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Parliamentary Elections in Latvia in the Year 2022
Parliamentary Elections in Latvia in the Year 2022

Author(s): Martinas Malužinas
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Electoral systems
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: parliamentary elections; party system; political parties; Latvia

Summary/Abstract: The present article covers parliamentary elections in the Republic of Latvia. An analysis of the conduct and institutional conditions of the 2022 parliamentary elections in Latvia is undertaken. Unlike the previous elections in 2018, there were no radical changes in Latvia. It was only two new parties with radical, populist, conservative, Eurosceptic and anti-systemic profiles with a right-wing orientation that managed to enter the Parliament. The party system remained moderately fragmented with a balance between the parties. A centre-right coalition formed the government and it is this coalition that the future government coalition will be formed around. The present analysis is based on a case study, which made it possible to look at a particular case and to draw conclusions about the conduct and outcome of the Latvian parliamentary elections.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 85-95
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English