List of political parties in Latvia: Difference between revisions

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.

	Abbr.	Leader(s)	Ideology	Political position	MPs	MEPs	Notes
Harmony, Saskaņa	S	Jānis Urbanovičs	Social democracy, Russian minority politics	Centre-left	18 / 100	2 / 8
The Conservatives, Konservatīvie	K	Jānis Bordāns	Liberal conservatism, Anti-corruption	Centre-right	15 / 100	0 / 8
Development/For!, Attīstībai/Par!	AP!	Daniels Pavļuts, Ivars Ijabs	Social liberalism, Classical liberalism	Centre	15 / 100	1 / 8	Members: Par!, LA I
National Alliance, Nacionālā apvienība	NA	Gaidis Bērziņš, Raivis Dzintars	National conservatism, Right-wing populism	Right-wing to far-right	13 / 100	2 / 8
New Unity, Jaunā Vienotība	JV	Arvils Ašeradens	Liberal conservatism, Liberalism	Centre-right	11 / 100	2 / 8	Members: V, LP
Union of Greens and Farmers, Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība	ZZS	Edgars Tavars	Agrarianism, Conservatism	Centre to centre-right	7 / 100	0 / 8	Members: LZS, LuV, LSDSP
United Latvian List, Latvijas apvienotais saraksts	LAS		Green conservatism, Regionalism	Centre to centre-right	4 / 100	0 / 8	Members: LZP, LP, LRA
Republic, Republika	R	Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Sandis Ģirģens	Green politics,^{[citation needed]} Regionalism	Centre	2 / 100	0 / 8
Latvia First, Latvija pirmajā vietā	LPV	Ainārs Šlesers	Right-wing populism, Vaccine hesitancy	Right-wing	2 / 100	0 / 8
For Each and Every One, Katram un katrai	KuK	Aldis Gobzems	Right-wing populism, Social conservatism	Right-wing	2 / 100	0 / 8
For a Humane Latvia, Par cilvēcīgu Latviju	PCL	Ieva Krapāne	Right-wing populism, Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	1 / 100	0 / 8
Latvian Russian Union, Latvijas Krievu savienība	LKS	Tatjana Ždanoka, Miroslav Mitrofanov	Russian minority politics, Social conservatism	Big tent	0 / 100	1 / 8

Minor and regional parties

Centre Party (Centra partija)^[1]
Christian Democratic Union (Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība, KDS)
Action Party (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)^[2]
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)^[3]
People of Latgale (Latgales Tauta, LT)^[4]
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)^[5]
Anti-centrist Party

References

^ "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.

External links

List of political parties and alliances (Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia)/

[1] "Legal entity". Uzņēmumu reģistra tīmekļvietne. Retrieved 2020-10-19.

[2] "Latvian political parties undergo major upheaval". The Baltic Times. July 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.

[3] "People's Party, Skele, ride off into the sunset". The Baltic Times. July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.

[4] "KNAB izbeidz partijas "Latgales tauta" darbību". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2018-07-01.

[5] "Latvian Reform Party to be liquidated". The Baltic Course. March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.

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Political parties in Latvia
Saeima (100 seats)	New Unity 26; JV LP KN TPuN VuV Union of Greens and Farmers 16; LZS LuV LSDSP United List 15; LZP LP Latvian Association of Regions LRA VP National Alliance 13 For Stability! 11 The Progressives 10 Latvia First 9
European Parliament (9 seats out of 720)	New Unity 2; EPP National Alliance 2; ECR For Latvia's Development 1; RE United List 1; ECR The Progressives 1; Greens-EFA Harmony 1; S&D Latvia First 1; PfE
Other parties	Action Party Alliance of Young Latvians Awakening Awakening for Latvia KDS Centre Party For a Humane Latvia Force of People's Power Honor to serve Riga Izaugsme Movement For! People's Servants for Latvia Platform 21 Progressive Christian Party Republic Sovereign Power New Conservative Party United for Latvia
Defunct interwar parties	Agrarian Union of the Landless Christian National Union Democratic Centre German-Baltic Reform Party Group of Non-Partisan Citizens Jewish Agudas Israel Bund Ceire Cion Jewish National Bloc Mizrachi Labour League of Latvia Latgale Latgalian Farmers Party Latgale People Party Latgalian Christian Peasant and Catholic Party Latgalian Farmer-Labour Party Latgalian People's Party List of Lithuanians and Catholics New Farmers-Small Landowners Party Non-Partisan Landless Farmers Party for Peace and Order Party of the Orthodox Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles Russian Public Workers' Association Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers United List of Russians Vecticībnieki Workers' Party
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