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Out of the 19 parties contesting the elections, 7 gathered 5% or more of votes and won seats in the parliament.
Out of the 19 parties contesting the elections, 7 gathered 5% or more of votes and won seats in the parliament.
{{Latvian parliamentary election, 2006}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties and coalitions
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Change
|-
|align=left| [[People's Party (Latvia)|People's Party]] (''Tautas partija'')
|align="right"| 177, 481
|align="right"| 19.56
|align="right"| 23
|align="right"| +3
|-
|align=left| [[Union of Greens and Farmers]] (''Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība'')
*[[Latvian Farmers' Union]] (''Latvijas Zemnieku savienība'')
*[[Green Party of Latvia]] (''Latvijas Zaļā partija'')
|align="right" valign=top| 151, 595
|align="right" valign=top| 16.71
|align="right" valign=top| 18
|align="right" valign=top| +6
|-
|align=left| [[New Era Party|New Era]] (''Jaunais Laiks'')
|align="right" valign=top| 148, 602
|align="right" valign=top| 16.38
|align="right" valign=top| 18
|align="right" valign=top| -8
|-
|align=left| [[Harmony Centre]] (''Saskaņas centrs'')
* [[National Harmony Party]] (''Tautas saskaņas partija'')
* [[Latvian Socialist Party]] (''Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija'')
|align="right" valign=top| 130, 887
|align="right" valign=top| 14.42
|align="right" valign=top| 17
|align="right" valign=top| +17
|-
|align=left| Coalition of [[Latvia's First Party]] (''Latvijas Pirmā partija'') and [[Latvian Way]] (''Latvijas Ceļš'') <br>
|align="right" valign=top| 77, 869
|align="right" valign=top| 8.58
|align="right" valign=top| 10
|align="right" valign=top| +/-0
|-
|align=left| [[For Fatherland and Freedom]] (''Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK'')
|align="right"| 62, 989
|align="right"| 6.94
|align="right"| 8
|align="right"| +1
|-
|align=left| [[For Human Rights in United Latvia]] (''Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā'')
|align="right"| 54, 684
|align="right"| 6.03
|align="right"| 6
|align="right"| -19
|-
|align=left| [[Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party]] (''Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā strādnieku partija'')
|align="right"| 31, 728
|align="right"| 3.5
|align="right"| 0
|-
|align=left|[[Motherland (Latvia)|Motherland]] (''Dzimtene'')
|align="right"| 18, 860
|align="right" |2.08
|align="right" |0
|-
|align=left| [[All For Latvia!]] (''Visu Latvijai!'')
|align="right"| 13, 469
|align="right" |1.48
|align="right" |0
|-
|align=left|[[New Democrats (Latvia)|New Democrats]] (''Jaunie Demokrāti'')
|align="right"| 11, 505
|align="right" |1.27
|align="right" |0
|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''Total'''
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|901,173
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|'''100'''
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|}



The elections were the clear victory for the governing coalition, led by [[Prime Minister of Latvia|Prime Minister]] [[Aigars Kalvītis]] and his [[People's Party (Latvia)|People's Party]]. Kalvitis's government thus became the first to be re-elected since Latvia regained independence in 1991. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5416778.stm (BBC)]
The elections were the clear victory for the governing coalition, led by [[Prime Minister of Latvia|Prime Minister]] [[Aigars Kalvītis]] and his [[People's Party (Latvia)|People's Party]]. Kalvitis's government thus became the first to be re-elected since Latvia regained independence in 1991. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5416778.stm (BBC)]

Revision as of 18:33, 16 June 2007

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The last elections for 9th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 7, 2006. There were lists of candidates from 19 political parties. The voter participation was 62,23%, with 901,173 out of 1,448,039 eligible voters casting votes.

Out of the 19 parties contesting the elections, 7 gathered 5% or more of votes and won seats in the parliament. Template:Latvian parliamentary election, 2006

The elections were the clear victory for the governing coalition, led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis and his People's Party. Kalvitis's government thus became the first to be re-elected since Latvia regained independence in 1991. (BBC)


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