2022 Latvian parliamentary election

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2022 Latvian parliamentary election
Latvia
← 2018 On or before 1 October 2022   →
All 100 seats in the Saeima
51 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats
Harmony Jānis Urbanovičs[a] 18
JKP Jānis Bordāns[a] 15
AP! Daniels Pavļuts & Artūrs Toms Plešs[a] 12
NA Raivis Dzintars[a] 12
JV Krišjānis Kariņš[a] 11
ZZS & [a] 10
R Sandis Ģirģens[a] 2
LPV Ainārs Šlesers 2
KuK Aldis Gobzems[a] 2
PCL [a] 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
Unity

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Latvia on 1 October 2022, following the end of the term of the Saeima elected in 2018. The election may be held at an earlier date in the event of an early election motion.

Electoral system[]

The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 13 to 32 seats and based on the regions, with overseas votes included in the Riga constituency. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%.[1]

Parties[]

Lead candidates[]

Latvia First became the first major party to announce Ainārs Šlesers as its candidate for the position of Prime Minister on 14 August, during the founding congress of the party.[2]

Each of the member parties of the Union of Greens and Farmers will propose their own PM candidate to the party alliance board, which will then decide on the one candidate for the whole party alliance. The Latvian Farmers' Union has nominated MP as their candidate,[3] while the Green Party has kept its candidate secret.[4]

Overview[]

The table below lists parties currently represented in the 13th Saeima.

Name Ideology PM Candidate Leader(s) 2018 result Current seats
Votes (%) Seats
SPDS Harmony
Saskaņa 		Social democracy
Russian minority politics 		TBD Jānis Urbanovičs 19.8%
23 / 100
18 / 100
JKP New Conservative Party
Jaunā konservatīvā partija 		Liberal conservatism TBD Jānis Bordāns 13.6%
16 / 100
16 / 100
AP! Development/For!
Attīstībai/Par! 		Liberalism TBD Daniels Pavļuts
Artūrs Toms Plešs 		12.0%
13 / 100
12 / 100
NA National Alliance
Nacionālā apvienība 		National conservatism
Right-wing populism 		TBD Raivis Dzintars 11.0%
13 / 100
12 / 100
JV New Unity
Jaunā Vienotība 		Liberal conservatism TBD Krišjānis Kariņš 6.7%
8 / 100
11 / 100
ZZS Union of Greens and Farmers
Zaļo un zemnieku savienība 		Agrarianism
Conservatism 		TBD
9.9%
11 / 100
10 / 100
R Republic
Republika 		Centrism TBD Sandis Ģirģens did not exist
2 / 100
LPV Latvia First
Latvija pirmajā vietā 		Social conservatism Ainārs Šlesers Jūlija Stepaņenko did not exist
2 / 100
KuK For Each and Every One
Katram un katrai 		Right-wing populism TBD Aldis Gobzems did not exist
2 / 100
PCL For a Humane Latvia
Par cilvēcīgu Latviju 		Right-wing populism
Conservatism 		TBD 14.3%
16 / 100
1 / 100

Opinion polls[]

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election
Graphical summary

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Party chair(s)

References[]

  1. ^ Electoral system IPU
  2. ^ "Šlesera partijas "Latvija pirmajā vietā" Valsts prezidenta amata kandidāte būs Jūlija Stepaņenko". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  3. ^ "Valainim kļūšana par LZS biedru sāk nest augļus". neatkariga.nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  4. ^ "Zaļā partija savu premjera amata kandidātu iecerējusi pagaidām paturēt noslēpumā". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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