Parliamentary elections in the Baltic States, 1992-2020

To cite: Sikk, Allan (2021) Elections in the Baltic States, 1992-2020. http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~tjmsasi/

2019 2015 2011 2007 2003 1999 1995 1992 Estonia: Riigikogu elections Turnout: 63.7 64.2 63.5 61.0 58.2 57.4 68.9 67.8 V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S Reform Party 28.9 34 27.7 30 28.6 33 27.8 31 17.7 19 15.9 18 16.2 19 Centre Party 23.1 26 24.8 27 23.3 26 26.1 29 25.4 28 23.4 28 14.2 16 12.2 15 Conservative People’s Party 17.8 19 8.1 7 Pro Patria 11.4 12 13.7 14 20.5 23 17.9 19 7.3 7 16.1 18 7.9 8 22.0 29 Res Publica 24.6 28 Social Democrats* 9.8 10 15.2 15 17.1 19 10.6 10 7.0 6 15.2 17 6.0 6 9.7 12 Estonia 200 4.4 0 Greens 1.8 0 0.9 0 3.8 0 7.1 6 2.6 1 Free Party 1.2 0 8.7 8 Coalition Party 7.6 7 32.2 41 13.6 17 Country People’s Party/People’s Union 2.1 0 7.1 6 13.0 13 7.3 7 National Independence Party 8.8 10 Independent Royalists 0.8 0 7.1 8 Better Estonia/Estonian Citizen 3.6 0 6.9 8 United People’s Party (ethnic Russian) 1.0 0 2.2 0 6.1 6 5.9 6 Russian Party in Estonia 0.9 0 0.2 0 2.0 0 Right Wingers’ Party 5.0 5 Others + independent candidates 1.6 0 0.9 0 3.7 0 2.4 0 2.4 0 6.4 0 8.4 0 20.6 2 Total 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101 100.0 101

* Moderates until 2003

Latvia: Saeima elections 2018 2014 2011 2010 2006 2002 1998 1995 1993 Turnout: 54.6 58.9 59.5 63.1 62.2 71.5 71.9 72.6 89.9 Party (leader, as of 2020) V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S Social Democratic Party “Harmony” 19.8 23 23.0 24 28.4 31 26.6 29 14.4 17 (Jānis Urbanovičs) KPV LV (“Who Owns the State?”, Atis 14.3 16 Zakatistovs) New Conservative Party (Jānis 13.6 16 Bordāns) Movement For! (Daniels Pavļuts) 12.0 13 National Alliance (Raivis Dzintars) 11.0 13 16.6 17 13.9 14 7.8 8 6.9 8 5.4 7 14.7 17 12.0 14 5.4 6 Green and Farmers Union ( Edgars 9.9 11 19.5 21 12.2 13 20.1 22 16.7 18 9.5 12 Tavars) New Unity (prev Unity; New Era) (Arvils 6.7 8 21.9 23 18.8 20 31.9 33 16.4 18 24.0 26 Ašeradens) Latvian Association of Regions 4.1 0 6.6 8 Latvian Russian Union (prev PCTVL) 3.2 0 1.6 0 0.8 0 1.5 0 6.0 6 19.1 25 14.2 16 5.6 6 12.0 13 For Latvia from the Heart 0.8 0 6.9 7 Zatler’s Reform Party 20.8 22 People’s Party 19.6 16.7 20 21.3 24 Latvia’s First Party (2014: United for 2.4 0 7.8* 8 1.2 0 8.6 10 9.6 10 Latvia) Alliance Latvia’s Way 4.9 0 18.1 21 14.7 17 32.4 36 National Conservative Party 6.3 8 13.4 15 Farmers’ Union 2.5 0 10.7 12 Equal Rights Movement 5.8 7 Christian Democratic Union 2.3 0 5.0 6 Saimnieks - Authentic Democratic 1.6 0 15.2 18 4.8 5 Party Popular Movement for Latvia - 1.7 0 15.0 16 Siegerists Latvian Unity Party 0.5 0 7.2 8 United List - Farmers, Christian 6.4 8 Democrats Socialist Party 5.6 5 Social Democratic Alliance 3.5 0 4.0 0 12.9 14 New Party 7.3 8 Others 4.6 0 2.1 0 2.7 0 4.3 0 12.4 0 6.8 0 2.8 0 12.1 0 10.7 0 Total 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 100.0 100 * “For Good Latvia” – electoral coalition of People’s Party and Latvia’s First Party/Latvia’s Way.

Lithuania: Seimas elections (votes % in PR part) 2020 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 Turnout: 47.8 50.6 52.9 48.6 46.1 58.6 52.9 75.2 Party V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S V% S Homeland Union 25.8 50 22.6 31 15.7 33 19.6 44 14.6 25 8.6 9 31.3 70 21.2 30 Peasant and Green Union 18.1 32 22.5 54 4.1 1 3.7 3 6.6 10 ** 2 3.9 1 Labour Party 9.8 10 4.9 2 20.7 29 9.0 10 28.6 39 Social Democratic Party* 9.6 13 15.0 17 19.2 38 11.8 26 20.7 31 31.1 7 6.9 12 6.0 8 Freedom Party 9.5 11 Liberal Movement 7.0 13 9.5 14 9.0 10 5.7 11 Poles’ Electoral Action 4.9 3 5.7 8 6.1 8 4.8 3 3.8 2 1.9 2 3.1 1 2.1 4 Social Democratic Labour 3.3 3 Anti-Corruption Coalition 6.3 1 “For Order & Justice” 2.1 1 5.6 8 7.6 11 12.7 15 11.4 11 Democratic Labour Party 42 10.0 12 44.0 73 The Way of Courage 1.2 0 0.3 0 8.3 7 Liberal & Centre Union 2.2 0 5.3 8 9.1 18 National Revival Party 15.1 16 New Union (Social Liberals) 3.7 1 ** 11 19.6 29 Liberal Union 17.3 34 1.9 1 1.5 0 Centre Movement 2.9 2 8.7 13 2.5 2 Christian Democratic Party 1.4 0 3.1 2 10.4 16 12.6 18 Others + independent 6.6 5 7.9 6 7.2 3 8.6 4 3.6 5 10.7 12 20.0 11 8.2 6 candidates 100.0 141 100.0 141 100.0 141 100.0 141 100.0 141 100.2 141 100.0 137 100.1 141

* Merged into “Social Democratic Party of Lithuania” in 2001. ** with Social Democrats