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Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 3 June 2017. All 119 municipalities and republican cities of Latvia elected their city councils. In Riga the joint list of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and Honor to serve Riga won a majority.
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Municipal elections were held across Latvia on 3 June 2017. All 119 municipalities and republican cities of Latvia elected their city councils. In Riga the joint list of the Social Democratic Party "Harmony" and Honor to serve Riga won a majority.
The following map shows the results of the local elections in different territories of Latvia. The colour, which each territory has, indicates the party, which received the majority of votes in this territory.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony"–Honor to serve Riga | 127,099 | 51.02 | 32 | –7 | |
| Latvian Association of Regions–Latvian Development | 34,176 | 13.72 | 9 | +9 | |
| New Conservative Party | 33,553 | 13.47 | 9 | +9 | |
| National Alliance | 23,135 | 9.29 | 6 | –6 | |
| Unity | 15,653 | 6.28 | 4 | –5 | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 8,249 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Who Owns the State? | 3,824 | 1.53 | 0 | New | |
| For Latvia From the Heart | 1,517 | 0.61 | 0 | New | |
| All-Latvian Social Democratic Movement | 799 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
| Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party | 576 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eurosceptic Action Party | 549 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 249,130 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 249,130 | 99.61 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 977 | 0.39 | |||
| Total votes | 250,107 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 426,505 | 58.64 | |||
| Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Latgale Party | 7,899 | 28.88 | 6 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 7,786 | 28.47 | 5 | +1 | |
| Our Party | 5,347 | 19.55 | 4 | +4 | |
| Honour to Serve Latvia | 1,193 | 4.36 | 0 | – | |
| Latvian Russian Union | 1,185 | 4.33 | 0 | – | |
| Alternative | 1,095 | 4.00 | 0 | – | |
| Union of Greens and Farmers | 1,058 | 3.87 | 0 | – | |
| For Latvia From the Heart | 971 | 3.55 | 0 | – | |
| United for Latvia | 295 | 1.08 | 0 | – | |
| Eurosceptic Action Party | 271 | 0.99 | 0 | – | |
| For Latvia's Development | 138 | 0.50 | 0 | – | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 75 | 0.27 | 0 | – | |
| Unity | 35 | 0.13 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 27,348 | 100.00 | 15 | – | |
| Valid votes | 27,348 | 98.91 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 302 | 1.09 | |||
| Total votes | 27,650 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 58,483 | 47.28 | |||
| Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Liepāja Party | 7,279 | 31.61 | 6 | –1 | |
| Latvian Association of Regions | 6,787 | 29.47 | 5 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 4,558 | 19.79 | 4 | +1 | |
| National Alliance | 885 | 3.84 | 0 | – | |
| In Liepāja Square | 780 | 3.39 | 0 | – | |
| Justice National Union | 740 | 3.21 | 0 | – | |
| New Conservative Party | 728 | 3.16 | 0 | – | |
| Unity | 607 | 2.64 | 0 | – | |
| Honour to Serve Latvia | 430 | 1.87 | 0 | – | |
| For Latvia From the Heart | 234 | 1.02 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 23,028 | 100.00 | 15 | – | |
| Valid votes | 23,028 | 98.91 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 254 | 1.09 | |||
| Total votes | 23,282 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 45,856 | 50.77 | |||
| Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia | |||||
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Union of Greens and Farmers | 7,097 | 41.97 | 7 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | 3,352 | 19.82 | 3 | 0 | |
| National Alliance | 2,023 | 11.96 | 2 | 0 | |
| Unity | 1,546 | 9.14 | 1 | –1 | |
| Latvian Association of Regions | 1,443 | 8.53 | 1 | New | |
| Who Owns the State? | 922 | 5.45 | 1 | New | |
| Honour to Serve Latvia | 368 | 2.18 | 0 | – | |
| Socialist Party of Latvia | 160 | 0.95 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 16,911 | 100.00 | 15 | – | |
| Valid votes | 16,911 | 98.98 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 175 | 1.02 | |||
| Total votes | 17,086 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 39,447 | 43.31 | |||
| Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia | |||||
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