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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 5 October 2002.[1] The New Era Party emerged as the largest party in the Saeima, winning 26 of the 100 seats.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| New Era Party | 237,452 | 23.98 | 26 | New | |
| For Human Rights in United Latvia | 189,088 | 19.09 | 25 | +9 | |
| People's Party | 165,246 | 16.69 | 20 | –4 | |
| Latvia's First Party | 94,752 | 9.57 | 10 | New | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 93,759 | 9.47 | 12 | +12 | |
| For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK | 53,396 | 5.39 | 7 | –10 | |
| Latvian Way | 48,430 | 4.89 | 0 | –21 | |
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 39,837 | 4.02 | 0 | –14 | |
| Light of Latgale | 15,948 | 1.61 | 0 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party | 15,162 | 1.53 | 0 | New | |
| Social Democratic Welfare Party | 13,234 | 1.34 | 0 | New | |
| Political Alliance "Centre"[a] | 5,819 | 0.59 | 0 | New | |
| Russian Party | 4,724 | 0.48 | 0 | New | |
| Latvians' Party | 3,919 | 0.40 | 0 | New | |
| Latvian Revival Party | 2,558 | 0.26 | 0 | New | |
| Freedom Party | 2,075 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Mara's Land | 1,446 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Citizens' Union "Our Land" | 1,349 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive Centre Party | 1,229 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Latvian United Republican Party | 826 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 990,249 | 100.00 | 100 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 990,249 | 99.25 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,505 | 0.75 | |||
| Total votes | 997,754 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,295,287 | 77.03 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
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.
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