2006 Latvian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 7 October 2006.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1122 The governing coalition, led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvītis and his People's Party, won the election. Kalvitis's government thus became the first to be re-elected since Latvia had regained independence in 1991.Latvian coalition retains power BBC News, 8 October 2006

Conduct The OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission found that "despite the ongoing naturalization process, the fact that a significant percentage of the adult population of Latvia does not enjoy voting rights represents a continuing democratic deficit". Its recommendations included: allowing independent candidates to stand in elections; giving consideration to granting “non-citizens” of Latvia the right to vote in municipal elections; allowing instructional materials, voter information and other relevant documents to be produced in both Latvian and Russian; clarifying applicability of the Party Financing Law to third-party activities in support of an electoral campaign or during the campaign period; considering terminating candidacy restrictions based on lustration provisions prior to the next Saeima elections.Republic of Latvia parliamentary elections 7 October 2006. OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report, 2007

MP Juris Boldāns, the former head of the administration of Kubuli Parish elected from TB/LNNK, was sentenced by the Latgale Regional Court to 8 months imprisonment for election fraud in October 2007, along with four members of the local election committee and his son. He also resigned from the party, but said he was not guilty. After an appeal from Boldāns, the sentence was reduced to 6 months, but the ban on participating in national and local elections for 2 years was upheld. After serving his sentence, he was released in April 2008, after which his mandate was shortly restored, although he has submitted a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court. Boldāns ultimately lost his seat in October 2008, when the Senate of the Supreme Court declared him guilty and sentenced him to an additional two months' imprisonment.

A member of "Harmony Centre", Jurijs Klementjevs and three employees of his enterprise were fined for buying votes by Zemgale Regional Court.No SC ievēlētā Saeimas deputāta brālis atstās partiju

The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) found that The People's Party, LPP/LC, Harmony Centre, New Era and UGF had exceeded spending limits.Pārskats par atklātajiem partiju finansēšanas pārkāpumiem Saeimas vēlēšanās 2006. gadā

Results

List of elected Deputies NameAlliance/partyPartyConstituencyBirth yearVotesAigars KalvītisTPTPVidzeme196673,687Aigars ŠtokenbergsTPTPVidzeme196316,346Aija BarčaTPLPKurzeme19492,336Ainars BaštiksLPP/LCLPPRīga195821,929Ainars LatkovskisJLJLVidzeme19676,512Ainārs ŠlesersLPP/LCLPPRīga197034,424Aleksandrs GolubovsSCLSPLatgale19593,999Aleksandrs MirskisSCTSPRīga196425,002Aleksejs VidavskisSCDPPLatgale194310,993Anatolijs MackevičsLPP/LCLPPLatgale19562,436Andrejs KlementjevsSCTSPRīga197311,075Andris BērziņšLPP/LCLCVidzeme195110,748Andris BērziņšZZSLZSZemgale19559,602Anna SeileTB/LNNKTB/LNNKVidzeme19397,881Anta RugāteTPTPLatgale19496,849Artis KamparsJLJLZemgale19674,479Artis PabriksTPTPVidzeme196630,908Arturs Krišjānis KariņšJLJLVidzeme196425,721Artūrs RubiksSCLSPRīga197017,344Atis SlakterisTPTPZemgale195617,703Augusts BrigmanisZZSLZSKurzeme195212,896Ausma Ziedone-KantāneJLJLVidzeme19417,129Baiba RivžaZZSLZSZemgale19498,736Boriss CilevičsSCTSPRīga195615,920Dagnija StaķeZZSLZSZemgale195110,750Dzintars ĀbiķisTPTPZemgale19528,623Dzintars RasnačsTB/LNNKTB/LNNKRīga19638,296Dzintars ZaķisJLJLZemgale19701,804Einars RepšeJLJLVidzeme196144,181Gunārs LaicānsTB/LNNKTB/LNNKKurzeme19491,031Gunārs UpenieksZZSLZSLatgale19641,493Gundars BērziņšTPTPVidzeme195924,648Gundars DaudzeZZSLuVKurzeme19652,284Guntis BlumbergsZZSLuVKurzeme19632,798Helēna DemakovaTPTPVidzeme195928,356Ilma ČepāneJLJLRīga194722,048Imants KalniņšTB/LNNKTB/LNNKVidzeme19416,995Imants ValersTPTPZemgale1961919Ina DruvieteJLJLVidzeme195827,882Indulis EmsisZZSLZPVidzeme195219,617Inese ŠlesereLPP/LCLPPRīga19729,004Ingmārs LīdakaZZSLZPVidzeme196618,321Ingrīda CirceneJLJLKurzeme19563,897Inguna RībenaJLJLRīga19568,563Ivans KlementjevsSCTSPVidzeme19606,275Ivans RibakovsSCTSPLatgale19607,571Ivars GodmanisLPP/LCLCVidzeme195111,758Jakovs PlinersPCTVLBITERīga194616,153Jānis DukšinskisLPP/LCLCLatgale19633,186Jānis EglītisTPTPLatgale19611,982Jānis KlaužsTPTPLatgale19531,952Jānis LagzdiņšTPTPKurzeme195210,997Jānis ReirsJLJLZemgale19611,351Jānis StrazdiņšZZSLZSRīga19413,866Jānis TutinsSCTSPLatgale19665,954Jānis UrbanovičsSCTSPRīga195923,321Juris BoldānsTB/LNNKTB/LNNKLatgale19511,544Juris DalbiņšTPTPRīga195410,070Juris DobelisTB/LNNKTB/LNNKRīga194012,672Juris SokolovskisPCTVLLĪDZTIESĪBAVidzeme19767,141Karina PētersoneLPP/LCLCZemgale19548,469Kārlis ŠadurskisJLJLRīga195911,361Leons LīdumsTPTPZemgale19571,192Leopolds OzoliņšZZSLZPRīga19373,925Linda MūrnieceJLJLRīga197015,994Mareks SegliņšTPTPRīga197014,911Māris ĀrbergsTPTPKurzeme19621,784Māris GrīnblatsTB/LNNKTB/LNNKRīga195512,536Māris KučinskisTPTPVidzeme19619,463Mārtiņš RozeZZSLZSVidzeme196422,517Miroslavs MitrofanovsPCTVLLĪDZTIESĪBALatgale19666,462Nikolajs KabanovsPCTVLBITERīga19709,567Nils UšakovsSCTSPRīga197625,165Oļegs DeņisovsSCLSPVidzeme19661,444Oskars KastēnsLPP/LCLPPKurzeme19712,301Oskars SpurdziņšTPTPRīga19638,567Pauls PutniņšZZSLZSRīga19371,203Pēteris HankaZZSLZSKurzeme19482,357Pēteris TabūnsTB/LNNKTB/LNNKZemgale19375,399Raimonds PaulsTPTPVidzeme193628,033Raimonds VējonisZZSLZPVidzeme19668,346Sandra KalnieteJLJLVidzeme195267,806Sarmīte ĶikusteJLJLLatgale19621,102Sergejs DolgopolovsSCJCRīga194120,682Sergejs FjodorovsSCLSPLatgale19563,271Sergejs MirskisSCTSPRīga19525,740Silva BendrāteJLJLKurzeme19561,794Solvita ĀboltiņaJLJLRīga196323,860Staņislavs ŠķestersZZSLZSLatgale19583,124Uldis BriedisTPTPKurzeme19421,698Uldis-Ivars GravaJLJLKurzeme19381,441Valērijs AgešinsSCTSPKurzeme19725,279Valērijs BuhvalovsPCTVLBITEZemgale1957895Vents Armands KrauklisTPTPVidzeme19645,735Viktors ŠčerbatihsZZSLZSZemgale19744,978Vineta MuižnieceTPTPRīga19567,802Visvaldis LācisZZSLZPVidzeme19245,866Vitālijs AizbaltsLPP/LCMSNLatgale19593,119Vitālijs OrlovsSCTSPZemgale19646,623Vladimirs BuzajevsPCTVLLĪDZTIESĪBARīga19517,443Source: Overall results - Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija - CVK

Aftermath The governing coalition of the People's Party, the Union of Greens and Farmers, the New Era Party and Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way received strong support from the voters, with 69 of the 100 MPs. Although this coalition could have continued, a new governing coalition was formed by the People's Party, the Union of Greens and Farmers, Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way and For Fatherland and Freedom, ejecting the New Era Party from government.

References

External links Central Election Commission The 9th Saeima election website