Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia
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Parliamentary groups of the 13th Saeima as of June 2021
Overview
Legislative body	Saeima
Jurisdiction	Latvia
Term	6 November 2018— 1 November 2022
Website	www.saeima.lv
Members	100
Speaker	Ināra Mūrniece (NA)
Vice-Speakers	Dagmāra Beitnere-Le Galla (JKP) Inese Lībiņa-Egnere (JV)

The Thirteenth Saeima of Latvia was elected in the 2018 Latvian parliamentary election held on 6 October 2018. The Saeima's term commenced on 6 November 2018 and will end on 1 November 2022.

Elections

The 100 members of the Saeima are elected by open list proportional representation from five multi-member constituencies (Kurzeme, Latgale, Riga (in which overseas votes are counted), Vidzeme and Zemgale) between 12 and 35 seats in size. Seats are allocated using the Sainte-Laguë method with a national electoral threshold of 5%.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Harmony	167,117	19.80	23	–1
	Who Owns the State?	120,264	14.25	16	New
	New Conservative Party	114,694	13.59	16	+16
	Development/For!	101,685	12.04	13	+13
	National Alliance	92,963	11.01	13	–4
	Union of Greens and Farmers	83,675	9.91	11	–10
	New Unity	56,542	6.69	8	–15
	Latvian Association of Regions	35,018	4.14	0	–8
	Latvian Russian Union	27,014	3.20	0	0
	The Progressives	22,078	2.61	0	New
	For Latvia from the Heart	7,114	0.84	0	–7
	Latvian Nationalists	4,245	0.50	0	New
	For an Alternative	2,900	0.34	0	New
	SKG Union (LSDSP–KDS–GKL)	1,735	0.20	0	New
	Eurosceptic Action Party	1,059	0.12	0	New
	Latvian Centrist Party	897	0.10	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		5,925	–	–	–
Total		844,925	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout		1,548,100	54.58	–	–
Source: CVK

Composition

Parliamentary groups

After the elections, the parliamentary groups were formed in the Saeima on the party lines, with the exception of MP Julija Stepanenko, who was elected from the Harmony list but didn't join the party's parliamentary group.^[2]

Parliamentary groups^[3][4]

Party	Party leader	Group leader	Elected seats	Current seats	Change
Social Democratic Party "Harmony" Group	Jānis Urbanovičs		22	18	4
New Conservatives' Group	Jānis Bordāns	Juris Jurašs	16	15	1
The Independent Group	Jurģis Miezainis Aldis Gobzems	Aldis Gobzems	16	6	10
"Development/For!" Group	Daniels Pavļuts Artūrs Toms Plešs	Jūris Pūce	13	13
National Alliance Group	Raivis Dzintars		13	11	2
Union of Greens and Farmers Group	Edgars Tavars Armands Krauze	Uldis Augulis	11	7	4
New Unity Group	Krišjānis Kariņš	Ainars Latkovskis	8	8
Unaffiliated Members' Group			1	23	22

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