For Latvia and Ventspils

For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian: Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils.[1][2] It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021.[3] In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze,[4] and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.[5]

For Latvia and Ventspils
Latvijai un Ventspilij
ChairmanAivars Lembergs
Founded10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)
HeadquartersVentspils, Raiņa iela 4a, LV-3601
IdeologyVentspils regionalism
National affiliationUnion of Greens and Farmers
Colours
  •   Cyan
  •   Yellow
Ventspils City Council
7 / 13
Saeima
2 / 100
Website
latvijaiunventspilij.lv

Electoral results

Ventspils local elections
Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
1994 Aivars Lembergs 100 New
11 / 11
 New 1st Full control
1997 100
11 / 11
 1st Full control
2001 86,07 13,93
10 / 11
 1 1st Majority
2005 73,61 12,46
10 / 13
 1st Majority
2009 59,96 13,65
8 / 13
 2 1st Majority
2013 69,44 4,17
9 / 13
 1 1st Majority
2017 62,13 7,31
9 / 13
 1st Majority
2021 54,32 7,81
7 / 13
 2 1st Coalition

Legislative elections
Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2006 Aivars Lembergs 151,595 16.81
(ZZS[lower-alpha 1])		 New
2 / 100
 New 2nd Coalition
2010 190,025 20.11
(ZZS[lower-alpha 2])		 3.30
3 / 100
 1 3rd Coalition
2011 111,957 12.33
(ZZS[lower-alpha 3])		 7.78
2 / 100
 1 5th Opposition
2014 178,210 19.66
(ZZS[lower-alpha 4])		 7.33
3 / 100
 1 3rd Coalition
2018 83,675 9.97
(ZZS[lower-alpha 5])		 9.69
2 / 100
 1 6th Opposition
  1. ZZS list won 18 seats - 12 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV
  2. ZZS list won 22 seats - 13 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
  3. ZZS list won 13 seats - 5 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
  4. ZZS list won 21 seats - 11 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
  5. ZZS list won 11 seats - 5 to LZS - 1 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 3 to LP

References
  1. "For Latvia and Ventspils party to assess possibilities to nominate Lembergs for mayor". www.baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  3. "Local government". Ventspils City Council. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. "Par partiju (in Latvian)". Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. "Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate". BNN. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.


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