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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" [lower-alpha 1] | 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 | |||||
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