List of political parties in Latvia

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

The parties

Major parties

Parties represented in the Saeima or the European Parliament.

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology MPs MEPs Notes
Harmony
Saskaņa		 SDPS Nils Ušakovs Left-wing: Social democracy, Russian minority politics 24 1
Unity
Vienotība		 V Andris Piebalgs Centre-right: Liberal conservatism, social liberalism 23 4
Union of Greens and Farmers
Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība		 ZZS Augusts Brigmanis Centre: Agrarianism, green politics 21 1 Electoral alliance:
LZS, LZP
National Alliance
Nacionālā apvienība		 NA Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars Right-wing: National conservatism, economic liberalism 17 1
Latvian Association of Regions
Latvijas Reģionu apvienība		 LRA Mārtiņš Bondars Centre 7 0
For Latvia from the Heart
No sirds Latvijai		 NSL Inguna Sudraba Right-wing: Populism 7 0
Who owns the state?
Kam pieder valsts?		 KPV Artuss Kaimiņš Right-wing: Populism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism 1 0
Latvian Russian Union
Latvijas Krievu savienība		 LKS Tatjana Ždanoka, Jakovs Pliners, and Miroslavs Mitrofanovs Left-wing: Russian minority politics, democratic socialism 0 1

Minor parties

Defunct parties

See also

References

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