The Conservatives ( lv, Konservatīvie, K), previously known as the New Conservative Party ( lv, Jaunā konservatīvā partija, JKP) until 2022, is a

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political party in Latvia. It was formed on 17 May 2014.

Jānis Bordāns Jānis Bordāns (born 21 June 1967) is a Latvian politician and lawyer, the Deputy Prime Minister and the former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Latvia from 2019 to 2022, and previously from 2012 to 2014 . Bordāns served as Minister of J ...

was chosen as the leader on the founding assembly. The Conservatives is a

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization ...

party, and it is positioned on the centre-right on the political spectrum. It has embraced its main appeal on

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policies. Due to its rapid transformation, it succeeded in winning seats in the 2017 municipal elections. In the 2018 parliamentary election they placed third by winning 16 seats.

Election results

Legislative elections

European Parliament

References

External links

Official website
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