People's Servants for Latvia

People's Servants for Latvia (Latvian: Tautas kalpi Latvijai, TKL), initially Motherland (Latvian: Dzimtene), is a populist party in Latvia, founded in 2004. Its chairman was Viktors Kalnbērzs and its membership included currency exchange businessman Juris Žuravļovs.

People's Servants for Latvia
Tautas kalpi Latvijai
AbbreviationTKL
LeaderAivars Smans
FounderJuris Žuravļovs
Founded8 March 2004 (2004-03-08) (Motherland)
27 March 2009 (2009-03-27) (For the Motherland!)
22 February 2018 (2018-02-22) (For Alternative)
12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) (New Harmony)
HeadquartersRiga
IdeologyPopulism
Anti-lockdown
Colours  Maroon
  White
Saeima
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European Parliament
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Website
https://www.tautaskalpi.lv/

History

The founding parties were the Social Democratic Welfare Party led by Žuravļovs, "For Freedom, Social Justice and Equal Rights" (Russian abbreviation "ЗаСССР", meaning "For USSR") and the Latvian Youth Party of Jānis Kuzins. From 2005 Motherland was represented on the Riga City Council, being elected in a coalition with the Socialist Party of Latvia. In the 2006 parliamentary election Motherland got 2.08% and failed to gain representation in the Saeima. The coalition was dissolved in 2008.[1]

The coalition was succeeded by the For the Motherland! (Latvian: Par Dzimteni!) party. Alīna Ļebedeva unsuccessfully stood as a candidate from the party in the 2009 European Parliament election.[2] From 2012 to 2018 the party name was VSK For an Independent Latvia! (Latvian: VSK "Par neatkarīgu Latviju!").[3]

For the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election, the party was refounded by Žuravļovs and Kuzins in April 2018 as SDK Dzimtene as a member of the For Alternative (Latvian: Par Alternatīvu) alliance and advocated for the introduction of a syndicalist economy in Latvia.[4]

Before the 2019 European Parliament election the alliance renamed in March 2019, this time to New Harmony, taking inspiration from election competitors SDP Harmony and New Unity.[5] SDK Dzimtene was renamed Par Jaunu Saskaņu (For a New Harmony) in March 2020.[6]

In June 2022 the party leadership was taken over by the activists of the association People's Servants, a group founded during the COVID-19 pandemic to oppose restrictions. The leader of the group, Aivars Smans, became the new chairman of the party that was subsequently renamed People's Servants for Latvia.[7]

Election results

Legislative elections
Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes  % ± pp Seats +/–
2006 Juris Žuravļovs 18,860 2.09 New
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 New 9th Extra-parliamentary
2010 Did not participate Extra-parliamentary
2011 Did not participate Extra-parliamentary
2014 Did not participate Extra-parliamentary
2018 2,900 0.35 Decrease 1.74
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 Steady 0 Decrease 13th Extra-parliamentary
2022 Aivars Smans 9,176 1.02 Increase 0.67
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 Steady 0 Decrease 16th Extra-parliamentary

References
  1. "Uzņēmumu Reģistrs: Politisko partiju reģistrs". Archived from the original on 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  2. "Prince Charles' floral assailent [sic] to run for EP". baltictimes.com. TBT / BNS. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. LURSOFT (2020-12-25). "Par Jaunu Saskaņu, 40008077593, Previous names". Lursoft. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  4. "Jaunā Saskaņa, 40008277542 - company data". Lursoft. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  5. LURSOFT (2020-12-25). "Jaunā Saskaņa, 40008277542, Iepriekšējie nosaukumi". Lursoft (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  6. "TAUTAS KALPI LATVIJAI, 40008077593, Previous names". Lursoft. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  7. "Partiju pārņemšana neilgi pirms vēlēšanām – šovasar diezgan populāra metode" [Taking over parties shortly before the elections is quite a popular method this summer]. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.


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