For Latvia and Ventspils

Latvian political party

For Latvia and Ventspils

Latvijai un Ventspilij

Chairman| Aivars Lembergs
Founded| 10 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

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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]

## Election results

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### Ventspils local elections

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Election | Party leader  | Performance  | Rank  | Government

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Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/–
1994 | Aivars Lembergs | Unknown | 100  | New |

11 / 11

| New | 1st  | Full control
1997 | Unknown | 100  |  |

11 / 11

|  | 1st  | Full control
2001 | 11,891  | 86,07  |  13,93  |

10 / 11

|  1  | 1st  | Majority
2005 | 8,426  | 73,61  |  12,46  |

10 / 13

|  | 1st  | Majority
2009 | 7,685  | 59,96  |  13,65  |

8 / 13

|  2  | 1st  | Majority
2013 | 7,214  | 69,44  |  4,17  |

9 / 13

|  1  | 1st  | Majority
2017 | 7,167  | 62,13  |  7,31  |

9 / 13

|  | 1st  | Majority
2021 | 4,562  | 54,32  |  7,81  |

7 / 13

|  2  | 1st  | Coalition[a]
2025 | Jānis Vītoliņš  | 4,355  | 47,15  |  7,17  |

7 / 13

|  | 1st  | Majority

1. ^ Support from NA

### Legislative elections

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Election | Party leader  | Performance  | Rank  | Government

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Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/–
2006 | Aivars Lembergs | 151,595  | 16.81
(ZZS[a])  | New  |

2 / 100

| New  | 2nd  | Coalition
2010 | 190,025  | 20.11
(ZZS[b])  |  3.30  |

3 / 100

|  1  |  3rd  | Coalition
2011 | 111,957  | 12.33
(ZZS[c])  |  7.78  |

2 / 100

|  1  |  5th  | Opposition
2014 | 178,210  | 19.66
(ZZS[d])  |  7.33  |

3 / 100

|  1  |  3rd  | Coalition
2018 | 83,675  | 9.97
(ZZS[e])  |  9.69  |

2 / 100

|  1  |  6th  | Opposition
2022 | 113,676  | 12.58
(ZZS[f])  |  2.61  |

2 / 100

|  0  |  2nd  | Opposition (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

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Election  | List leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | EP Group

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2004[a] | Baiba Rivža | 24,467  | 4.28 (#8)  |

0 / 9

| New  | –
2009[a] | 29,463  | 3.79 (#10)  |

0 / 8

|  0
2014[b] | Andris Bērziņš | 36,637  | 8.32 (#4)  |

0 / 8

|  0
2019[a] | Dana Reizniece-Ozola | 25,252  | 5.37 (#6)  |

0 / 8

|  0
2024[a] | Harijs Rokpelnis | 11,852  | 2.30 (#9)  |

0 / 9

|  0

1. ^ a b c d The ZZS list didn't win any seat
2. ^ The ZZS list won 1 seat, that went to LZS

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Official website (in Latvian and Russian)

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