Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia
The Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia was elected in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election held on 6 October 2018. The Saeima's term commenced on 6 November 2018 and will end on 1 November 2022.
| Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia | |||||
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 Parliamentary groups of the 13th Saeima as of June 2021 | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Saeima | ||||
| Jurisdiction |  Latvia | ||||
| Term | 6 November 2018— 1 November 2022 | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Members | 100 | ||||
| Speaker | Ināra Mūrniece (NA) | ||||
| Vice-Speakers | Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla (JKP) Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (JV) | ||||
Elections
The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies (Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga (in which overseas votes are counted), Vidzeme and Zemgale) between 12 and 35 seats in size. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%.[1]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | ||
| Harmony | 167,117 | 19.80 | 23 | –1 | ||
| Who Owns the State? | 120,264 | 14.25 | 16 | New | ||
| New Conservative Party | 114,694 | 13.59 | 16 | +16 | ||
| Development/For! | 101,685 | 12.04 | 13 | +13 | ||
| National Alliance | 92,963 | 11.01 | 13 | –4 | ||
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 83,675 | 9.91 | 11 | –10 | ||
| New Unity | 56,542 | 6.69 | 8 | –15 | ||
| Latvian Association of Regions | 35,018 | 4.14 | 0 | –8 | ||
| Latvian Russian Union | 27,014 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| The Progressives | 22,078 | 2.61 | 0 | New | ||
| For Latvia from the Heart | 7,114 | 0.84 | 0 | –7 | ||
| Latvian Nationalists | 4,245 | 0.50 | 0 | New | ||
| For an Alternative | 2,900 | 0.34 | 0 | New | ||
| SKG Union (LSDSP–KDS–GKL) | 1,735 | 0.20 | 0 | New | ||
| Eurosceptic Action Party | 1,059 | 0.12 | 0 | New | ||
| Latvian Centrist Party | 897 | 0.10 | 0 | New | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,925 | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 844,925 | 100 | 100 | 0 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,548,100 | 54.58 | – | – | ||
| Source: CVK | ||||||
Composition
Parliamentary groups
After the elections, the parliamentary groups were formed in the Saeima on the party lines, with the exception of MP Julija Stepanenko, who was elected from the Harmony list but didn't join the party's parliamentary group.[2]
| Party | Party leader | Group leader | Elected seats |
Current seats |
Change |
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| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" Group | Jānis Urbanovičs | 22 | 18 |  4 | |
| New Conservatives' Group | Jānis Bordāns | Juris Jurašs | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| The Independent Group | Jurģis Miezainis | Aldis Gobzems | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| "Development/For!" Group | Daniels Pavļuts Artūrs Toms Plešs |
Jūris Pūce | 13 | 13 |  |
| National Alliance Group | Raivis Dzintars | 13 | 11 | 2 | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers Group | Edgars Tavars Armands Krauze |
Uldis Augulis | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| New Unity Group | Krišjānis Kariņš | Ainars Latkovskis | 8 | 8 | |
| Unaffiliated Members' Group | 1 | 23 |  22 | ||
Members
123 members have served in the Thirteenth Saeima.[5]
References
- Electoral system IPU
- "Deputāte Jūlija Stepaņenko atklāj, kādēļ nestrādās "Saskaņas" frakcijā" [MP Julija Stepanenko announces why she won't work in the "Harmony" parliamentary group]. Jauns.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-06-22.
- "Elected MPs". Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Parliamentary groups" (in Latvian). Saeima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- "Members of Saeima since 1990". Saeima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.