2014 Latvian parliamentary election

September 2023 Parliamentary election held in Latvia Latvia 2011 4 October 2014 2018 Nils Ušakovs Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 31 24 23.15 Laimdota Straujuma Unity (Latvia) 42 23 22.01 Raimonds Vējonis Union of Greens and Farmers 13 21 19.66 Raivis Dzintars National Alliance (Latvia) 14 17 16.72 Awakening (political party) Inguna Sudraba NSL New 7 6.85 Mārtiņš Bondars Latvian Association of Regions New 8 6.66 2014 Latvian parliamentary election.svg Results by electoral district Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma Unity (Latvian political party) Laimdota Straujuma Unity (Latvian political party)thumb|250px|Strongest political party by municipality Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 4 October 2014. The previous elections were held in 2011, but according to the country's constitution,Article 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205030657/http://www.saeima.lv/en/legislation/constitution/# 5 December 2013 of the Constitution of Latvia the parliamentary term was reduced to only three years following early elections (the 2011 elections took place a year after the 2010 elections). Campaign On 27 December 2013, the Reform Party announced an electoral pact with its government coalition partner Unity, with most prominent Reform Party candidates running under the Unity campaign.'Vienotība' un RP vienojas par kopīgu startu 12.Saeimas vēlēšanās, LETA, 27 December 2013, accessed 21 September 2014 On 16 July 2014 the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party signed a cooperation pact with the Latvian Association of Regions to run under the LAR campaign.LSDSP un Latvijas Reģionu apvienība kopā startē Saeimas vēlēšanās Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party lv The main party of the Harmony Centre alliance, the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" contested the elections with a separate list, while fellow alliance members the Latvian Socialist Party announced on 20 July 2014 that they would not contest the election.Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas XVII kongressDecember 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Latvijas Sociālistiskās partijas lv Results File:Lettonie Saeima 2014.svg Social Democratic Party "Harmony" 209887 24 –7 Unity 199535 23 –19 Union of Greens and Farmers 178210 21 +8 National Alliance 151567 17 +3 For Latvia from the Heart 62521 7 New Latvian Association of Regions 60812 8 New Latvian Russian Union 14390 0 0 United for Latvia 10788 0 New For Latvia's Development 8156 0 New New Conservative Party 6389 0 New Freedom. Free from Fear, Hate and Anger 1735 0 0 Izaugsme 1515 0 New Sovereignty 1033 0 New #943438 6953 0 1552235 CVK Aftermath Following the elections, a centre-right coalition government was formed by Unity, the Union of Greens and Farmers and the National Alliance. However, the government resigned on 7 December 2015. References Latvia Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Latvia