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Saeima
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Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are held once every four years, on the first Saturday of October. The most recent elections were held in October 2006.
The current Speaker of the Saeima is Gundars Daudze since 2007.
The President of Latvia can dismiss the Saeima and request early elections. The procedure for dismissing it involves substantial political risk to the president, including a risk of loss of office, and no president of Latvia has ever attempted to dismiss the Saeima.
Speakers of the Saeima (1922-1934)- Fridrihs Vesmanis 1922 - March 17, 1925
- Paul Kalnins March 20, 1925 - 1934
Chairman of the Supreme Council (1990-1993)
Speakers of the Saeima (after 1993)- Anatolijs Gorbunovs July 6, 1993 - November 7, 1995
- Ilga Kreituse November 7, 1995 - September 26, 1996
- Alfreds Cepanis September 26, 1996 - November 3, 1998
- Janis Straume November 3, 1998 - November 5, 2002
- Ingrida Udre November 5, 2002 - November 7, 2006
- Indulis Emsis November 7, 2006 - September 24, 2007
- Gundars Daudze September 24, 2007 - Present
Summary of the 7 October 2006 Latvian Saeima election results |- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties and coalitions !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Change |- |align=left| People's Party (Tautas partija) |align="right"| 177, 481 |align="right"| 19.56 |align="right"| 23 |align="right"| +3 |- |align=left| Union of Greens and Farmers (Zalo un Zemnieku Savieniba) |align="right" valign=top| 151, 595 |align="right" valign=top| 16.71 |align="right" valign=top| 18 |align="right" valign=top| +6 |- |align=left| New Era Party (Jaunais Laiks) |align="right" valign=top| 148, 602 |align="right" valign=top| 16.38 |align="right" valign=top| 18 |align="right" valign=top| -8 |- |align=left| Harmony Centre (Saskanas centrs)
- Harmony Centre (Saskanas centrs)
- Latvian Socialist Party (Latvijas Socialistiska Partija)
|align="right" valign=top| 130, 887 |align="right" valign=top| 14.42 |align="right" valign=top| 17 |align="right" valign=top| +17 |- |align=left| Coalition of Latvia's First Party (Latvijas Pirma Partija) and Latvian Way (Latvijas Celš)
|align="right" valign=top| 77, 869 |align="right" valign=top| 8.58 |align="right" valign=top| 10 |align="right" valign=top| +/-0 |- |align=left| For Fatherland and Freedom (Tevzemei un Brivibai/LNNK) |align="right"| 62, 989 |align="right"| 6.94 |align="right"| 8 |align="right"| +1 |- |align=left| For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par Cilveka Tiesibam Vienota Latvija) |align="right"| 54, 684 |align="right"| 6.03 |align="right"| 6 |align="right"| -19 |- |align=left| Latvian Social Democratic Labour Party (Latvijas Socialdemokratiska Stradnieku Partija) |align="right"| 31, 728 |align="right"| 3.5 |align="right"| 0 |- |align=left|Motherland (Dzimtene) |align="right"| 18, 860 |align="right" |2.08 |align="right" |0 |- |align=left| All For Latvia! (Visu Latvijai!) |align="right"| 13, 469 |align="right" |1.48 |align="right" |0 |- |align=left|New Democrats (Jaunie Demokrati) |align="right"| 11, 505 |align="right" |1.27 |align="right" |0 |- |align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|901,173 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100 |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |}
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