Workers' Party (Latvia)

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The Workers' Party (Latvian: Darba partija, DP) was a political party in Latvia.

History

The party was established in 1920 and won six seats in the Constitutional Assembly elections that year, becoming the joint fourth-largest party in the Assembly.^[1] For the 1922 elections it formed the Democratic Centre alliance with the Latvian People's Party, winning six seats. The two parties officially merged into the Democratic Centre the following year.

The party was re-established in 1997, and contested the 1998 elections in an alliance with the Christian Democratic Union and the Green Party,^[2] but failed to win a seat. In the 2002 elections it was part of the Centre Alliance,^[2] but again failed to win a seat. It ceased to exist in 2008.

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1134

Political parties in Latvia

Saeima (100 seats)	Harmony (24) Unity (23) Union of Greens and Farmers (21) Latvian Farmers' Union Latvian Green Party For Latvia and Ventspils Liepāja Party National Alliance (17) Latvian Association of Regions (8) For Latvia from the Heart (7)

European Parliament (8 seats out of 751)	Unity EPP 4 National Alliance ECR 1 Harmony S&D 1 Latvian Russian Union Greens-EFA 1 Union of Greens and Farmers ALDE 1

Other parties	Christian Democratic Union Reform Party Latvian Development Socialist Party of Latvia Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

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