Latvia 2006 parliamentary election
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.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party | 23 | +3 | 19.6 | +3.0 | 177,481 |
| Union of Greens and Farmerswith Latvian Green Party, Latvian Farmers' Union and For Latvia and Ventspils | 18 | +6 | 16.7 | +7.3 | 151,595 |
| New Era Party | 18 | −8 | 16.4 | −7.5 | 148,602 |
| Harmony | 17 | 14.4 | 130,887 | ||
| Latvia's First Party/Latvian Waywith Latvia's First Party and Latvian Way | 10 | 8.6 | 77,869 | ||
| For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 8 | +1 | 6.9 | +1.5 | 62,989 |
| For Human Rights in a United Latvia | 6 | −19 | 6.0 | −13.0 | 54,684 |
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | −0.5 | 31,728 |
| Social Democratic Welfare Party | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | +0.8 | 18,860 |
| All For Latvia! | 0 | 1.5 | 13,469 | ||
| Demokrāti.lv | 0 | 1.3 | 11,505 |
± 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. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
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 turnout is counted.
Votes and 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
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. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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