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.

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	23	2
	Who owns the state? Kam pieder valsts?	KPV	Artuss Kaimiņš	Right-wing: Populism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism	16	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	13	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	11	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

Christian Democratic Union (Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība, KDS)
Growth (Izaugsme, part of Development/For!)
Heritage of the Fatherland (Tēvzemes mantojums, TM)
For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvijai un Ventspilij)
For Latvia from the Heart (No sirds Latvijai)
Latgale Party (Latgales partija)
Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu apvienība)
Latvian Nationalists (Latviešu Nacionālisti)
Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija, LSDSP)
Liepāja Party (Liepājas partija)
The Progressives (PROGRESĪVIE)
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)^[1]
Civic Union (Pilsoniskā Savienība, PS)
Communist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija, LKP) (1904-1991) government from (1940-1990)
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)^[2]
People of Latgale (Latgales Tauta, LT)^[3]
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)^[4]

References

^ "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] "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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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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