List of political parties in Latvia

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(s)	Ideology	MPs	MEPs	Notes
	Harmony Saskaņa	SDPS	Jānis Urbanovičs	Centre-left: Social democracy, Russian minority politics	19	2
	For a Humane Latvia Par cilvēcīgu Latviju	PCL	Rolands Millers	Right-wing: Populism, Euroscepticism, Conservatism	10	0
	New Conservative Party Jaunā konservatīvā partija	JKP	Jānis Bordāns	Centre-right to right-wing: Conservatism, anti-corruption, pro-Europeanism	15	0
	Development/For! Attīstībai/Par!	AP!	Daniels Pavļuts Juris Pūce	Centre: Social liberalism, classical liberalism, pro-Europeanism, pro-LGBT	13	1	Electoral alliance: LA, Par!, I
	National Alliance Nacionālā apvienība	NA	Gaidis Bērziņš and Raivis Dzintars	Right-wing to Far-right: National conservatism, economic liberalism	12	2
	Union of Greens and Farmers Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība	ZZS	Augusts Brigmanis	Centre: Agrarianism, green politics	10	0	Electoral alliance: LZS, LZP
	Unity Vienotība	V	Arvils Ašeradens	Centre-right: Liberal conservatism	7	2
	Latvian Russian Union Latvijas Krievu savienība	LKS	Tatjana Ždanoka, Yakov Pliner, and Miroslav Mitrofanov	Economics: Centre-left, Social: Centre-right to right-wing: Russian minority politics[1] Russophilia[2][3] Direct democracy Social conservatism	0	1

Minor and regional parties

• Centre Party (Centra partija)[4]
• Christian Democratic Union (Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība, KDS)
• Eurosceptic Action Party (Eiroskeptiķu Rīcības partija)
• Growth (Izaugsme) – part of Development/For!
• Heritage of the Fatherland (Tēvzemes mantojums, TM)
• For an Alternative (Par Alternatīvu)
• For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvijai un Ventspilij) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers
• For Latvia from the Heart (No sirds Latvijai, NSL)
• Latgale Party (Latgales partija)
• Latvian Association of Regions (Latvijas Reģionu apvienība, LRA)
• Latvian Nationalists (Latviešu Nacionālisti)
• Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija, LSDSP)
• Liepāja Party (Liepājas partija) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers
• The Progressives (PROGRESĪVIE, P)
• Honor to serve Riga (Gods kalpot Rīgai, GKR)
• Honor to Serve Our Latvia (Gods kalpot mūsu Latvijai, GKML)
• Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija, LSP)
• United for Latvia (Vienoti Latvijai, VL)

Defunct parties

• All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!, VL) (2006-2011)[5]
• Civic Union (Pilsoniskā Savienība, PS)
• Communist Party of Latvia (Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija, LKP) – banned in 1991
• Democratic Center Party (Demokrātiskā Centra Partija, DCP)
• Daugavpils City Party (Daugavpils Pilsētas Partija, DPP)
• Democratic Party "Saimnieks" (Demokrātiskā Partija "Saimnieks", DPS)
• Equal Rights (Līdztiesība)
• For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK, TB/LNNK)
• For the Native Language! (Par Dzimto Valodu!)
• Free Choice in a People's Europe (Brīvā izvēle tautu Eiropā, BITE)
• Workers' Party (Darba Partija, DP)
• Latvian Social Democratic Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija, LSDP)
• Latvian National Independence Movement (Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība, LNNK)
• Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirmā Partija, LPP)
• Latvian Way (Latvijas Ceļš)
• National Harmony Party (Tautas Saskaņas Partija, TSP)
• New Centre (Jaunais Centrs, JC)
• New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks, JL)
• New Party (Jaunā Partija, JP)
• Our Land (Mūsu Zeme)
• People's Party (Tautas Partija, TP)[6]
• People of Latgale (Latgales Tauta, LT)[7]
• Popular Front of Latvia (Latvijas Tautas Fronte, LTF)
• Popular Movement for Latvia (Tautas Kustība Latvijai, TKL)
• Social Democratic Party (Sociāldemokrātiskā partija, SDS)
• Society for Political Change (Sabiedrība Citai Politikai, SCP)
• Reform Party (Reformu partija, RP) (2011-2015)[8]

See also

• Liberalism in Latvia
• Politics of Latvia
• List of political parties by country

References

1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
2. "Программа партии Русский союз Латвии на выборах 13-го Сейма". Русский союз Латвии (in Russian). 24 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
3. "Security Police detain pro-Russia activist". LSM. 9 May 2018.
4. "Legal entity". Uzņēmumu reģistra tīmekļvietne. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
5. "Latvian political parties undergo major upheaval". The Baltic Times. July 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
6. "People's Party, Skele, ride off into the sunset". The Baltic Times. July 13, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
7. "KNAB izbeidz partijas "Latgales tauta" darbību". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
8. "Latvian Reform Party to be liquidated". The Baltic Course. March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2016.

External links

• List of political parties and alliances (Register of Enterprises of the Republic of Latvia)/