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Saeima
Type
Type	unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Gundars Daudze, Union of Greens and Farmers; since 2007
Structure
Members	100
Meeting place
	Riga
Website
	http://www.saeima.lv

Not to be confused with Sejm or Seimas.

Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political 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 is Gundars Daudze (Union of Greens and Farmers) since 2007.^[1]^[2]

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.

e • d **Summary of the 7 October 2006 Latvian Saeima election results**
Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	Seats	Change
People's Party (Tautas partija)	177, 481	19.56	23	+3
Union of Greens and Farmers (Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība)	151, 595	16.71	18	+6
New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks)	148, 602	16.38	18	-8
Harmony Centre (Saskaņas centrs) Harmony Centre (Saskaņas centrs) Latvian Socialist Party (Latvijas Sociālistiskā Partija)	130, 887	14.42	17	+17
Coalition of Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirmā Partija) and Latvian Way (Latvijas Ceļš)	77, 869	8.58	10	+/-0
For Fatherland and Freedom (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK)	62, 989	6.94	8	+1
For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā)	54, 684	6.03	6	-19
Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija)	31, 728	3.5	0
Motherland (Dzimtene)	18, 860	2.08	0
All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!)	13, 469	1.48	0
New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti)	11, 505	1.27	0
Total	901,173	100.0	100

[edit] See also

Deputies of the Saeima

[edit] References

^ "Latvijas Republikas Saeimas priekšsēdētājs" (in Latvian). Latvijas Republikas Saeima. http://www.saeima.lv/pages/Emsis/main.jsp. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
^ "Presidium of the Saeima". Latvijas Republikas Saeima. http://www.saeima.lv/deputati_eng/1deputati_prezidijs.html. Retrieved 2007-07-30.

[edit] External links

[0] "Latvijas Republikas Saeimas priekšsēdētājs" (in Latvian). Latvijas Republikas Saeima. http://www.saeima.lv/pages/Emsis/main.jsp. Retrieved 2007-07-30.

[1] "Presidium of the Saeima". Latvijas Republikas Saeima. http://www.saeima.lv/deputati_eng/1deputati_prezidijs.html. Retrieved 2007-07-30.

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