This is a list of political parties in Latvia. Latvia has a

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

The parties

Major parties

Parties represented in the Saeima or the

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Minor and regional parties

* Action Party (''Rīcības partija'') *Awakening (''Atmoda'') ** Awakening for Latvia (''Atmoda Latvijai'', formerly For Latvia from the Heart, ''NSL'') ** Christian Democratic Union (''Kristīgi Demokrātiskā Savienība'', KDS) * Centre Party (''Centra partija'') * For Each and Every One (''Katram un katrai'', KuK) * For a Humane Latvia (''Par cilvēcīgu Latviju'', PCL) *

For Latvia and Ventspils For Latvia and Ventspils ( lv, Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils ...

(''Latvijai un Ventspilij'', LuV) – nationally allied with the Union of Greens and Farmers *Force of People's Power (''Tautas Varas Spēks'', TVS) * Growth (''Izaugsme'') – part of Development/For! * (''Tēvzemes mantojums'', TM) * Honor to serve Riga (''Gods kalpot Rīgai'', GKR) * National Power Unity (''Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums'', NST) * Latgale Party (''Latgales partija'') – in Latgale; allied with Unity within the

New Unity The New Unity ( lv, Jaunā Vienotība, JV) is a centre-right political alliance in Latvia. Its members are Unity, the Latgale Party and four other regional parties, and it is orientated towards liberal-conservatism and liberalism. History Be ...

alliance * People's Servants for Latvia (''Tautas kalpi Latvijai'', TKL) *Progressive Christian Party (''Kristīgi Progresīvā partija'', KPP) *

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(''Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija'', LSDSP), part of Union of Greens and Farmers * Pirate Party (''Pirātu Partija'', PP) * Republic (''Republika'', R) *

Socialist Party of Latvia The Socialist Party of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija, abbr. LSP; russian: Социалистическая партия Латвии) is a communist party in Latvia. It is positioned on the far-left on the political spectrum. It ...

(''Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija'', LSP) * Sovereign Power (''Suverēnā vara'', SV) * The Conservatives (''Konservatīvie'', K) *

United for Latvia United for Latvia ( lv, Vienoti Latvijai) is a populist and economically liberal political party in Latvia. It was founded in 2011 in Rēzekne and in 2013 Ainārs Šlesers became party chairman. Šlesers has been dubbed one of the three "oligarch ...

(''Vienoti Latvijai'', VL)

Defunct parties and alliances

All For Latvia! All for Latvia! ( lv, Visu Latvijai!) was a right-wing ethnic nationalist political party in Latvia led by Raivis Dzintars and . Formed in 2000, it entered a right-wing nationalist coalition in 2010, and ultimately merged with the For Fatherland ...

(''Visu Latvijai!'', VL) (2006-2011) * Civic Union (''Pilsoniskā Savienība'', PS) *

Communist Party of Latvia The Communist Party of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Komunistiskā partija, LKP) was a political party in Latvia. History Latvian Social-Democracy prior to 1919 The party was founded at a congress in June 1904. Initially the party was known as the Latvia ...

(''Latvijas Komunistiskā Partija'', LKP) – banned in 1991 * Democratic Center Party (''Demokrātiskā Centra Partija'', DCP) *

Daugavpils City Party The Daugavpils City Party ( lv, Daugavpils pilsētas partija, DPP) was a regionalist political party located in Daugavpils, Latvia. It was formed in 2000 and was led by Daugavpils Mayor Vitālijs Azarevičs. In 2005 the party entered the ele ...

(''Daugavpils Pilsētas Partija'', DPP) *

Democratic Party "Saimnieks" The Democratic Party "Saimnieks" ( lv, Demokrātiskā partija "Saimnieks") was a Latvian centre-left political party formed through the merger of the Latvian Democratic Party and the political party "Saimnieks" in 1995. It won the 1995 parliament ...

(''Demokrātiskā Partija "Saimnieks"'', DPS) * Equal Rights (''Līdztiesība'') *

For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK ( lv, Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK, abbreviated to TB/LNNK) was a free-market, national conservative political party in Latvia. In 2011, it dissolved and merged into the National Alliance. The party was founded ...

(''Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK'', TB/LNNK) * For the Native Language! (''Par Dzimto Valodu!'') *

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(''Brīvā izvēle tautu Eiropā'', BITE) * Workers' Party (''Darba Partija'', DP) * Honor to Serve Our Latvia (''Gods kalpot mūsu Latvijai'', GKML) *

Latvian Social Democratic Party The Latvian Social Democratic Party ( lv, Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija, LSDP) was a political party in Latvia formed by a reformist wing of the Communist Party of Latvia. On 14 April 1990, a pro-independence faction under Ivars Ķezbe ...

(''Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Partija'', LSDP) *

Latvian National Independence Movement The Latvian National Independence Movement ( lv, Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība, LNNK) was a political organization in Latvia from 1988 until 1997. It formed in 1988 as the radical wing of Latvian nationalist movement. Unlike the main ...

(''Latvijas Nacionālās Neatkarības Kustība'', LNNK) *Latvian Nationalists (''Latviešu Nacionālisti'') *

Latvia's First Party The Latvia's First Party ( lv, Latvijas Pirmā Partija) was a socially conservative, Christian-democratic right-wing political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvian Way to form Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way in 2007. It was founded on 2 ...

(''Latvijas Pirmā Partija'', LPP) *

Latvian Way Latvian Way ( lv, Latvijas Ceļš) was a conservative-liberal political party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way (LPP/LC) in 2007. It described itself as "a liberal party defending peopl ...

(''Latvijas Ceļš'') *

National Harmony Party The National Harmony Party ( Latvian: ''Tautas Saskaņas partija'', TSP; russian: Партия народного согласия) was a political party in Latvia. The party identified with social democracy. It supported further liberalisation o ...

(''Tautas Saskaņas Partija'', TSP) *

New Centre The Centrists (french: Les Centristes, LC), formerly known as New Centre (''Nouveau Centre'', NC) and European Social Liberal Party (''Parti Social Libéral Européen'', PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France formed by the members of ...

(''Jaunais Centrs'', JC) * New Era Party (''Jaunais Laiks'', JL) * New Party (''Jaunā Partija'', JP) * Our Land (''Mūsu Zeme'') * People's Party (''Tautas Partija'', TP) * People of Latgale (''Latgales Tauta'', LT) *

Popular Front of Latvia The Popular Front of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Tautas fronte) was a political organisation in Latvia in the late 1980s and early 1990s which led Latvia to its independence from the Soviet Union. It was similar to the Popular Front of Estonia and th ...

(''Latvijas Tautas Fronte'', LTF) * Popular Movement for Latvia (''Tautas Kustība Latvijai'', TKL) *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

(''Sociāldemokrātiskā partija'', SDS) * Socialist Workers and Peasants Party of Latvia (''Latvijas Sociālistiskā Strādnieku un Zemnieku Partija'') *

Society for Political Change The Society for Political Change (, SCP) was a social-liberal political party in Latvia founded on 6 September 2008. Its members include two former ministers, former foreign minister Artis Pabriks and former economics minister Aigars Štokenbergs ...

(''Sabiedrība Citai Politikai'', SCP) * Reform Party (''Reformu partija'', RP) (2011-2015) * Anti-Centrist Party

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