For Latvia and Ventspils
Latvijai un Ventspilij
ChairmanAivars Lembergs
Founded10 March 1994; 29 years ago (1994-03-10)
HeadquartersVentspils, Raiņa iela 4a, LV-3601
IdeologyVentspils regionalism
National affiliationUnion of Greens and Farmers
Colours
  •   Cyan
  •   Yellow
Ventspils City Council
7 / 13
Saeima
2 / 100
Website
latvijaiunventspilij.lv

For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian: Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils.[1][2] It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021.[3] In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze,[4] and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.[5]

Electoral results

Ventspils local elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
1994 Aivars Lembergs Unknown 100 New
11 / 11
 New 1st Full control
1997 Unknown 100 Steady
11 / 11
 Steady 1st Full control
2001 11,891 86,07 Decrease 13,93
10 / 11
 Decrease 1 1st Majority
2005 8,426 73,61 Decrease 12,46
10 / 13
 Decrease 1st Majority
2009 7,685 59,96 Decrease 13,65
8 / 13
 Decrease 2 1st Majority
2013 7,214 69,44 Increase 4,17
9 / 13
 Increase 1 1st Majority
2017 7,167 62,13 Decrease 7,31
9 / 13
 Steady 1st Majority
2021 4,562 54,32 Decrease 7,81
7 / 13
 Decrease 2 1st Coalition

Legislative elections

Election Party leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2006 Aivars Lembergs 151,595 16.81
(ZZS[a]) 		New
2 / 100
 New 2nd Coalition
2010 190,025 20.11
(ZZS[b]) 		Increase 3.30
3 / 100
 Increase 1 Decrease 3rd Coalition
2011 111,957 12.33
(ZZS[c]) 		Decrease 7.78
2 / 100
 Decrease 1 Decrease 5th Opposition
2014 178,210 19.66
(ZZS[d]) 		Increase 7.33
3 / 100
 Increase 1 Increase 3rd Coalition
2018 83,675 9.97
(ZZS[e]) 		Decrease 9.69
2 / 100
 Decrease 1 Decrease 6th Opposition
2022 113,676 12.58
(ZZS[f]) 		Increase 2.61
2 / 100
 Steady 0 Increase 2nd Opposition (2022-2023)
Coalition (2023-)
  1. ^ ZZS list won 18 seats - 12 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV
  2. ^ ZZS list won 22 seats - 13 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
  3. ^ ZZS list won 13 seats - 5 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
  4. ^ ZZS list won 21 seats - 11 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
  5. ^ ZZS list won 11 seats - 5 to LZS - 1 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 3 to LP
  6. ^ ZZS list won 16 seats - 11 to LZS - 2 to LuV - 2 to LSDSP - 1 independent

References

  1. ^ "For Latvia and Ventspils party to assess possibilities to nominate Lembergs for mayor". baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Local government". Ventspils City Council. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "Par partiju (in Latvian)". Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate". BNN. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

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