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2006 Latvian parliamentary election

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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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.
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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.
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clarifying applicability of the Party Financing Law to third-party activities in support of an electoral campaign or during the campaign period;
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allowing instructional materials, voter information and other relevant documents to be produced in both Latvian and Russian;
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Republic of Latvia parliamentary elections 7 October 2006. OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report
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A member of "Harmony Centre", Jurijs Klementjevs and three employees of his enterprise were fined for buying votes by
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considering terminating candidacy restrictions based on lustration provisions prior to the next Saeima elections.
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Pārskats par atklātajiem partiju finansēšanas pārkāpumiem Saeimas vēlēšanās 2006. gadā
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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MP Juris Boldāns, the former head of the administration of
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Latvian's Latvia National Political Defence Organisation
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allowing independent candidates to stand in elections;
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No SC ievēlētā Saeimas deputāta brālis atstās partiju
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Index

Latvia
2002
2010
Saeima
pp
TP
Andris Šķēle
ZZS
Aivars Lembergs
JL
Einars Repše
SC
Jānis Urbanovičs
LPP/LC
Ainārs Šlesers
TB/LNNK
Roberts Zīle
ForHRUL
Yakov Pliner

Prime Minister
Aigars Kalvītis
People's Party
Aigars Kalvītis
People's Party
Politics of Latvia

Constitution
President
Edgars Rinkēvičs

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