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Elections in Latvia gives information on election and election results 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.
[edit] 2006 Parliamentary electionMain article: Latvian parliamentary election, 2006
[edit] Past elections and referendums
Past elections: • Saeima (parliament): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2006 • Local/municipal: 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009 • Europarliament: 2004 (9 seats), 2009 (8 seats + 1 in case of Lisbon treaty coming into force) • Referenda: 1998 (citizenship); 1999 (pensions); 2003 (EU); 2007 (national security law); 2008 (pensions) • Presidential: 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 Upcoming elections: • Saeima: First Saturday in October, 2010 [edit] See also[edit] External links
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