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The Workers' Party (, DP) was a political party in
Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
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History

The party was established in 1920 and won six seats in the Constitutional Assembly elections that year, becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the Assembly. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1137 For the
1922 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1922. Africa * 1922 Southern Rhodesian government referendum Asia * 1922 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1922 Philippine Senate elections * 1922 Philippine legislative election Europe ...
it formed the Democratic Centre alliance with the Latvian People's Party, winning six seats. The two parties officially merged into the Democratic Centre the following year. The party was re-established in 1997 and contested the
1998 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1998. Africa * 1998 Burkinabé presidential election * 1998 Central African parliamentary election * 1998 Gabonese presidential election * 1998 Guinean presidential election * 1998 Lesotho general elect ...
in an alliance with the Christian Democratic Union and the
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,Nohlen & Stöver, p1134 failing to win a seat. In the
2002 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2002. * 2002 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2002 Comorian presidential election * 2002 East Timorese presidential election * 2002 Fijian municipal election * 2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election * ...
it was part of the Centre Alliance, but again failed to win a seat. It ceased to exist in 2008.


References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Latvia Political parties established in 1920 Political parties disestablished in 1923 Political parties established in 1997 Political parties disestablished in 2008 1920 establishments in Latvia 1997 establishments in Latvia 2008 disestablishments in Latvia