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Latvia 1995 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1995 parliamentary election in Latvia?

"Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" won 18 of 100 seats with 15.2% of the vote. 72.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Latvia
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" won 18 of 100 seats with 15.2% of the vote; 72.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 18.5 points on 1993.

  • "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" 18 15.2%
  • People's Movement for Latvia -- Siegerist Party 16 14.9%
  • Latvian Way 17 −19 seats 14.7% −17.8 points
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 14 +8 seats 11.9% +6.6 points
  • Latvian Unity Party 8 7.2%
  • Christian Democratic Union 8 +2 seats 6.4% +1.4 points
  • Latvian National Independence Movement 8 −7 seats 6.3% −7.0 points
  • Socialist Party of Latvia 5 5.6%
  • National Harmony Party 6 −7 seats 5.5% −6.5 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Latvia 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

51 of 100 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 15.2%

    Share of the vote won by "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks"""

    "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" won 18 of 100 seats. A majority needs 51.

  2. +8 seats

    Seats gained by For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1993. Latvian Way lost 19 seats.

  3. 72.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 18.5 points on 1993.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
"Democratic Party ""Saimnieks"""1815.2144,758
People's Movement for Latvia -- Siegerist Party1614.9142,324
Latvian Way17−1914.7−17.8139,929
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK14+811.9+6.6114,050
Latvian Unity Party87.268,305
Christian Democratic Unionwith Latvian Farmers' Union8+26.4+1.460,498
Latvian National Independence Movementwith Latvian Green Party8−76.3−7.060,352
Socialist Party of Latviawith Equal Rights55.653,325
National Harmony Party6−75.5−6.553,041
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party04.643,599
Political Union of Economists01.514,209
Union of Latvian Farmers01.413,009
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Latvia's Party of Russian Citizens001.3+0.111,924
Popular Front of Latvia001.2−1.511,090
Political Association of the Underprivileged and Latvian Independence Party01.09,468

± is the change against the Latvia 1993 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" 144,758
  • People's Movement for Latvia -- Siegerist Party 142,324
  • Latvian Way 139,929
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 114,050
  • Latvian Unity Party 68,305
  • Christian Democratic Union 60,498
  • Latvian National Independence Movement 60,352
  • Socialist Party of Latvia 53,325
  • National Harmony Party 53,041
  • Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 43,599
  • Political Union of Economists 14,209
  • Union of Latvian Farmers 13,009
  • Latvia's Party of Russian Citizens 11,924
  • Popular Front of Latvia 11,090
  • Political Association of the Underprivileged and Latvian Independence Party 9,468

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

72.6% of the 1,328,779 registered voters cast a ballot (965,339 ballots), down 18.5 points on 1993. 951,007 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks"""15.2% of votes18.0% of seats
  • Latvian Way14.7% of votes17.0% of seats
  • People's Movement for Latvia -- Siegerist Party14.9% of votes16.0% of seats
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK11.9% of votes14.0% of seats
  • Latvian Unity Party7.2% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Union6.4% of votes8.0% of seats
  • Latvian National Independence Movement6.3% of votes8.0% of seats
  • National Harmony Party5.5% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Socialist Party of Latvia5.6% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party4.6% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 9.7 by votes and 7.6 by seats; "Democratic Party ""Saimnieks""" led People's Movement for Latvia -- Siegerist Party by 0.2 points of the vote.

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