Sunday, October 08, 2006
Latvia 2006 Saeima Election Preliminary Results
The Central Election Commission of Latvia's 9th Saeima Election website reports final preliminary results of yesterday's vote were as follows:People's Party - 176,935 votes (19.5%), 23 seats
Union of Greens and Farmers - 151,531 votes (16.7%), 18 seats
New Era - 148,739 votes (16.4%), 18 seats
Harmony Center - 130,946 votes (14.4%), 17 seats
First Party of Latvia & Latvia's Way - 77,957 votes (8.6%), 10 seats
For Fatherland and Freedom - 63,081 votes (6.9%), 8 seats
For Human Rights in a United Latvia - 54,666 votes (6.0%), 6 seats
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party - 31,746 votes (3.5%), no seats
Others - 66,968 votes (7.4%), no seats
The total number of votes cast for party lists was 902,569, while the total number of valid ballot envelopes was 907,822. As set forth by Article 38 of the Saeima election law, the number of valid ballot envelopes shall be regarded as the total number of votes cast (the total number of voters taking part in the election).
Voter turnout stood at 62.3%, sharply down from 71.5% in the 2002 Saeima election.
