Tēvzemes mantojums, TM)
- For an Alternative (Par Alternatīvu)
- For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvijai un Ventspilij) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers
- For Latvia from the Heart (No sirds Latvijai, NSL)
- Latgale Party (Latgales partija) – in Latgale; allied with Unity within the New Unity alliance
- Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu apvienība, LRA)
- Latvian Nationalists (Latviešu Nacionālisti)
- Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija, LSDSP)
- Liepāja Party (Liepājas partija) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers
- Pirate Party (Pirātu Partija)
- The Progressives (PROGRESĪVIE, P)
- Honor to serve Riga (Gods kalpot Rīgai, GKR)
- Honor to Serve Our Latvia (Gods kalpot mūsu Latvijai, GKML)
- Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija, LSP)
- United for Latvia (Vienoti Latvijai, VL)
Defunct parties
- All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!, VL) (2006-2011)[5]
- Civic Union (Pilsoniskā Savienība, PS)
- Communist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija, LKP) – banned in 1991
- Democratic Center Party (Demokrātiskā Centra Partija, DCP)
- Daugavpils City Party (Daugavpils Pilsētas Partija, DPP)
- Democratic Party "Saimnieks" (Demokrātiskā Partija "Saimnieks", DPS)
- Equal Rights (Līdztiesība)
- For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK, TB/LNNK)
- For the Native Language! (Par Dzimto Valodu!)
- Free Choice in a People's Europe (Brīvā izvēle tautu Eiropā, BITE)
- Workers' Party (Darba Partija, DP)
- Latvian Social Democratic Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija, LSDP)
- Latvian National Independence Movement (Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība, LNNK)
- Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirmā Partija, LPP)
- Latvian Way (Latvijas Ceļš)
- National Harmony Party (Tautas Saskaņas Partija, TSP)
- New Centre (Jaunais Centrs, JC)
- New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks, JL)
- New Party (Jaunā Partija, JP)
- Our Land (Mūsu Zeme)
- People's Party (Tautas Partija, TP)[6]
- People of Latgale (Latgales Tauta, LT)[7]
- Popular Front of Latvia (Latvijas Tautas Fronte, LTF)
- Popular Movement for Latvia (Tautas Kustība Latvijai, TKL)
- Social Democratic Party (Sociāldemokrātiskā partija, SDS)
- Society for Political Change (Sabiedrība Citai Politikai, SCP)
- Reform Party (Reformu partija, RP) (2011-2015)[8]
See also
References
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Программа партии Русский союз Латвии на выборах 13-го Сейма". Русский союз Латвии (in Russian). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Security Police detain pro-Russia activist". LSM. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Legal entity". Uzņēmumu reģistra tīmekļvietne. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Latvian political parties undergo major upheaval". The Baltic Times. July 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "People's Party, Skele, ride off into the sunset". The Baltic Times. July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "KNAB izbeidz partijas "Latgales tauta" darbību". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
- ^ "Latvian Reform Party to be liquidated". The Baltic Course. March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
