2017 Riga City Council election|
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Turnout | 250,107 (58.64%) |
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First party
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Leader
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Nils Ušakovs
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Party
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Harmony / Honor to serve Riga
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Leader since
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27 November 2005
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Last election
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39 seats, 58.54%
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Seats won
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32
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Seat change
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7
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Popular vote
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127,099
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Percentage
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51.02%
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Swing
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7.52 pp
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The 2017 Riga City Council election was held on June 3, 2017, to elect Riga City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the Riga, as part of municipal elections across the country. At stake were all 60 seats in the City Council.
After 2013 elections Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga won an absolute majority 39 of 60 seats[1] and Nils Ušakovs was re-elected as mayor of Riga.[2]
As a result of the election, Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga union received 32 of 60 seats and Nils Ušakovs was re-elected for the third term as mayor of Riga.[3]
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 249,130 | 99.61 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 977 | 0.39 | |
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Total votes | 250,107 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 426,505 | 58.64 | |
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Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia |
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