Saturday’s Latvian parliamentary election was a success for the centre-left coalition, the Harmony Centre, which became the largest parliamentary group with 32 of the 100 seats in the Saeima.
Harmony Centre is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party Harmony (SDPS) and the Socialist Party (LSP) and has in particular its support in the Russian-speaking minority. Despite the electoral success, it is unlikely that they will get seats in the government.
13 parties participated in the elections and five passed the five percent threshold:
| Party | Election results |
| Harmony Centre | 28.43% |
| Zatlers’ Reform Party | 20.73% |
| Unity | 18.75% |
| National Alliance | 13.79% |
| Union of Greens & Farmers | 12.12% |
Latvian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (LSDSP), the Latvian member party of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists, has not had representation in the national parliament since 2002.
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Good news – but it stills seems likely that the right wing parties will form a government coalition. Would be great to receive further updates on this!