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President: Edgars Rinkevics (JV) · Prime Minister: Evika Silina (JV) · Governing parties: JV, ZZS, PRO
Legislative elections: Saeima, 4-year term, 100 seats, 5% threshold, party-list PR:

   2022 2018 2014 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Jauna Vienotība (JV)
New Unity (a)
Liberal conservatism  19,0 26 6,7 8 21,9 23 18,8 20
Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība (ZZS)
Greens and Peasants' Union
Centrism
Agrarianism
 12,4 16 9,9 11 19,5 21 12,2 13
Apvienotais Saraksts (AS)
United List
Environmentalism
Regionalism
11,0 15 - - - - - -
Nacionālā Apvienība (NA)
National Alliance
Nationalism    9,3 13 11,0  13 16,6 17 13,9 14
Stabilitātei (S)
Stability
Centrism 
Euroscepticism
6,8 11 - - - - - -
Progresīvie (PRO)
Progressives
Green politics 
Social liberalism
6,2 10 2,6 - - - - -
Latvija Pirmaja Vieta (LPV)
Latvia First Place
Social conservatism   6,2 9 - - - - - -
Attistibai/Par (AP)
Development/For
Liberalism   5,0 - 12,0 13 - - - -
"Saskaņa" Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija (SDPS)
"Harmony" Social Democratic Party
Social democracy  4,8 - 19,8 23 23,0 24 SC (28)
Konservatīvie (K)
Conservatives (b)
Conservatism    3,1 - 13,6 16 0,7 - NA (1)
Apvienība Latvijai (APL)
Alliance for Latvia (c)
Anti-corruption politics         
Euroscepticism  
0,3 - 14,3 16 - - - -
Latvijas Zemnieku Savieniba (LZS)
Peasants' Union of Latvia
Agrarianism
Centrism
ZZS (11) ZZS (5) ZZS (10) ZZS (7)
Latvijas Reģionu Apvienība (LRA)
Alliance of Regions of Latvia
Regionalism 
Centrism
AS (7) 4,2 - 6,7 8 - -
Latvijas Zala Partija (LZP)
Green Party of Latvia
Environmentalism
Conservatism
AS (4) ZZS (3) ZZS (6) ZZS (4)
Latvijas Socialdemokratiska Stradnieku Partija (LSDSP)
Social Democratic Workers' Party of Latvia (d)
Social democracy  ZZS (2) 0,2 - LRA - 0,3 -
Latvijai un Ventspilij (LunV)
Latvia and Ventspils
Local politics    ZZS (2) ZZS (2) ZZS (2) ZZS (2)
Liepajas Partija (LP)
Liepaja Party
Local politics    AS (1) ZZS (2) ZZS (3) ZZS -
Kustiba Par (PAR)
Movement For
Liberalism    AP - AP (8) - - - -
Latvijas Attistibai (LA)
Latvia's Development
Liberalism AP - AP (4) 0,9 - - -
Izaugsme (IZAUGSME)
Growth
Social liberalism    AP - AP (1) 0,2 - - -
Latvijas Socialistiska Partija (LSP)
Socialist Party of Latvia
Socialism    SDPS - SDPS (1) SDPS (3) SC (3)
No Sirds Latvijai (NSL)
For Latvia from the Heart
Social conservatism    - - 0,8 - 6,9 7 - -
Saskanas Centrs (SC)
Harmony Centre
Social democracy
Socialism
- - - - - - 28,4 31
Reformu Partija (RP)
Reform Party
Conservatism    - - - - - - 20,8 22
Others 15,9 - 4,9 - 3,6 - 5,6 -
Total - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100
Turnout 58,8 54,6 58,9 59,5

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