The Latvian Social Democratic Party was a political party

Political party

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 in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 formed by a reformist wing of the Communist Party of Latvia

Communist Party of Latvia

Communist Party of Latvia was a political party in Latvia.- Latvian Social-Democracy prior to 1919 :The party was founded at a congress in June 1904. Initially the party was known as the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party . During its second party congress in 1905 it adopted the programme of...

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On 14 April 1990, a pro-independence faction under Ivars Ķezbers split off from the LKP to form the Independent Communist Party of Latvia . The main body of the LKP, under the leadership of Alfrēds Rubiks

Alfreds Rubiks

Alfrēds Rubiks is a Latvian Socialist politician and a former leader of the Communist Party of Latvia. Currently he is the Member of the European Parliament from Latvia...

, remained loyal to the CPSU

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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. Later that same year, on 14 September, the party was officially renamed the Democratic Labour Party of Latvia . In 1995 it changed its name to LSDP. Originally a political party with communist and nationalist leanings, it was transformed into a social democratic organization by the party leader Juris Bojars.

The party co-operated with the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a centre-left, social democratic party in Latvia. It has a long history but is not represented in the current parliament of Latvia.-History:...

 in the 1995 elections

Latvian parliamentary election, 1995

Elections for 6th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on September 30 and October 1, 1995. There were lists of candidates from 19 political parties. The voter participation was 72.65%, with 965,339 out of 1,328,779 eligible voters casting votes....

, in the 1997 local government elections, and again in the 1998 elections

Latvian parliamentary election, 1998

Elections for 7th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 3, 1998. There were lists of candidates from 21 political parties, with a total of 1081 candidates...

. In May 1999 it merged into the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party

The Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party is a centre-left, social democratic party in Latvia. It has a long history but is not represented in the current parliament of Latvia.-History:...

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