2021 Latvian municipal elections

Municipal elections are to be held across Latvia on June 5, 2021.[1] This will be the first election after Saeima passed a municipal reform in 2020 that reduced the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 42 municipalities, including 7 state city municipalities.[2] In total, 683 councilors will be elected to 41 municipal councils across Latvia.[3] The 60 seats in the Riga City Council is not up for election until 2025, as snap elections were held in August 2020.

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Electoral system

All 683 councilors will be elected using open-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold. Seats are allocated using the Saint-Laguë method. The number of councilors is determined by the Central Election Commission based on the number of residents in a given municipality.

Seat allocation for the 2021 local elections[4]
Councilors State Cities Municipalities
13 50 000 residents or less
15 more than 50 000 residents 30 000 residents or less
19 more than 30 000 residents
23 more than 60 000 residents

Parties

The main political parties and party alliances expected to compete in most municipalities are:

References
  1. "Local Elections 2021". Central Election Commission of Latvia. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. "Saeima finally approves major regional reforms". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  3. "CVK nosaka pašvaldību vēlēšanās domēs ievēlējamo deputātu skaitu" [CEC determines the number of councilors to be elected to the municipal councils.] (in Latvian). Central Election Commission of Latvia. January 26, 2021. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. "Pašvaldības domes vēlēšanu likums" [Municipal councils election law]. likumi.lv (in Latvian). 2021-01-20. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  5. "Šajā vētrainajā laikā apvienības AP! darbā notiek nopietnas pārmaiņas" [In this stormy time, serious changes are taking place in the work of the A/Par! alliance] (in Latvian). Movement For!. November 24, 2020. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  6. "Pašvaldību vēlēšanās LZS biedri startēs visās pašvaldībās; atklāj sarakstu līderus" [LZS will participate in all municipalities; reveals list leaders] (in Latvian). Delfi.lv. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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