List of political parties in Latvia

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	19 / 100	2 / 8
New Conservative Party Jaunā konservatīvā partija	JKP	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	12 / 100	2 / 8
New Unity	V	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	10 / 100	0 / 8	Electoral alliance: LZS, LZP
For a Humane Latvia Par cilvēcīgu Latviju	PCL		Right-wing populism Conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	6 / 100	0 / 8
Republic Republika	R	Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis Sandis Ģirģens	Green politics Regionalism	Centre	4 / 100	0 / 8
Law and Order Likums un kārtība	LuK	Aldis Gobzems	Right-wing populism Social conservatism	Right-wing	2 / 100	0 / 8
Latvia First Latvija pirmajā vietā	LPV	Jūlija Stepaņenko	Right-wing populism Vaccine hesitancy	Right-wing	2 / 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)
Eurosceptic Action Party (Eiroskeptiķu Rīcības partija)
Growth (Izaugsme) – part of Development/For!
(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)
(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!)
(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)
(Mūsu Zeme)
People's Party (Tautas Partija, TP)^[3]
(Latgales Tauta, LT)^[4]
Popular Front of Latvia (Latvijas Tautas Fronte, LTF)
(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]

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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v t Political parties in Latvia
Saeima (100 seats)	Harmony 19; LSP New Conservative Party 15 Development/For! 13; LA For! I National Alliance 13 Union of Greens and Farmers 10; LZS LZP LuV LP New Unity 8; V LP KPV LV 5 (Law and Order 2) (Latvia First 2)
European Parliament (8 seats out of 705)	Unity 2; EPP Harmony 2; S&D National Alliance 2; ECR Development/For! 1; RE Latvian Russian Union 1; Greens-EFA
Other parties	SKG Alliance LSDSP KDS The Progressives Latvian Association of Regions For Latvia from the Heart Honor to serve Riga Awakening Pirate Party New Harmony Action Party United for Latvia
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