2003 Latvian presidential election

Presidential election in Latvia 2003 Latvian presidential election Latvia presidential no grey 1999 Latvian presidential election 1999 2007 Latvian presidential election 2007 June 20, 2003 no x190px Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Independent 88 Latvijas prezidenta vēlēšanas 2003.png 300px Votes by MPs Votes by MPs President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Independent Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Independent Indirect presidential elections were held in Latvia on 20 June 2003. The incumbent, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, was re-elected by the Saeima to serve a second four-year term with an overwhelming majority. Candidates CandidateVaira Vīķe-Freiberga Election process and results The 2003 presidential election is currently (as of 2019) the only election after the restoration of the independence of Latvia with only a single candidate fielded. Votes were cast by secret ballot, with each MP entering the voting room one by one. Vīķe-Freiberga received the necessary number of votes in the first round, receiving 88 votes, becoming the third president to be re-elected after Jānis Čakste and Guntis Ulmanis and having received the 2nd highest number of votes in the election since Čakste in the 1922 elections.http://www.saeima.lv/steno/2002_8/st_030620/st2006.htm Minutes of the session of the Saeima, 20 June 2003 saeima.lv live https://web.archive.org/web/20031006035436/http://www.saeima.lv:80/steno/2002_8/st_030620/st2006.htm 2003-10-06 2019-11-09 All members of parliament from the New Era Party, TB/LNNK, Union of Greens and Farmers, the Latvian First Party, People's Party and National Harmony Party, who had pledged support for the incumbent, took part in the vote. The fraction of the Socialist Party of Latvia had announced before that they will vote against the president, but the four deputies of For Human Rights in a United Latvia decided to be absent from the vote.https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/vairu-viki-freibergu-atkartoti-ievele-valsts-prezidenta-amata.d?id=5662967 Vairu Vīķi-Freibergu atkārtoti ievēlē Valsts prezidenta amatā LETA 2003-06-20 delfi.lv lv Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga is re-elected as president live https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110925/https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/vairu-viki-freibergu-atkartoti-ievele-valsts-prezidenta-amata.d?id=5662967 2020-11-08 2019-11-09 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga was sworn in on July 8, 2003.https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/prezidente-nodod-zverestu.d?id=5770035 Prezidente nodod zvērestu LETA 2003-07-08 delfi.lv lv The president delivers her oath of office live https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102914/https://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/prezidente-nodod-zverestu.d?id=5770035 2020-11-08 2019-11-09 CandidateForAgainstVaira Vīķe-Freiberga886 References 2003 Latvia Presidential election Latvian presidential election