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2002 Latvian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election held in Latvia

Field	Value
country	Latvia
previous_election	1998
next_election	2006
seats_for_election	All 100 seats in the Saeima
majority_seats	51
turnout	77.03% ( 6.03 pp)
election_date	5 October 2002
leader1	Einars Repše
party1	JL
last_election1	New
seats1	26
percentage1	23.98
leader2	Jānis Jurkāns
party2	ForHRUL
last_election2	16
seats2	25
percentage2	19.09
leader3	Andris Šķēle
party3	TP
last_election3	24
seats3	20
percentage3	16.69
leader5	Ingrīda Ūdre
party5	ZZS
last_election5	0
seats5	12
percentage5	9.47
leader4	Ainārs Šlesers
party4	LPP
last_election4	New
seats4	10
percentage4	9.57
leader6	Jānis Straume
party6	TB/LNNK
last_election6	17
seats6	7
percentage6	5.39
map	Vēlētāju Karte (2002).svg
map_caption	Results by district
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Andris Bērziņš
before_party	Latvian Way
after_election	Einars Repše
after_party	New Era Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 5 October 2002. The New Era Party emerged as the largest party in the Saeima, winning 26 of the 100 seats.

Results

Aftermath

Voters severely punished the previous governing parties, with the People's Party and For Fatherland and Freedom both losing seats, while Latvian Way lost all its MPs.

A new coalition government was formed by the New Era Party, Latvia's First Party, For Fatherland and Freedom and the Union of Greens and Farmers. This enjoyed a parliamentary majority of 55 of the 100 MPs. However, after two years For Fatherland and Freedom left the coalition and was replaced by the People's Party, who returned to government after a two-year absence.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1122 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1135

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