Liepāja Party

The Liepāja Party (Latvian: Liepājas Partija) is a localist political party in Latvia.^[3] It operates in the city of Liepāja, where its chairman, Uldis Sesks, was mayor from 1997 to 2018.^[4] The party has an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers allowing party members to be elected in the Saeima, including current members Māris Kučinskis (former Prime Minister of Latvia), Valdis Skujiņš and Aija Barča.^[5][6]

Liepāja Party Liepājas Partija
Chairman	Uldis Sesks
Founded	December 14, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-14)
Headquarters	Dīķa iela 11 - 2, LV-3401, Liepāja
Membership (2016)	357[1]
Ideology	Localism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Union of Greens and Farmers (2004–2022) United Latvian List (2022–)
Colours	Green   White
Liepāja City Council[2]	6 / 15
Saeima	1 / 100
Website
liepajaspartija.lv
Politics of Latvia Political parties Elections

Election results

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
2010[a]	Uldis Sesks	190,025	20.11	New	2 / 100	New	3rd	Coalition
2011[b]		111,957	12.33	7.78	1 / 100	1	5th	Opposition
2014[c]		178,210	19.66	7.33	3 / 100	2	3rd	Coalition
2018[d]		83,675	9.97	9.69	3 / 100	0	6th	Opposition
2022[e]		100,631	11.14	1.17	1 / 100	2	3rd	Coalition (2022-2023)
								Opposition (2023-)

1. ZZS list won 22 seats; 13 to LZS, 4 to LZP and 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
2. ZZS list won 13 seats; 5 to LZS, 4 to LZP and 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
3. ZZS list won 21 seats; 11 to LZS, 4 to LZP and 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
4. ZZS list won 11 seats; 5 to LZS, 1 to LZP and 2 to LuV - 3 to LP
5. AS list won 15 seats; 7 to LRA, 4 to LZP, 1 to LP and 3 to independents

European Parliament elections

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2014[a]	Andris Bērziņš	36,637	8.32 (#4)	0 / 8	New	–
2019[b]	Dana Reizniece-Ozola	25,252	5.37 (#6)	0 / 8	0
2024[c]	Reinis Pozņaks	42,551	8.27 (#4)	0 / 9	0

1. The ZZS list won 1 seat, that went to LZS
2. The ZZS list didn't win any seat
3. The AS list won 1 seat, that went to an independent

References

1. "Biedru skaita ziņā līdere Latvijā ir 'Saskaņa'" (in Latvian). DELFI. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
2. ":: CVK " 2017. gada 3. jūnija pašvaldību vēlēšanas "". www.pv2017.cvk.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 6 July 2018.
3. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
4. "Mēs nevaram atrast lapu, kuru meklēji" (PDF).
5. "ZZS ar Liepājas partiju parakstīs vienošanos par turpmāko sadarbību". www.zzs.lv.
6. "ZZS ar Liepājas partiju parakstīs vienošanos par turpmāko sadarbību". liepājniekiem.lv. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-10-07.

External links

• Official website (in Latvian)