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Latvia 2006 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2006 parliamentary election in Latvia?

People's Party won 23 of 100 seats with 19.6% of the vote. 61.0% 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 : People's Party won 23 of 100 seats with 19.6% of the vote; 61.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 10.5 points on 2002.

  • People's Party 23 +3 seats 19.6% +3.0 points
  • Union of Greens and Farmers 18 +6 seats 16.7% +7.3 points
  • New Era Party 18 −8 seats 16.4% −7.5 points
  • Harmony 17 14.4%
  • Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way 10 8.6%
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 8 +1 seat 6.9% +1.5 points
  • For Human Rights in a United Latvia 6 −19 seats 6.0% −13.0 points
  • Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 0 0 seats 3.5% −0.5 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 2002 parliamentary election, party by party.

51 of 100 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 19.6%

    Share of the vote won by People's Party

    People's Party won 23 of 100 seats. A majority needs 51.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2002. For Human Rights in a United Latvia lost 19 seats.

  3. 61.0%

    Voter turnout

    Down 10.5 points on 2002.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
People's Party23+319.6+3.0177,481
Union of Greens and Farmerswith Latvian Green Party, Latvian Farmers' Union and For Latvia and Ventspils18+616.7+7.3151,595
New Era Party18−816.4−7.5148,602
Harmony1714.4130,887
Latvia's First Party/Latvian Waywith Latvia's First Party and Latvian Way108.677,869
For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK8+16.9+1.562,989
For Human Rights in a United Latvia6−196.0−13.054,684
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party003.5−0.531,728
Social Democratic Welfare Party002.1+0.818,860
All For Latvia!01.513,469
Demokrāti.lv01.311,505

± is the change against the Latvia 2002 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • People's Party 177,481
  • Union of Greens and Farmers 151,595
  • New Era Party 148,602
  • Harmony 130,887
  • Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way 77,869
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK 62,989
  • For Human Rights in a United Latvia 54,684
  • Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party 31,728
  • Social Democratic Welfare Party 18,860
  • All For Latvia! 13,469
  • Demokrāti.lv 11,505

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?

61.0% of the 1,490,636 registered voters cast a ballot (908,979 ballots), down 10.5 points on 2002. 901,665 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1993.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • People's Party19.6% of votes23.0% of seats
  • Union of Greens and Farmers16.7% of votes18.0% of seats
  • New Era Party16.4% of votes18.0% of seats
  • Harmony14.4% of votes17.0% of seats
  • Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way8.6% of votes10.0% of seats
  • For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK6.9% of votes8.0% of seats
  • For Human Rights in a United Latvia6.0% of votes6.0% of seats
  • Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Welfare Party2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.6 by votes and 6.0 by seats; People's Party led Union of Greens and Farmers by 2.9 points of the vote.

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