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This is a list of political parties in Latvia.

Latvia has a multi-party system, where no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Ways to browse Wikipedia for political parties are by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals and through the category system: especially by country and ideology.

Contents 1 The parties 1.1 Parties in the 9-th Saeima (elected 2006) 1.2 Parties not in Saeima 1.3 Parties formed after 2002 parliamentary elections 2 See also 3 External links

Factions represented in the Parliament of Latvia (as of December 2006)

• New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks) or JL
• People's Party (Tautas Partija) or TP
• Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība or ZZS (Union of Greens and Farmers) an alliance consisting of
  • Latvian Farmers' Union (Latvijas Zemnieku Savienība) or LZS
  • Latvian Green Party (Latvijas Zaļā Partija) or LZP
• LPP and LC coalition
  • Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirmā Partija) or LPP
  • Latvian Way (Latvijas Ceļš) or LC
• For Fatherland and Freedom (Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK) or TB/LNNK
• For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā) or PCTVL
  • Equal Rights (Līdztiesība)
  • Free Choice in People's Europe (Brīvā Izvēle Tautu Eiropā)
• Harmony Centre (Saskaņas Centrs) or SC
  • National Harmony Party (Tautas Saskaņas Partija), formerly part of PCTVL
  • Latvian Socialist Party (Latvijas Sociālistiskā Partija), formerly part of PCTVL
  • Daugavpils City Party or DPP

Parties which participated in 2002 parliamentary elections but did not win any seats in the parliament.

• Christian-Democratic Union or KDS
• Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija) or LSDSP
• Light of Latgale (Latgales Gaisma) or LG
• Social Democratic Union (Sociāldemokrātu Savienība) or SDS
• Social Democratic Welfare Party (Sociāldemokrātiska Labklājības Partija)
• Political Alliance "Center" (Politiskā apvienība "Centrs")
• Party of Russians (Krievu Partija)
• Party of Latvians (Latviešu Partija)
• Latvijas Atdzimšanas Partija;
• Freedom Party (Brīvības Partija)
• Mira Land (Māras Zeme)
• Our Land (Mūsu Zeme)
• Progressive Centrist Party (Progressīvā Centriskā Partija)
• Latvian United Republican Party (Latvijas Apvienotā Republikāņu Partija)

• National Power Unity (Nacionālā Spēka Savienība) or NSS
• Fatherland's Union (Tēvzemes Savienība)
• New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrāti)

• Liberalism in Latvia

• Ratings of Latvia's political parties