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2010 Latvian parliamentary election

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polls. A total of eleven debates took place on the LTV Channel, five of which were held on a regional basis, with one debate between the Prime Ministerial candidates and a further five held on the basis of five themes: Finance, Prosperity, Health, Economy and Development, and Education and Culture. Like the LNT debates, these involved parties which opinion polls indicated would poll 2% or more. A twelfth debate was held on LTV between the remaining seven parties or electoral lists which were not expected to poll 2%. The two debates held on the PBK Channel involved the four parties which the opinion polls indicated would poll 5% or more. However outgoing Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis refused to take part in the debate, following controversy over previous remarks made by the debate's moderator Aleksandr Gordon. Unity decided not to send a replacement and were absent from the debate.
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parliament on 2 November. For Fatherland and Freedom was also expected to be part of the government. However Dombrovskis also said that he was seeking a cooperation deal with Harmony Centre in a bid to win additional support for further budget cuts. "We offer an opportunity to sign a cooperation agreement with Harmony Center, to agree on cooperation in parliament, maybe, also delegating a minister."
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The tasks given to parliament were: pass constitutional amendments to allow the people to dissolve parliament, passing electoral reforms and setting up an economic supervisory council for the recovery plan and international loans. The tasks given to the government were: coming up with a recovery plan
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2010 showed 21.2% support for Harmony Centre, 19.2% for Unity, 9.9% for Greens and Farmers and For Fatherland and Freedom on 5.2%. For a Good Latvia, led by members of the previous government, was at 7.8%. About 19 percent of the 1,004 respondents were undecided. The margin of error was 3.2 percent.
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Numerous televised debates took place prior to the election. These involved either the party leaders or other senior party figures. In all, seven debates took place on the LNT Channel, five of these were held on a regional basis and all involved parties which were polling 2% or above in opinion
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Though the result made a variety of coalition options possible, including a coalition government formed by Harmony Centre and The Union of Greens and Farmers, Dombrovskis said that Unity and the Greens and Farmers had agreed to continue working together and form a government, to be approved by
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A total of 1,239 candidates representing 13 parties or alliances stood in five electoral constituencies equivalent to the four regions of Latvia and Riga city. With 1012 of 1013 polling stations counted, results showed an increase in support for the incumbent coalition government of
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and implementing it, appointing a new head for the Corruption Prevention Board, and reorganising the government and public administration. Zatlers stated he would hold talks with politicians from all parties on
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Pre-election polls had indicated that the outgoing government could be re-elected however they had also pointed to the possibility of one of the main opposition parties,
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on Latvia and some politicians saw early elections as the only way to confront the people's anger. The elections were to be averted if the
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On 31 March 2009, Zatlers announced he would not dissolve parliament. The Saeima was to consider constitutional amendments as early as
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issuing voter education materials in minority languages, enabling use of minority languages when dealing with election authorities;
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Republic of Latvia parliamentary elections 2 October 2010. OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report
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2009 that early elections might be necessary, and that he was willing to extend the deadline for reforms from
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reviewing candidacy restrictions based on lustration provisions with a view to bringing them to an early end.
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formed an electoral alliance (including the newly founded businessmen's movement For a Good Latvia) called
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on 2 October 2010. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Latvia since the beginning of the
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OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission provided, among others, the following recommendations:
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passed constitutional reform laws, including a law to allow referendums on dissolving parliament, by
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Several changes to the election law took effect for this election. The so-called "locomotive law" (
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It appeared that early elections would be held in early 2009, when the government was faced with
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in their alliance; these two parties then decided to form an electoral alliance.
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during which Latvia had experienced one of the deepest recessions in the world.
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Latvian PM, coalition partner agree to stay in govt, Reuters, 3 October 2010
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Latvia PM woos opposition, budget fight seen ahead, Reuters, 4 October 2010
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National Association 'All For Latvia!' – 'For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK'
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RESPONSIBILITY – Social Democratic Association of Political Parties
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2009 and announce his assessment of the situation on the same day.
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to call a referendum on holding early elections. Zatlers stated on
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Responsibility – Social Democratic Alliance of Political Parties
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There are thirteen parties and electoral alliances running:
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According to a poll conducted in June by Latvijas fakti,
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In the run-up to the election, three right-wing parties (
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2010. Furthermore, most of the parties constituting the
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allowing independent candidates to stand in elections;
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A later Latvijas Fakti poll conducted between 25 and
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parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President
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Index

Latvia
2006
2011
Unity
Valdis Dombrovskis
Harmony Centre
Jānis Urbanovičs
ZZS
Aivars Lembergs
NA
Roberts Zile
For a Good Latvia
Ainārs Šlesers

Valdis Dombrovskis
New Era
Valdis Dombrovskis
Unity
Politics of Latvia

Constitution
President
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Government
Prime Minister
Evika Siliņa
Siliņa
Saeima
Speaker
Edvards Smiltēns

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