2022 Latvian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Latvia on 1 October 2022, following the end of the term of the Saeima elected in 2018. The election may be held at an earlier date in the event of an early election motion.

2022 Latvian parliamentary election
On or before 1 October 2022
All 100 seats in the Saeima
51 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader Current seats
Harmony Jānis Urbanovičs[lower-alpha 1] 18
K Jānis Bordāns[lower-alpha 1] 16
AP! Daniels Pavļuts & Artūrs Toms Plešs[lower-alpha 1] 12
NA Raivis Dzintars[lower-alpha 1] 12
JV Krišjānis Kariņš[lower-alpha 1] 11
ZZS Edgars Tavars & Armands Krauze[lower-alpha 1] 11
R Sandis Ģirģens[lower-alpha 1] 2
KuK Aldis Gobzems[lower-alpha 1] 2
PCL Jurģis Miezainis[lower-alpha 1] 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš
Unity

Electoral system

The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 13 to 32 seats and based on the regions, with overseas votes included in the Riga constituency. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%. Voters may cast "specific votes" for candidates on the list that they have voted for. This involves drawing a plus sign (+) next to the candidate's names to indicate preference (positive votes), or by crossing out names to indicate dissaproval (negative votes). The number of votes for each candidate is the number of votes cast for the list, plus their number of positive votes, minus their number of negative votes. The candidates with the highest vote totals fill their party's seats.[1]

Parties

Lead candidates

Latvia First became the first major party to announce Ainārs Šlesers as its candidate for the position of Prime Minister on 14 August, during the founding congress of the party.[2]

Each of the member parties of the Union of Greens and Farmers will propose their own PM candidate to the party alliance board, which will then decide on the one candidate for the whole party alliance. The Latvian Farmers' Union has nominated MP Viktors Valainis as their candidate,[3] while the Green Party has kept its candidate secret.[4]

Overview

The table below lists parties currently represented in the 13th Saeima.

Name Ideology PM Candidate Leader(s) 2018 result Current seats
Votes (%) Seats
SPDS Harmony
Saskaņa		 Social democracy
Russian minority politics		 TBD Jānis Urbanovičs 19.8%
23 / 100
18 / 100
K The Conservatives
Konservatīvie		 Liberal conservatism TBD Jānis Bordāns 13.6%
16 / 100
16 / 100
AP! Development/For!
Attīstībai/Par!		 Liberalism TBD Daniels Pavļuts
Artūrs Toms Plešs		 12.0%
13 / 100
12 / 100
NA National Alliance
Nacionālā apvienība		 National conservatism
Right-wing populism		 TBD Raivis Dzintars 11.0%
13 / 100
12 / 100
JV New Unity
Jaunā Vienotība		 Liberal conservatism TBD Krišjānis Kariņš 6.7%
8 / 100
11 / 100
ZZS Union of Greens and Farmers
Zaļo un zemnieku savienība		 Agrarianism
Conservatism		 TBD Edgars Tavars
Armands Krauze		 9.9%
11 / 100
10 / 100
R Republic
Republika		 Centrism TBD Sandis Ģirģens did not exist
2 / 100
KuK For Each and Every One
Katram un katrai		 Right-wing populism TBD Aldis Gobzems did not exist
2 / 100
PCL For a Humane Latvia
Par cilvēcīgu Latviju		 Right-wing populism
Conservatism		 TBD Jurģis Miezainis 14.3%
16 / 100
1 / 100

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2022 Latvian parliamentary election
Graphical summary

Notes
  1. Party chair(s)

References
  1. Electoral system IPU
  2. "Šlesera partijas "Latvija pirmajā vietā" Valsts prezidenta amata kandidāte būs Jūlija Stepaņenko". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  3. "Valainim kļūšana par LZS biedru sāk nest augļus". neatkariga.nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  4. "Zaļā partija savu premjera amata kandidātu iecerējusi pagaidām paturēt noslēpumā". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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