For Latvia and Ventspils

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For Latvia and Ventspils
Latvijai un Ventspilij
Chairman Aivars Lembergs
Founded10 March 1994;31 years ago (1994-03-10)
Headquarters Ventspils, Raiņa iela 4a, LV-3601
Ideology Ventspils regionalism
National affiliation Union of Greens and Farmers
Colours
  •   Cyan
  •   Yellow
Ventspils City Council
7 / 13
Saeima
2 / 100
Website
latvijaiunventspilij.lv

For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian : Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. [1] [2] It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021. [3] In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze, [4] and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times. [5]

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Election results

Ventspils local elections

ElectionParty leaderPerformanceRankGovernment
Votes%± ppSeats+/–
1994 Aivars Lembergs Unknown100New
11 / 11
New1stFull control
1997 Unknown100Steady2.svg
11 / 11
Steady2.svg1stFull control
2001 11,89186,07Decrease2.svg 13,93
10 / 11
Decrease2.svg 11stMajority
2005 8,42673,61Decrease2.svg 12,46
10 / 13
Decrease2.svg1stMajority
2009 7,68559,96Decrease2.svg 13,65
8 / 13
Decrease2.svg 21stMajority
2013 7,21469,44Increase2.svg 4,17
9 / 13
Increase2.svg 11stMajority
2017 7,16762,13Decrease2.svg 7,31
9 / 13
Steady2.svg1stMajority
2021 4,56254,32Decrease2.svg 7,81
7 / 13
Decrease2.svg 21stCoalition [a]
2025 Jānis Vītoliņš4,35547,15Decrease2.svg 7,17
7 / 13
Steady2.svg1stMajority
  1. Support from NA

Legislative elections

ElectionParty leaderPerformanceRankGovernment
Votes%± ppSeats+/–
2006 Aivars Lembergs 151,59516.81
(ZZS [a] )
New
2 / 100
New2nd Coalition
2010 190,02520.11
(ZZS [b] )
Increase2.svg 3.30
3 / 100
Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3rd Coalition
2011 111,95712.33
(ZZS [c] )
Decrease2.svg 7.78
2 / 100
Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 5thOpposition
2014 178,21019.66
(ZZS [d] )
Increase2.svg 7.33
3 / 100
Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3rd Coalition
2018 83,6759.97
(ZZS [e] )
Decrease2.svg 9.69
2 / 100
Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 6thOpposition
2022 113,67612.58
(ZZS [f] )
Increase2.svg 2.61
2 / 100
Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 2ndOpposition (2022-2023)
Coalition (2023-)
  1. ZZS list won 18 seats - 12 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV
  2. ZZS list won 22 seats - 13 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
  3. ZZS list won 13 seats - 5 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
  4. ZZS list won 21 seats - 11 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
  5. ZZS list won 11 seats - 5 to LZS - 1 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 3 to LP
  6. ZZS list won 16 seats - 11 to LZS - 2 to LuV - 2 to LSDSP - 1 independent

European Parliament elections

ElectionList leaderVotes %Seats+/–EP Group
2004 [a] Baiba Rivža 24,4674.28 (#8)
0 / 9
New
2009 [a] 29,4633.79 (#10)
0 / 8
Steady2.svg 0
2014 [b] Andris Bērziņš 36,6378.32 (#4)
0 / 8
Steady2.svg 0
2019 [a] Dana Reizniece-Ozola 25,2525.37 (#6)
0 / 8
Steady2.svg 0
2024 [a] Harijs Rokpelnis 11,8522.30 (#9)
0 / 9
Steady2.svg 0
  1. 1 2 3 4 The ZZS list didn't win any seat
  2. The ZZS list won 1 seat, that went to LZS

References

  1. "For Latvia and Ventspils party to assess possibilities to nominate Lembergs for mayor". baltictimes.com . Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
  3. "Local government". Ventspils City Council. 2014. Archived from the original on August 19, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  4. "Par partiju (in Latvian)". Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij. 2014. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. "Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate". BNN. 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.