- 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 formcoalition government s.:"Ways to browse Wikipedia for political parties are by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals and through the category system: especially by and ."
The parties
Parties in the 9-th Saeima (elected 2006)
Factions represented in the Parliament of Latvia (as of December
2006 )*
New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks) or JL
*People's Party (Tautas Partija) or TP
*Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība or ZZS (Union of Greens and Farmers) an alliance consisting of
**Latvian Farmers' Union (Latvijas Zemnieku Savienība) or LZS
**Latvian Green Party (Latvijas Zaļā Partija) or LZP and including deputies from
**For Latvia and Ventspils
*LPP/LC party
*For Fatherland and Freedom (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK) or TB/LNNK
*For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā) or PCTVL
*Harmony Centre (Saskaņas Centrs) or SC an alliance consisting of
**New Centre (Jaunais Centrs) or JC
**National Harmony Party (Tautas Saskaņas Partija), formerly part of PCTVL
**Latvian Socialist Party (Latvijas Sociālistiskā Partija), formerly part of PCTVL
**Daugavpils City Party or DPPParties not in Saeima
Parties which participated in
2006 parliamentary elections but did not win any seats in the parliament.* Christian-Democratic Union or KDS
*Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija) or LSDSP
*Social Democratic Union (Sociāldemokrātu Savienība) or SDS
* For Motherland (Par Dzimteni)
* Mara Land (Māras Zeme)
* Our Land (Mūsu Zeme)
*National Power Unity (Nacionālā Spēka Savienība) or NSS
*Fatherland's Union (Tēvzemes Savienība)
* New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti)
*All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai)Parties formed after
2006 parliamentary elections*
People of Latgale (Latgales tauta)ee also
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Liberalism in Latvia External links
* [http://reitingi.blogspot.com Ratings of Latvia's political parties]
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