Election in Latvia

Description of election in Latvia.......

Latvia elects on national level a legislature. The Saeima has 100 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation with a 5% threshold. An unmodified Sainte-Laguë method is used to allocate seats. 

The parliamentary elections are held on the first Saturday of October. Locally, Latvia elects municipal councils, consisting of 7 to 60 members, depending on the size of the municipality, also by proportional representation for a four year term.

Latvia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

A parliamentary election was held on 17 September 2011.

    
Population (as of July 1, 2013)=2,178,443

Registered Voters (as of )   

Elections in our database=10
   
Average Turnout=63.83%

Election For    Date                 Votes              Registered    Turn   
                                                                       Voters           Out
Parliament       2014-10-04       -         -                               -   
Referendum     2012-02-18      1,098,593     1,544,920     71.11%
Parliament       2011-09-17      917,680         1,542,193     59.5%
Referendum     2011-07-23      689,823        1,542,193     44.73%
Parliament       2010-10-02      944,841        1,514,936     62.37%
Parliament       2006-10-07      907,460        1,388,875     65.34%
Referendum     2003-09-20     1,010,467      1,388,875     72.75%
President         2003-06-20      -                    1,395,287      -
Parliament       2002-10-05      -                    1,341,192     -
Parliament       1998-10-03      982,400        1,383,661     71.0%