2017 Riga City Council election

2017 Riga City Council election

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All 60 seats in the Riga City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout250,107 (58.64%)
  First party
 
Leader Nils Ušakovs
Party Harmony / Honor to serve Riga
Leader since 27 November 2005
Last election 39 seats, 58.54%
Seats won 32
Seat change Decrease7
Popular vote 127,099
Percentage 51.02%
Swing Decrease7.52 pp

Mayor before election

Nils Ušakovs
Harmony

Elected mayor

Nils Ušakovs
Harmony

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party "Harmony"Honor to serve Riga127,09951.0232–7
Latvian Association of RegionsLatvian Development34,17613.729+9
New Conservative Party33,55313.479+9
National Alliance23,1359.296–6
Unity15,6536.284–5
Union of Greens and Farmers8,2493.3100
Who Owns the State?3,8241.530New
For Latvia From the Heart1,5170.610New
All-Latvian Social Democratic Movement7990.320New
Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party5760.2300
Eurosceptic Action Party5490.220New
Total249,130100.00600
Valid votes249,13099.61
Invalid/blank votes9770.39
Total votes250,107100.00
Registered voters/turnout426,50558.64
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia

References

  1. ^ "Harmony Center/Honor To Serve Riga win 39 seats on City Council". The Baltic Course. June 2, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Nils Usakovs reelected Riga mayor". The Baltic Course. June 21, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Third term as Riga mayor for Ušakovs". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2024.