REPUBLIC OF LATVIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 OCTOBER 2002
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Elections to the Saeima (Parliament)
Source: Latvian government website

Parties
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* JL - Jaunais Laiks (New Era)
* LC - Latvijas Ceis (Latvia's Way)
* LPP - Latvijas Pirmā Partija (Latvia First Party)
* LSSP - Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija (Latvian
   Social Democratic Workers' Party)
* PCTVL - Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā (For Civil Rights in
   a United Latvia)
* TB-LNNK - Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK (For Fatherland and Freedom-
   Latvian National Independence Movement)
* TP - Tautas Partija (People's Party)
* ZZS - Zaļo un Zemnieku Savienība (Union of Greens and Farmers)

The liberal New Era and the ethnic-Russian PCTVL constitute a 
centre-left coalition, while the People's Party, the LPP and the 
TB-LNNK constitute the conservative-nationalist opposition.

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Votes and seats are compared with those won at the October 1998
elections. Parties must win 5% of the national vote to gain
representation, even if they win more than 5% in a particular
electoral region.
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Party                              Votes     %             Seats
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New Era (JL)                        236,973  23.9          26
Latvia's Way (LC)                    48,348  04.9 (-13.2)   - (-21)
Social Democrats (LSSP)              39,789  04.0 (-08.8)   - (-14)
Latvia First Party (LPP)             94,833  09.6          10
For Civil Rights (PCTVL)            187,564  18.9          24
Fatherland and Freedom (TB-LNNK)     53,394  05.4 (-08.7)   7 (-10)
People's Party (TP)                 165,449  16.7 (-04.5)  21 (-03)
Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS)    93,748  09.5          12
Others                               71,007                 - (-24)
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Total                             1,061,122               100
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