Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 1 October 2022, following the end of the term of the 13th Saeima elected in 2018.

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2022 Latvian parliamentary election

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All 100 seats in the Saeima 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.41% (4.83pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– JV Krišjānis Kariņš 19.16 26 +18 ZZS Aivars Lembergs 12.58 16 +5 AS Uldis Pīlēns 11.14 15 New NA Uģis Mitrevics [lv] 9.40 13 0 ST! Aleksejs Rosļikovs 6.88 11 New LPV Ainārs Šlesers 6.31 9 New PRO Kaspars Briškens 6.23 10 +10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by region Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Unity Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš Unity

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The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list, proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 12 to 36 seats and based on the regions of Latvia, with overseas votes included in the Riga constituency. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%. Voters may cast "specific votes" for candidates on the list that they have voted for. This involves drawing a plus sign (+) next to the candidate's names to indicate preference (positive votes), or by crossing out names to indicate disapproval (negative votes). The number of votes for each candidate is the number of votes cast for the list, plus their number of positive votes, minus their number of negative votes. The candidates with the highest vote totals fill their party's seats.^[1]

Seat redistribution

The Central Electoral Commission is required to determine the number of Members of Parliament (MPs) to be elected using the number of eligible voters four months before the election. On 2 June 2022, the Central Electoral Commission has announced the new distribution of MPs. Rīga and Vidzeme constituencies have both gained one seat compared to the 2018 election, while Latgale and Zemgale constituencies have both lost one.^[2]

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June 2022 redistribution
Constituency	Seats	Change
Rīga	36	1
Vidzeme	26	1
Latgale	13	1
Zemgale	13	1
Kurzeme	12
Total	100

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The New Unity party of incumbent prime minister Krišjānis Kariņš received the highest percentage of the vote (19%) and won the most seats (26). In a speech after the election, Kariņš stated that Latvia would continue to support Ukraine against Russia and he stated his preference to maintain the current coalition government.^[38][39] The Union of Greens and Farmers placed second, receiving 13% of the vote, despite leader Aivars Lembergs being sentenced to five years in prison in 2021 and under sanction by the United States.^[40] The other parties which placed above the 5% threshold to receive a seat in parliament were the United List with 11%, the National Alliance with 9.3%, For Stability! with 7%, Latvia First with 6%, and The Progressives, who entered parliament for the first time with 6% of the vote.^[40][39]

The wasted vote in this election was 29.09%. Harmony, who had placed first in the previous three general elections, was unable to secure any parliamentary seats, being slightly under the 5% threshold (of all votes, including invalid) with 4.9% of the vote. This has been attributed by many reasons, including internal disputes on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, pushing away both ethnic Latvians and ethnic Russians. This resulted in much of the ethnic Russian population voting for Stability!, Sovereign Power, and the Latvian Russian Union.^[41][40][42] The Development/For! alliance, one of the coalition members, also narrowly missed out the 5% threshold by just 0.03% (with 4.97% of all votes).^[39] Another coalition member, the Conservatives, also failed to cross the 5% threshold, receiving 3% of the vote.^[40]

On 3 October 2022, President Egils Levits authorized Kariņš, the incumbent Prime Minister and leader of New Unity, to form a coalition government.^[44] New Unity explored coalition options with Union of Greens and Farmers and the Progressives, but they fell though.^[45][46] Kariņš formed a government with United List and National Alliance, sworn in on 14 December.^[47][48] This government lasted until proposed changes to the make-up of cabinet caused the other parties to pull out and led to Kariņš's resignation as Prime Minister in August 2023. The government was succeeded by a New Unity–Union of Greens and Farmers–Progressives government led by Evika Siliņa, which was sworn in on 14 September 2023.^[49]

• Fourteenth Saeima of Latvia