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Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 5 June 2021.[1] This was the first election after the Saeima passed a municipal reform in 2020 that reduced the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 43 municipalities, including 11 state cities and added 5 new Latvian towns: Ādaži, Iecava, Ķekava, Koknese, and Mārupe.[2] In total, 645 councilors were elected to 40 municipal councils across the country.[3] The 60 seats in the Riga City Council is not up for election until 2025, as snap elections were held in August 2020.
On 28 May, following the decision of the Constitutional Court of Latvia that declared a part of the municipal reform about the inclusion of Varakļāni Municipality into the new Rēzekne Municipality unconstitutional, the Central Election Commission (CEC) cancelled elections in the municipalities of both Rēzekne and Madona.[4] The Saeima decided on 1 June to reverse the decision of the CEC and to move forward with the elections in Madona Municipality on 5 June as initially scheduled.[5]
All 645 councilors were elected using open-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. Seats are allocated using the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method. The number of councilors a given municipality were to elect was determined by the Central Election Commission based on the number of residents in that municipality.
Councilors | State Cities | Municipalities |
---|---|---|
13 | 50 000 residents or less | |
15 | more than 50 000 residents | 30 000 residents or less |
19 | more than 30 000 residents | |
23 | more than 60 000 residents |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 7,498 | 42.67 | 7 | +2 | |
Our Party | 2,506 | 14.26 | 3 | -1 | |
Latgale Party, For Latvia's Development | 2,351 | 13.38 | 2 | -4 | |
Daugavpils Municipality Party | 1,711 | 9.74 | 2 | New | |
Latvian Russian Union | 1,458 | 8.30 | 1 | +1 | |
Alternative | 721 | 4.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Union of Greens and Farmers | 512 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 | |
Christian Democratic Union | 404 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 | |
New Conservative Party | 227 | 1.29 | 0 | New | |
New Harmony | 184 | 1.05 | 0 | New | |
Total | 17,572 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 17,572 | 98.80 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 214 | 1.20 | |||
Total votes | 17,786 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 57,143 | 31.13 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Union of Greens and Farmers | 3,747 | 32.54 | 6 | -1 | |
New Unity | 1,574 | 13.67 | 2 | +1 | |
National Alliance | 1,450 | 12.59 | 2 | 0 | |
Movement For! | 1,205 | 10.46 | 2 | New | |
Latvian Russian Union | 946 | 8.21 | 1 | New | |
Latvian Association of Regions | 881 | 7.65 | 1 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 813 | 7.06 | 1 | -2 | |
New Conservative Party | 575 | 4.99 | 0 | New | |
Who Owns the State? | 220 | 1.91 | 0 | -1 | |
The Progressives | 105 | 0.91 | 0 | New | |
Total | 11,516 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 11,516 | 99.07 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 108 | 0.93 | |||
Total votes | 11,624 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 39,284 | 29.59 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Union of Greens and Farmers | 7,327 | 50.99 | 8 | +2 | |
National Alliance | 1,692 | 11.77 | 2 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 1,408 | 9.80 | 2 | -1 | |
For You, For Jūrmala | 1,351 | 9.40 | 2 | -1 | |
New Unity, Movement For! | 755 | 5.25 | 1 | +1 | |
The Progressives | 641 | 4.46 | 0 | 0 | |
For Latvia's Development | 304 | 2.12 | 0 | 0 | |
Jūrmala – Our Home | 215 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | |
Latvian Russian Union | 206 | 1.43 | 0 | New | |
New Conservative Party | 195 | 1.36 | 0 | -1 | |
Latvian Association of Regions | 116 | 0.81 | 0 | New | |
For Stability! | 100 | 0.70 | 0 | New | |
New Harmony | 60 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 14,370 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 14,370 | 99.13 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 126 | 0.87 | |||
Total votes | 14,496 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 36,748 | 39.45 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liepāja Party | 5,519 | 41.47 | 6 | 0 | |
Latvian Association of Regions | 4,143 | 31.13 | 5 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 1,583 | 11.90 | 2 | -2 | |
Movement For!, New Unity, The Progressives | 806 | 6.06 | 1 | New | |
National Alliance | 676 | 5.08 | 1 | +1 | |
New Conservative Party | 391 | 2.94 | 0 | 0 | |
Association Residents | 190 | 1.43 | 0 | New | |
Total | 13,308 | 100.00 | 15 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 13,308 | 99.22 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 105 | 0.78 | |||
Total votes | 13,413 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 46,506 | 28.84 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 4,387 | 63.94 | 8 | -1 | |
National Alliance, Latvian Green Party, New Unity, Latvian Association of Regions, Latgale Party | 1,338 | 19.50 | 3 | New | |
New Conservative Party | 633 | 9.23 | 1 | New | |
The Progressives | 390 | 5.68 | 1 | New | |
Association Residents | 113 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 6,861 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 6,861 | 98.66 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 93 | 1.34 | |||
Total votes | 6,954 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 22,273 | 31.22 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Latvia and Ventspils | 4,562 | 54.92 | 7 | -2 | |
New Unity, Latvian Association of Regions | 1,222 | 14.71 | 2 | -2 | |
For Latvia's Development | 988 | 11.90 | 2 | New | |
New Conservative Party | 614 | 7.39 | 1 | New | |
National Alliance | 551 | 6.63 | 1 | +1 | |
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 347 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 | |
Alternative | 22 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 8,306 | 100.00 | 13 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 8,306 | 98.82 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 99 | 1.18 | |||
Total votes | 8,405 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 23,460 | 35.83 | |||
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
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