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
Chairman	Aivars Lembergs
Founded	10 March 1994; 31 years ago (1994-03-10)
Headquarters	Ventspils, Raiņa iela 4a, LV-3601
Ideology	Ventspils regionalism
National affiliation	Union of Greens and Farmers
Colours	Cyan   Yellow
Ventspils City Council	7 / 13
Saeima	2 / 100
Website
latvijaiunventspilij.lv
Politics of Latvia Political parties Elections

Election results

Ventspils local elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
1994	Aivars Lembergs	Unknown	100	New	11 / 11	New	1st	Full control
1997		Unknown	100		11 / 11		1st	Full control
2001		11,891	86,07	13,93	10 / 11	1	1st	Majority
2005		8,426	73,61	12,46	10 / 13		1st	Majority
2009		7,685	59,96	13,65	8 / 13	2	1st	Majority
2013		7,214	69,44	4,17	9 / 13	1	1st	Majority
2017		7,167	62,13	7,31	9 / 13		1st	Majority
2021		4,562	54,32	7,81	7 / 13	2	1st	Supported majority[a]
2025	Jānis Vītoliņš	4,355	47,15	7,17	7 / 13		1st	Majority

1. Although LuV won 7 seats in the 2021 election, only 6 mandates were active due to Aivars Lembergs being unable to assume office while imprisoned. Jānis Vītoliņš was elected mayor with the support of NA.

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
2006	Aivars Lembergs	151,595	16.81 (ZZS[a])	New	2 / 100	New	2nd	Coalition
2010		190,025	20.11 (ZZS[b])	3.30	3 / 100	1	3rd	Coalition
2011		111,957	12.33 (ZZS[c])	7.78	2 / 100	1	5th	Opposition
2014		178,210	19.66 (ZZS[d])	7.33	3 / 100	1	3rd	Coalition
2018		83,675	9.97 (ZZS[e])	9.69	2 / 100	1	6th	Opposition
2022		113,676	12.58 (ZZS[f])	2.61	2 / 100	0	2nd	Opposition (2022-2023)
								Coalition (2023-)

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
6. ZZS list won 16 seats - 11 to LZS - 2 to LuV - 2 to LSDSP - 1 independent

European Parliament elections

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2004[a]	Baiba Rivža	24,467	4.28 (#8)	0 / 9	New	–
2009[a]		29,463	3.79 (#10)	0 / 8	0
2014[b]	Andris Bērziņš	36,637	8.32 (#4)	0 / 8	0
2019[a]	Dana Reizniece-Ozola	25,252	5.37 (#6)	0 / 8	0
2024[a]	Harijs Rokpelnis	11,852	2.30 (#9)	0 / 9	0

1. The ZZS list didn't win any seat
2. The ZZS list won 1 seat, that went to LZS