Saeima elections

19 October Central Election Commission approved the oficial results of the 13th Saeima Elections that took place on 6 October 2018.

The 5% threshold to enter the parliament overcame seven parties and association of parties – the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" ("Saskaņa" sociāldemokrātiskā partija), the political party "KPV LV” (KPV LV, Kam Pieder Valsts – Who Owns the State), the New Conservative Party (Jaunā konservatīvā partija), For Development/For! (Attīstībai/Par!), the National Alliance "All For Latvia!" - "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" (Nacionālā apvienība "Visu Latvijai!"-"Tēvzemei un Brīvībai/LNNK"), the Greens and Farmers Union (Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība), the New Unity (Jaunā Vienotība).

The Social Democratic Party “Harmony” obtained 23 seats in the Saeima, the political party "KPV LV” and the New Conservative Party obtained 16 seats each, For Development/For! and the National Alliance "All For Latvia!" - "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" - 13 seats each, the Greens and Farmers Union – 11 seats and the New Unity – 8 seats.

There were 843,920 valid ballot envelopes with 839,000 valid ballot papers received in the 13th Saeima elections. 499,632 or 59.6% of all valid ballot papers were changed, i.e., voters had placed „+” marks next to the names of candidates whose election they particularly support and struck out the names of those candidates whose election they do not support.

2,114 voters had chosen to vote with an empty ballot envelope in the 13th Saeima elections that are 0.25% of the total of valid ballot envelopes. Torn ballot papers were found in 96 ballot envelopes, ballot papers of another constituency – in 15 ballot envelopes, but 2,695 voters had put ballot papers of different content in the ballot envelope and for this reason no one of these ballots were taken into account during vote counting.

844,925 or 54.6% of voters participated in the elections, 31,946 or 23.7% of them were voters registered abroad.