The Latvian Association of Regions or Latvian Regional Alliance ( lv, Latvijas Reģionu apvienība, LRA) is a
centrist
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Unity
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MP Edvards Smiltēns.
History
The alliance won 8 seats in the Saeima
The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the po ...
at the 2014 parliamentary election. It contested the elections as a political alliance
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of several smaller regionalist parties, including the , the LSDSP, the Christian Democratic Union and the . The first leader of the LRA was Mārtiņš Bondars
Mārtiņš Bondars (born 31 December 1971) is a Latvian financier and politician. He has been member of the Latvian parliament since 2014. Bondars previously served as chief of staff to then President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga and chairma ...
until stepping down and leaving the alliance in 2017, after which he was succeeded by Nellija Kleinberga.
In the lead up to the 2018 elections, the LSDSP and the Christian Democrats left the alliance, which eventually fell just short of the 5% barrier at the polls. An even closer result came in the 2019 European Parliament elections, where the LRA lacked 0.02 percent to reach the minimum threshold of votes needed for gaining a seat.
On 22 August 2020, two of the parties making up the alliance – ''For Ogre Municipality
Ogre Municipality ( lv, Ogres novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Ogre town and Ogresgals Parish. In 2009 it absorbed Krape Parish, Ķeipene Parish, Laubere Parish, Madliena Parish, Maz ...
'' () and the Regional Alliance voted to reorganize LRA into a single political party. The other members – the Vidzeme Party and three NGOs voted to continue as affiliated cooperation partners under the LRA banner.
In May 2022 the LRA formed a united list for the 2022 Saeima elections together with the Latvian Green Party
The Latvian Green Party ( lv, Latvijas Zaļā partija, LZP) is a green political party in Latvia.
It was founded in 1990. It was a member of the European Green Party from 2003 until its expulsion in 2019. It is positioned in the centre and lean ...
(former ZZS member), the Liepāja Party
The Liepāja Party ( lv, Liepājas Partija) is a localist political party in Latvia. It operates in the city of Liepāja, where its chairman, Uldis Sesks, was mayor from 1997 to 2018. The party has an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farme ...
(former ZZS partner) and an upcoming political NGO
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led by Liepāja
Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see #Names and toponymy, other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Planning Region, Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after R ...
construction contractor Uldis Pīlēns
Uldis Pīlēns (born 2 October 1956) is a Latvian architect, businessman and politician.
Biography
He was born on 2 October 1956 in Liepāja. He studied at the 5th secondary school in Liepāja, in 1974 he started as a judge at the Faculty of A ...
. The interim name of the ticket was reported as "United List of Latvia" or "Latvia United List" () (previously "Power of Regions" (''Reģionu spēks'') was suggested). The NGO led by Pīlēns scheduled its founding event for July 1st and announced that it would be called ''Apvienotais Latvijas saraksts'' or the United List.
Election results
Legislative elections
European Parliament
References
External links
Official website
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Centrist parties in Latvia
Regionalist parties
2014 establishments in Latvia
Political parties established in 2014