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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-11th_Saeima" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#11th_Saeima"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>11th Saeima</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-11th_Saeima-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-12th_Saeima" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#12th_Saeima"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>12th Saeima</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-12th_Saeima-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-13th_Saeima" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#13th_Saeima"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>13th Saeima</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-13th_Saeima-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-14th_Saeima" class="vector-toc-list-item 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7" title="السايما – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="السايما" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latviya_Seymi" title="Latviya Seymi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Latviya Seymi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%96" title="Сейм Латвіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Сейм Латвіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%96" title="Сойм Латвіі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Сойм Латвіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC_(%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Сейм (Латвия) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сейм (Латвия)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seim_(L%C3%A4ti)" title="Seim (Läti) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Seim (Läti)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BC%CE%AC" title="Σαϊμά – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαϊμά" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7" title="سایما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سایما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%EB%A7%88" title="사에이마 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사에이마" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%AD%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B0%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Լատվիայի խորհրդարան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լատվիայի խորհրդարան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94" title="סאימה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סאימה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="ლატვიის სეიმი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლატვიის სეიმი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC_(%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8)" title="Сейм (Латви) – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Сейм (Латви)" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E" title="サエイマ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="サエイマ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejm_(%C5%81otwa)" title="Sejm (Łotwa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sejm (Łotwa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seimul_Letoniei" title="Seimul Letoniei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Seimul Letoniei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Сейм Латвии – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сейм Латвии" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeima" title="Saeima – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Saeima" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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location"><span class="latitude">56°57′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">24°06′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">56.95111°N 24.10500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">56.95111; 24.10500</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Parliament of Latvia</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Saeima_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Saeima_logo.svg/170px-Saeima_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Saeima_logo.svg/255px-Saeima_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Saeima_logo.svg/340px-Saeima_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="545" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">Unicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">7 November 1922<span class="noprint">; 102 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1922-11-07</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_Latvian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1934 Latvian coup d'état">1934–1940</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">1940–1991</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Assembly_of_Latvia" title="Constitutional Assembly of Latvia">Constitutional Assembly of Latvia</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Saeima" title="Speaker of the Saeima">Speaker</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Daiga_Mieri%C5%86a" title="Daiga Mieriņa">Daiga Mieriņa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers">Union of Greens and Farmers</a> <br />since 20 September 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">100</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition (parliamentary)">Opposition</a> (47)</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFAC01; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_List_(Latvia)" title="United List (Latvia)">AS</a> (14)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#932330; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)">NA</a> (12)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F08418; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/For_Stability!" title="For Stability!">ST!</a> (10)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#A8343C; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Latvia_First" title="Latvia First">LPV</a> (8)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind.</a> (3)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committees</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; font-weight: normal;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap;"><div>16</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Foreign Affairs </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Budget and Finance (Taxation) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Legal Affairs </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Human Rights and Public Affairs </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Education, Culture and Science </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption Prevention </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Public Administration and Local Government </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Social and Employment Matters </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Mandate, Ethics and Submissions </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Parliamentary Inquiry </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Public Expenditure and Audit </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> National Security </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Citizenship, Migration and Social Cohesion </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> European Affairs </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Sustainable Development </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Open_list" title="Open list">Open list</a> <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> with a 5% <a href="/wiki/Electoral_threshold" title="Electoral threshold">electoral threshold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1922_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="1922 Latvian parliamentary election">7 and 8 October 1922</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="2022 Latvian parliamentary election">1 October 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Next_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="Next Latvian parliamentary election">By 3 October 2026</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg/220px-Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg/330px-Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg/440px-Saeimas_s%C4%93%C5%BEu_z%C4%81le.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/House_of_the_Livonian_Noble_Corporation" title="House of the Livonian Noble Corporation">House of the Livonian Noble Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.saeima.lv">www<wbr />.saeima<wbr />.lv</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Saeima</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Latvian pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="lv-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Latvian" title="Help:IPA/Latvian">[ˈsai.ma]</a></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Parliament" title="Parliament">parliament</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Republic of Latvia</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, with seats allocated to <a href="/wiki/Political_parties" class="mw-redirect" title="Political parties">political parties</a> which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years, normally on the first Saturday of October. The most recent elections were held in <a href="/wiki/2022_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="2022 Latvian parliamentary election">October 2022</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Latvia" title="President of Latvia">President of Latvia</a> can dismiss the Saeima and request early elections. The <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_dissolution_power_of_Latvian_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President">procedure for dismissing it</a> involves substantial political risk to the president, including a risk of loss of office. On 28 May 2011 president <a href="/wiki/Valdis_Zatlers" title="Valdis Zatlers">Valdis Zatlers</a> decided to initiate the dissolution of the Saeima, which was approved in a <a href="/wiki/2011_Latvian_parliamentary_dissolution_referendum" title="2011 Latvian parliamentary dissolution referendum">referendum</a>, and the Saeima was dissolved on 23 July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Saeima" title="Speaker of the Saeima">Speaker of the Saeima</a> is <a href="/wiki/Daiga_Mieri%C5%86a" title="Daiga Mieriņa">Daiga Mieriņa</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers">Union of Greens and Farmers</a> party. The basic document that regulates the proceedings of the parliament is the Rules of Order of <i>Saeima</i> (<i>Saeimas kārtības rullis</i>, also Rules of Procedure), adopted 23 March 1923 with amendments in 1929 and 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_etymology">History and etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Saeima traces its origins to the <a href="/wiki/Sejm_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland">Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland</a>, which led to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Seimas_of_the_Grand_Duchy_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Seimas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania">Sejm (Seimas) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania</a> and later to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Sejm_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>. <a href="/wiki/Inflanty_Voivodeship" title="Inflanty Voivodeship">Polish Livonia</a>, a part of the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>, was exposed to the Polish mode of administration and introduced to the Sejm-system. The Warsaw Sejm of 1677 settled the case of remaining part of Polish Livonia or <a href="/wiki/Latgale" title="Latgale">Latgale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Inflanty</i>), naming it a voivodeship and a duchy, with the right to name three senators: the Bishop, the Voivode and the Castellan of Inflanty (...) Local sejmiks took place at <a href="/wiki/Daugavpils" title="Daugavpils">Daugavpils</a>, while starostas resided at Daugavpils, <a href="/wiki/Ludza" title="Ludza">Ludza</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C4%93zekne" title="Rēzekne">Rēzekne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vi%C4%BCaka" title="Viļaka">Viļaka</a>. The voivodeship had six deputies to the Sejm, but only two of them came from Inflanty, the other four were symbolically named by the king, to remember the lost part of Livonia<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_Livonia" title="Swedish Livonia">Swedish Livonia</a>). However, the rest of Latvia belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia" title="Duchy of Courland and Semigallia">Duchy of Courland and Semigallia</a>, which was governed by the Dukes and the <a href="/wiki/Landtag" title="Landtag">Landtag</a> of Courland. </p><p>The word <i>sejm</i> derives from the verb "sjąć się" meaning "to get together", with similar words in some other Slavic languages,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Proto-Slavic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Slavic">proto-Slavic</a> origin *sъjęti < *sъjemti<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sejm, then, as a noun meant "a gathering, a meeting, a council." </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7,_1922.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg/220px-The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg/330px-The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg/440px-The_first_session_of_the_1st_Saeima_of_the_Republic_of_Latvia_on_November_7%2C_1922.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1713" data-file-height="1073" /></a><figcaption>The first session of the 1st Saeima of the Republic of Latvia in 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 19th century, as the concept of nations began to emerge, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Alun%C4%81ns" title="Juris Alunāns">Juris Alunāns</a>, a member of a Latvian nationalist group called the <a href="/wiki/Young_Latvians" title="Young Latvians">Young Latvians</a>, claimed ownership to the word "saeims". Despite the similar sound, similar semantic structure and clear historical connotations, he claimed that it was a purely Latvian word that he had invented. As mentioned earlier, the word bears a similar meaning: "a gathering, a meeting, a council". <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He claimed that the word he constructed stemmed from the archaic <a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a> word <i>eima</i> instead, meaning "to go" (derived from the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" title="Proto-Indo-European language">PIE</a> <i>*ei</i> "to go" and also a cognate with the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <i>eimi</i>, <a href="/wiki/Gaulish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaulish language">Gaulish</a> <i><span title="Transalpine Gaulish-language text"><i lang="xtg">eimu</i></span></i>, among others).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He could not explain, however, how the s- prefix got added to the word, and what sense this addition made within the limits of the Latvian language. Nevertheless, according to Alunāns, the word is purely Latvian and completely independent of the aforementioned historical context. However, the prefix sa- to a verb in modern Latvian language usually stands for a complete action and the word "Saeima" can stand for a meaning "let's gather together completely". </p><p> In the pre-war Latvia, the Saeima was elected for three-year terms. The <a href="/wiki/1st_Saeima" title="1st Saeima">1st Saeima</a> met from 7 November 1922 to 2 November 1925, the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Saeima" title="2nd Saeima">2nd</a> from 3 November 1925 to 5 November 1928, the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Saeima" title="3rd Saeima">3rd</a> from 6 November 1928 to 2 November 1931, and the <a href="/wiki/4th_Saeima" title="4th Saeima">4th</a> from 3 November 1931 to 15 May 1934 (date of the <a href="/wiki/1934_Latvian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1934 Latvian coup d'état">Latvian coup d'état</a>).<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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title="Prime Minister of Latvia">Prime Minister</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Evika_Sili%C5%86a" title="Evika Siliņa">Evika Siliņa</a></dd></dl></li> <li>Cabinet <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Sili%C5%86a_cabinet" title="Siliņa cabinet">Siliņa</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Saeima</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Saeima" title="Speaker of the Saeima">Speaker</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Edvards_Smilt%C4%93ns" title="Edvards Smiltēns">Edvards Smiltēns</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament_in_Latvia" title="Dissolution of parliament in Latvia">Dissolution</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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presidential election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Latvian_presidential_election" title="2023 Latvian presidential election">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><i>European</i>: <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Latvia">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Latvia">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Latvia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Latvia"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Latvia" title="List of political parties in Latvia">Political parties</a></div><div 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Saeima is an entirely elected body. All Latvian citizens (including naturalized citizens) over the age of 18 are eligible to vote. Candidates must be qualified to vote, but must also be over 21, must not be former employees of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">USSR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic">Latvian SSR</a> State security services, intelligence or counter-intelligence services or any other foreign affiliated organizations, must not have been convicted of a criminal offence or deemed to be of diminished mental capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term of the Saeima is four years. An election may be called early, but doing so is more complicated than in other parliamentary democracies. If the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Latvia" title="President of Latvia">President</a> proposes that the Saeima be dissolved, a national referendum must be held to confirm the dissolution. If the dissolution is not approved, the President is removed from office. If one-tenth of the electorate signs a petition demanding a dissolution, a referendum can be held without the involvement of the President. </p><p>There are five constituencies, <a href="/wiki/Courland_(Saeima_constituency)" title="Courland (Saeima constituency)">Kurzeme</a> (12 deputies), <a href="/wiki/Latgallia_(Saeima_constituency)" title="Latgallia (Saeima constituency)">Latgale</a> (14), <a href="/wiki/Riga_(Saeima_constituency)" title="Riga (Saeima constituency)">Riga</a> (35), <a href="/wiki/Livonia_(Saeima_constituency)" title="Livonia (Saeima constituency)">Vidzeme</a> (25), and <a href="/wiki/Semigallia_(Saeima_constituency)" title="Semigallia (Saeima constituency)">Zemgale</a> (14). Overseas votes are counted for the Riga constituency. </p><p>Seats are distributed in each constituency by <a href="/wiki/Open_list" title="Open list">open list</a> <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> among the parties that overcome a 5% national <a href="/wiki/Election_threshold" class="mw-redirect" title="Election threshold">election threshold</a> using an unmodified version of the <a href="/wiki/Webster/Sainte-Lagu%C3%AB_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Webster/Sainte-Laguë method">Webster/Sainte-Laguë method</a>. </p><p>Voters cast a vote for a party list, which consists of the candidates that the party has submitted in that constituency. Although a specific ordering is listed for each candidate, which is determined by the party, this has no effect on the actual chances of each candidate. Instead, voters cast "specific votes" for candidates. These votes can be either positive votes or negative votes. The number of votes for each candidate is determined by taking the number of votes for the respective list, and adding it to the candidate's positive votes, before subtracting the number of negative votes for that candidate. The candidates with the highest number of votes fill the party's seats. A positive vote is indicated by drawing a plus sign (+) next to the candidate's name on the ballot paper. A negative vote is indicated by crossing out the candidate's name. Voters may only cast specific votes for the candidates on the list that they voted for. </p><p>It is uncommon for any party to achieve more than 30% of the vote in an election. The record is 32.4% for the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Way" title="Latvian Way">Latvian Way</a> party in the <a href="/wiki/1993_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="1993 Latvian parliamentary election">1993 election</a>. This means that a coalition has always been necessary.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>If a seat falls vacant during a term of the Saeima, it is filled by the next candidate on the appropriate list. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Latvia" title="Communist Party of Latvia">Communist Party of Latvia</a> is the only political party that is banned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Most_recent_election">Most recent election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Most recent election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_Latvian_parliamentary_election" title="2022 Latvian parliamentary election">2022 Latvian parliamentary election</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latvia_electoral_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Latvia_electoral_districts.png/300px-Latvia_electoral_districts.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Latvia_electoral_districts.png/450px-Latvia_electoral_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Latvia_electoral_districts.png/600px-Latvia_electoral_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="2539" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Deputies are elected from five constituencies, based on the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_regions_of_Latvia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural regions of Latvia">cultural regions of Latvia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Summary of the 1 October 2022 Latvian Saeima election results</b></p><table class="wikitable 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center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#A8343C"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-81.9deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">9</div><div style="transform:rotate(16.2deg);width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:relative;transform-origin:bottom center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#E64632"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-81deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">10</div><div style="transform:rotate(18deg);width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:relative;transform-origin:bottom center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#02723A"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-75.6deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">16</div><div style="transform:rotate(28.8deg);width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:relative;transform-origin:bottom center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#FFAC01"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-76.5deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">15</div><div style="transform:rotate(27deg);width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:relative;transform-origin:bottom center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#6AB647"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-66.6deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">26</div><div style="transform:rotate(46.8deg);width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:relative;transform-origin:bottom center;border-top-left-radius:211.53846153846px;border-top-right-radius:211.53846153846px;background:#932330"><div style="text-align:center;width:423.07692307692px;height:211.53846153846px;position:absolute;transform:rotate(-78.3deg);transform-origin:bottom center;top:-15px;line-height:15px;padding-bottom:15px">13</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="width:158.65384615385px;height:158.65384615385px;margin:-79.326923076923px auto;border-radius:79.326923076923px;transform:translate(0,0);background:#F8F9FA"></div><div style="width:424.07692307692px;height:158.65384615385px;transform:translate(0,0);background:#F8F9FA"></div></div></div></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#6AB647"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Unity" title="New Unity">New Unity</a> (JV)</td><td style="text-align:right">173,425</td><td style="text-align:right">18.97</td><td style="text-align:right">26</td><td style="text-align:right">+18</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#02723A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers">Union of Greens and Farmers</a> (ZZS)</td><td style="text-align:right">113,676</td><td style="text-align:right">12.44</td><td style="text-align:right">16</td><td style="text-align:right">+5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFAC01"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_List_(Latvia)" title="United List (Latvia)">United List</a> (AS)</td><td style="text-align:right">100,631</td><td style="text-align:right">11.01</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#932330"></td><td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)">National Alliance</a> (NA)</td><td style="text-align:right">84,939</td><td style="text-align:right">9.29</td><td style="text-align:right">13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F08418"></td><td><a href="/wiki/For_Stability!" title="For Stability!">For Stability!</a> (S!)</td><td style="text-align:right">62,168</td><td style="text-align:right">6.80</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#A8343C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Latvia_First" title="Latvia First">Latvia First</a> (LPV)</td><td style="text-align:right">57,033</td><td style="text-align:right">6.24</td><td style="text-align:right">9</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E64632"></td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Progressives_(Latvia)" title="The Progressives (Latvia)">The Progressives</a> (PRO)</td><td style="text-align:right">56,327</td><td style="text-align:right">6.16</td><td style="text-align:right">10</td><td style="text-align:right">+10</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFEC00"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Development/For!" title="Development/For!">Development/For!</a> (AP!)</td><td style="text-align:right">45,452</td><td style="text-align:right">4.97</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–13</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#EE222B"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_%22Harmony%22" title="Social Democratic Party "Harmony"">Harmony</a> (S)</td><td style="text-align:right">43,943</td><td style="text-align:right">4.81</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–23</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F9873E"></td><td><a href="/wiki/For_Each_and_Every_One" class="mw-redirect" title="For Each and Every One">For Each and Every One</a> (KuK)</td><td style="text-align:right">33,578</td><td style="text-align:right">3.67</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#3560A9"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Russian_Union" title="Latvian Russian Union">Latvian Russian Union</a> (LKS)</td><td style="text-align:right">33,203</td><td style="text-align:right">3.63</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#6767AB"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Power_(Latvia)" title="Sovereign Power (Latvia)">Sovereign Power</a> (SV)</td><td style="text-align:right">29,603</td><td style="text-align:right">3.24</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#182956"></td><td><a href="/wiki/The_Conservatives_(Latvia)" title="The Conservatives (Latvia)">The Conservatives</a> (K)</td><td style="text-align:right">28,270</td><td style="text-align:right">3.09</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–16</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Republic_(Latvia)" title="Republic (Latvia)">Republic</a> (R)</td><td style="text-align:right">16,088</td><td style="text-align:right">1.76</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#5B031B"></td><td>Force of People's Power (TVS)</td><td style="text-align:right">10,350</td><td style="text-align:right">1.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#9D2235"></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Harmony_(Latvia)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Harmony (Latvia)">People's Servants for Latvia</a> (TKL)</td><td style="text-align:right">9,176</td><td style="text-align:right">1.00</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00ACB4"></td><td><a href="/wiki/For_a_Humane_Latvia" title="For a Humane Latvia">Union for Latvia</a> (AL)</td><td style="text-align:right">2,985</td><td style="text-align:right">0.33</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–16</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#C7057F"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_for_Latvia" title="United for Latvia">United for Latvia</a> (VL)</td><td style="text-align:right">1,413</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#A93778"></td><td>Progressive Christian Party (KPP)</td><td style="text-align:right">1,379</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Blank votes</td><td style="text-align:right">10,383</td><td style="text-align:right">1.14</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">914,022</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">100</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>903,511</td><td>99.70</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>2,714</td><td>0.30</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>906,225</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>1,542,407</td><td>58.75</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sv2022.cvk.lv/pub/velesanu-rezultati">CVK</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_of_former_legislatures">Structure of former legislatures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure of former legislatures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="5th_Saeima"><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Saeima_of_Latvia" title="Fifth Saeima of Latvia">5th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 5th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#FCC200; width:36%; color:white">36 </td> <td style="background:#DC143C; width:15%; color:white">15 </td> <td style="background:#77353D; width:13%; color:white">13 </td> <td style="background:#ADFF2F; width:12%; color:white">12 </td> <td style="background:#0072BB; width:7%; color:white">7 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:6%; color:white">6 </td> <td style="background:#FF8C00; width:6%; color:white">6 </td> <td style="background:#4169E1; width:5%; color:white">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Way" title="Latvian Way"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000003F-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Latvian Way</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_National_Independence_Movement" title="Latvian National Independence Movement"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DC143C">LNNK</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Harmony_Party" title="National Harmony Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#77353D">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Farmers%27_Union" title="Latvian Farmers' Union"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#9DC209">LZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Equal_Rights_(Latvia)" title="Equal Rights (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0072BB">Equal Rights</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Fatherland_and_Freedom/LNNK" title="For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FCC200">For Fatherland and Freedom</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Latvia)" title="Christian Democratic Union (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF8C00">KDS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Center_Party_of_Latvia" title="Democratic Center Party of Latvia"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#4169E1">Democratic Centre</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="6th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/6._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:6. Saeima">6th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 6th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#800000; width:18%; color:white">18 </td> <td style="background:#FCC200; width:17%; color:white">17 </td> <td style="background:#CD5C5C; width:16%; color:white">16 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:14%; color:white">14 </td> <td style="background:#00CED1; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#ADFF2F; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#DC143C; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#77353D; width:6%; color:white">6 </td> <td style="background:#FF0000; width:5%; color:white">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_%22Saimnieks%22" title="Democratic Party "Saimnieks""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#800000">Saimnieks</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Way" title="Latvian Way"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Latvian Way</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tautas_kust%C4%ABba_%22Latvijai%22&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tautas kustība "Latvijai" (page does not exist)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#CD5C5C">People's movement "For Latvia"</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Fatherland_and_Freedom/LNNK" title="For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FCC200">For Fatherland and Freedom</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Unity_Party" title="Latvian Unity Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#00CED1">LVP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Farmers%27_Union" title="Latvian Farmers' Union"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#9DC209">LZS</span></a>/<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Latvia)" title="Christian Democratic Union (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF8C00">KDS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_National_Independence_Movement" title="Latvian National Independence Movement"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DC143C">LNNK</span></a>/<a href="/wiki/Latvian_Green_Party" title="Latvian Green Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#00563F">LZP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Harmony_Party" title="National Harmony Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#77353D">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_Latvia" title="Socialist Party of Latvia"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF0000">LSP</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="7th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/7._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:7. Saeima">7th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 7th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#FF9F00; width:24%; color:white">24 </td> <td style="background:#FCC200; width:21%; color:white">21 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:17%; color:white">17 </td> <td style="background:#77353D; width:16%; color:white">16 </td> <td style="background:#AB4E52; width:14%; color:white">14 </td> <td style="background:#B0C4DE; width:8%; color:white">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Latvia)" title="People's Party (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#800080">TP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Way" title="Latvian Way"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">Latvian Way</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Fatherland_and_Freedom/LNNK" title="For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FCC200">For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Harmony_Party" title="National Harmony Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#77353D">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Social_Democratic_Workers%27_Party" title="Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#AB4E52">LSDSP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Party_(Latvia)" title="New Party (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#B0C4DE">JP</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="8th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/8._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:8. Saeima">8th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 8th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#0033AA; width:26%; color:white">26 </td> <td style="background:#0070B8; width:25%; color:white">25 </td> <td style="background:#FF9F00; width:20%; color:white">20 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:12%; color:white">12 </td> <td style="background:#4B0082; width:10%; color:white">10 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:7%; color:white">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Era_Party" title="New Era Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0033AA">JL</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Russian_Union" title="Latvian Russian Union"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0070B8">PCTVL</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Latvia)" title="People's Party (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#800080">TP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvia%27s_First_Party" title="Latvia's First Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#4B0082">LPP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Fatherland_and_Freedom/LNNK" title="For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FCC200">For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="9th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/9._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:9. Saeima">9th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 9th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#FF9F00; width:23%; color:white">23 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:18%; color:white">18 </td> <td style="background:#0033AA; width:20%; color:white">18 </td> <td style="background:#F08080; width:17%; color:white">17 </td> <td style="background:#4B0082; width:10%; color:white">10 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#0070B8; width:6%; color:white">6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Latvia)" title="People's Party (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#800080">TP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Era_Party" title="New Era Party"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0033AA">JL</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Centre" title="Harmony Centre"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#F08080">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvia%27s_First_Party/Latvian_Way" title="Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#4B0082">LPP/LC</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Fatherland_and_Freedom/LNNK" title="For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FCC200">For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Russian_Union" title="Latvian Russian Union"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0070B8">PCTVL</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="10th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/10._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:10. Saeima">10th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 10th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#9ACD32; width:33%; color:white">33 </td> <td style="background:#F08080; width:29%; color:white">29 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:22%; color:white">22 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#8B0000; width:8%; color:white">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Unity_(Latvia)" title="Unity (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#9ACD32">Unity</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Centre" title="Harmony Centre"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#F08080">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DAA520">NA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_a_Good_Latvia" title="For a Good Latvia"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#8B0000">(AŠ)²</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="11th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/11._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:11. Saeima">11th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 11th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#F08080; width:31%; color:white">31 </td> <td style="background:#00B7EB; width:22%; color:white">22 </td> <td style="background:#9ACD32; width:20%; color:white">20 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:14%; color:white">14 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:13%; color:white">13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Centre" title="Harmony Centre"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#F08080">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(Latvia)" title="Reform Party (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#00B7EB">Reform</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unity_(Latvia)" title="Unity (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#9ACD32">Unity</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DAA520">NA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="12th_Saeima"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/12._Saeima" class="extiw" title="lv:12. Saeima">12th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 12th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#E60026; width:24%; color:white">24 </td> <td style="background:#9ACD32; width:23%; color:white">23 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:21%; color:white">21 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:17%; color:white">17 </td> <td style="background:#000080; width:8%; color:white">8 </td> <td style="background:#DA2C43; width:7%; color:white">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_%22Harmony%22" title="Social Democratic Party "Harmony""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#E60026">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unity_(Latvia)" title="Unity (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#9ACD32">Unity</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DAA520">NA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvian_Association_of_Regions" title="Latvian Association of Regions"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000080">LRA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Awakening_(political_party)" title="Awakening (political party)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DA2C43">NSL</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="13th_Saeima"><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Saeima_of_Latvia" title="Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia">13th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 13th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#E60026; width:23%; color:white">23 </td> <td style="background:#A52A2A; width:16%; color:white">16 </td> <td style="background:#002E63; width:16%; color:white">16 </td> <td style="background:#FFF000; width:13%; color:#000000">13 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:13%; color:white">13 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:11%; color:white">11 </td> <td style="background:#8FD400; width:23%; color:white">8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_%22Harmony%22" title="Social Democratic Party "Harmony""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#E60026">Harmony</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_a_Humane_Latvia" title="For a Humane Latvia"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#A52A2A">KPV</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Conservatives_(Latvia)" title="The Conservatives (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#002E63">JKP</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Development/For!" title="Development/For!"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#000000">AP!</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DAA520">NA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Unity" title="New Unity"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#8FD400">JV</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="14th_Saeima"><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Saeima_of_Latvia" title="Fourteenth Saeima of Latvia">14th Saeima</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 14th Saeima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; font-weight:bold; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background:#8FD400; width:26%; color:white">26 </td> <td style="background:#228B22; width:16%; color:white">16 </td> <td style="background:#FFAE42; width:15%; color:white">15 </td> <td style="background:#DAA520; width:13%; color:white">13 </td> <td style="background:#FF8F00; width:11%; color:white">11 </td> <td style="background:#FF4500; width:10%; color:white">10 </td> <td style="background:#800020; width:9%; color:white">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Unity" title="New Unity"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#8FD400">JV</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Greens_and_Farmers" title="Union of Greens and Farmers"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#228B22">ZZS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_List_(Latvia)" title="United List (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFAE42">AS</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Alliance_(Latvia)" title="National Alliance (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#DAA520">NA</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/For_Stability!" title="For Stability!"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF8F00">ST!</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Progressives_(Latvia)" title="The Progressives (Latvia)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FF4500">PRO</span></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Latvia_First" title="Latvia First"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#800020">LPV</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Deputies_of_the_Saeima" title="Category:Deputies of the Saeima">Category:Deputies of the Saeima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputies_of_the_Saeima" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputies of the Saeima">Deputies of the Saeima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Speakers_of_the_Saeima" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Speakers of the Saeima">List of Deputy Speakers of the Saeima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Council_of_Latvia" title="People's Council of Latvia">People's Council of Latvia</a> – provisional parliament from 1918–1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Assembly_of_Latvia" title="Constitutional Assembly of Latvia">Constitutional Assembly of Latvia</a> – consented to the <a href="/wiki/Satversme" class="mw-redirect" title="Satversme">Satversme</a> in 1922</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeima&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#85B821; 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El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Eritrea)" title="National Assembly (Eritrea)">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riigikogu" title="Riigikogu">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Fiji" title="Parliament of Fiji">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_the_Gambia" title="National Assembly of the Gambia">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" title="Parliament of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ghana" title="Parliament of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Parliament" title="Hellenic Parliament">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Guatemala" title="Congress of the Republic of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Guinea)" title="National Assembly (Guinea)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Kuwait)" title="National Assembly (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Council_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Laos" title="National Assembly of Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Lebanon" title="Parliament of Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Libya)" title="House of Representatives (Libya)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landtag_of_Liechtenstein" title="Landtag of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimas" title="Seimas">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Luxembourg)" title="Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Malawi)" title="National Assembly (Malawi)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Majlis" title="People's Majlis">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Mali)" title="National Assembly (Mali)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Malta" title="Parliament of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Marshall_Islands" title="Legislature of the Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritanian_Parliament" title="Mauritanian Parliament">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Mauritius)" title="National Assembly (Mauritius)">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Moldova" title="Parliament of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Monaco)" title="National Council (Monaco)">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Great_Khural" title="State Great Khural">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Montenegro" title="Parliament of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Mozambique)" title="Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Nauru" title="Parliament of Nauru">Nauru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="New Zealand House of Representatives">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Nicaragua)" title="National Assembly (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Niger)" title="National Assembly (Niger)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_North_Macedonia" title="Assembly of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storting" title="Storting">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Legislative_Council" title="Palestinian Legislative Council">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Panama)" title="National Assembly (Panama)">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="National Parliament of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Republic_of_Peru" title="Congress of the Republic of Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Portugal)" title="Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultative_Assembly_of_Qatar" title="Consultative Assembly of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Samoa" title="Legislative Assembly of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_and_General_Council" title="Grand and General Council">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="National Assembly (São Tomé and Príncipe)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consultative_Assembly_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Senegal)" title="National Assembly (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Serbia)" title="National Assembly (Serbia)">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Seychelles)" title="National Assembly (Seychelles)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sierra_Leone" title="Parliament of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Singapore" title="Parliament of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Slovakia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Council (Slovakia)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Parliament_of_Solomon_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parliament of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Suriname)" title="National Assembly (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riksdag" title="Riksdag">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_Syria" title="People's Assembly of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Tanzania)" title="National Assembly (Tanzania)">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Togo)" title="National Assembly (Togo)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Tonga" title="Legislative Assembly of Tonga">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Representatives_of_the_People" title="Assembly of the Representatives of the People">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Assembly_of_Turkey" title="Grand National Assembly of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Tuvalu" title="Parliament of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Uganda" title="Parliament of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Vanuatu" title="Parliament of Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontifical_Commission_for_Vatican_City_State" title="Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State">Holy See (Vatican City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Vietnam)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Yemen)" title="House of Representatives (Yemen)">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Zambia" title="National Assembly of Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">Dependent and<br />other territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_%C3%85land" title="Parliament of Åland">Åland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_(Anguilla)" title="House of Assembly (Anguilla)">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Aruba" title="Parliament of Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Azores" title="Legislative Assembly of the Azores">Azores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" title="House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Cayman_Islands" title="Parliament of the Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Cook_Islands" title="Parliament of the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Parliament of Curaçao">Curaçao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B8gting" title="Løgting">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_French_Polynesia" title="Assembly of French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_Parliament" title="Gibraltar Parliament">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inatsisartut" title="Inatsisartut">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_of_Guernsey" title="States of Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong" title="Legislative Council of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/States_Assembly" title="States Assembly">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Madeira" title="Legislative Assembly of Madeira">Madeira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Macau" title="Legislative Assembly of Macau">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Montserrat" title="Legislative Assembly of Montserrat">Montserrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_New_Caledonia" title="Congress of New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niue_Assembly" title="Niue Assembly">Niue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Council_(Pitcairn)" title="Island Council (Pitcairn)">Pitcairn Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Council_of_Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Territorial Council of Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Saint_Helena" title="Legislative Council of Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" title="Politics of the Collectivity of Saint Martin">Saint Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Council_of_Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Territorial Council of Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sint_Maarten" title="Parliament of Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobago_House_of_Assembly" title="Tobago House of Assembly">Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Fono" title="General Fono">Tokelau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Assembly_(Turks_and_Caicos_Islands)" title="House of Assembly (Turks and Caicos Islands)">Turks and Caicos Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Assembly_of_Wallis_and_Futuna" title="Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna">Wallis and Futuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">Non-UN states</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Assembly_of_Abkhazia" title="People's Assembly of Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo" title="Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a 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