Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Latvia. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Latvia.| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Centre | 259,930 | 28.36% | +1.75% | 31 | +2 | |
| Zatlers' Reform Party | 190,853 | 20.82% | New | 22 | New | |
| Unity | 172,567 | 18.83% | −13.07% | 20 | −13 | |
| National Alliance | 127,208 | 13.88% | +6.05% | 14 | +6 | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 111,955 | 12.22% | –7.90% | 13 | –9 | |
| Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way | 22,131 | 2.41% | –5.40% | 0 | –8 | |
| For Human Rights in United Latvia | 7,109 | 0.78% | –0.69% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Last Party (Pēdējā partija) | 4,471 | 0.49% | –0.41% | 0 | ±0 | |
| For a Presidential Republic (Par prezidentālu republiku) | 2,881 | 0.31% | –0.44% | 0 | ±0 | |
| People's Control (Tautas kontrole) | 2,573 | 0.28% | –0.14% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 2,531 | 0.28% | –0.37% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Freedom. Free from Fear, Hate and Anger (Brīvība. Brīvs no bailēm, naida un dusmām) | 2,011 | 0.22% | New | 0 | New | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 1,994 | 0.22% | –0.15% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Invalid | 1,211 | |||||
| Total | 917,680 | 100% | 100 | |||
| Turnout: 59.49% Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
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