- Saeima
Infobox Parliament
name = Saeima
coa_pic =
coa-pic =
session_room = Saeima.jpg
house_type = unicameral
leader1_type = Speaker
leader1 =Gundars Daudze
party1 =Union of Greens and Farmers
election1 = 2007
members = 100
p_groups = People's PartyUnion of Greens and Farmers New Era Party Harmony Centre Latvia's First Party /Latvian Way For Fatherland and Freedom For Human Rights in United Latvia
election3 =7 October 2006
meeting_place =Riga
website = http://www.saeima.lvSaeima is the
parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is aunicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected byproportional representation , with seats allocated topolitical parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are held once every four years, on the first Saturday of October. The most recent elections were held in October 2006.The current
Speaker of the Saeima isGundars Daudze (Union of Greens and Farmers ) since 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.saeima.lv/pages/Emsis/main.jsp|title=Latvijas Republikas Saeimas priekšsēdētājs|language=Latvian|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=Latvijas Republikas Saeima] [cite web|url=http://www.saeima.lv/deputati_eng/1deputati_prezidijs.html|title=Presidium of the Saeima|accessdate=2007-07-30|publisher=Latvijas Republikas Saeima]The
President of Latvia can dismiss the Saeima and request early elections. The procedure for dismissing it involves substantial political risk to the president, including a risk of loss of office, and no president of Latvia has ever attempted to dismiss the Saeima.Speakers of the Saeima (1922-1934)
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Fridrihs Vesmanis 1922 -March 17 ,1925
*Paul Kalnins March 20 ,1925 - 1934Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1993)
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Anatolijs Gorbunovs May 3 ,1990 -July 6 ,1993 peakers of the Saeima (after 1993)
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Anatolijs Gorbunovs July 6 ,1993 -November 7 ,1995
*Ilga Kreituse November 7 ,1995 -September 26 ,1996
*Alfreds Cepanis September 26 ,1996 -November 3 ,1998
*Janis Straume November 3 ,1998 -November 5 ,2002
*Ingrida Udre November 5 ,2002 -November 7 ,2006
*Indulis Emsis November 7 ,2006 -September 24 ,2007
*Gundars Daudze September 24 ,2007 - Presentelectiontable|Latvian parliamentary election, 2006"'Summary of the 7 October 2006 LatvianSaeima election results
-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties and coalitions!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Change
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align=left| People's Party ("Tautas partija")
align="right"| 177, 481
align="right"| 19.56
align="right"| 23
align="right"| +3
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align=left|Union of Greens and Farmers ("Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība")
align="right" valign=top| 151, 595
align="right" valign=top| 16.71
align="right" valign=top| 18
align="right" valign=top| +6
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align=left|New Era Party ("Jaunais Laiks")
align="right" valign=top| 148, 602
align="right" valign=top| 16.38
align="right" valign=top| 18
align="right" valign=top| -8
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align=left|Harmony Centre ("Saskaņas centrs")
*Harmony Centre ("Saskaņas centrs")
*Latvian Socialist Party ("Latvijas Sociālistiskā Partija")
align="right" valign=top| 130, 887
align="right" valign=top| 14.42
align="right" valign=top| 17
align="right" valign=top| +17
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align=left| Coalition ofLatvia's First Party ("Latvijas Pirmā Partija") andLatvian Way ("Latvijas Ceļš")
align="right" valign=top| 77, 869
align="right" valign=top| 8.58
align="right" valign=top| 10
align="right" valign=top| +/-0
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align=left|For Fatherland and Freedom ("Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK")
align="right"| 62, 989
align="right"| 6.94
align="right"| 8
align="right"| +1
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align=left|For Human Rights in United Latvia ("Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā")
align="right"| 54, 684
align="right"| 6.03
align="right"| 6
align="right"| -19
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align=left|Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party ("Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija")
align="right"| 31, 728
align="right"| 3.5
align="right"| 0
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align=left|Motherland ("Dzimtene")
align="right"| 18, 860
align="right" |2.08
align="right" |0
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align=left| All For Latvia! ("Visu Latvijai!")
align="right"| 13, 469
align="right" |1.48
align="right" |0
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align=left|New Democrats ("Jaunie Demokrāti")
align="right"| 11, 505
align="right" |1.27
align="right" |0
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align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total
width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|901,173
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100
width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"References
External links
* [http://www.saeima.lv/index_eng.html Latvijas Republikas Saeima]
* [http://web.cvk.lv/pub/public/28333.html Central Election Commission of Latvia]
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