Elections for the 5th Saeima

Saeima

Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years,...

, the parliament of 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...

 were held on 5 June and 6 June 1993, the first parliamentary elections in Latvia after its independence was restored in 1991.

23 political parties participated in the elections. The voter participation was 89.9%, with 1,118,316 out of 1,243,956 eligible voters casting votes. This was the highest turnout in Latvian history. Out of 23 parties, 8 gathered 4% or more of votes and won seats in the parliament.

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Latvian Way Latvian Way Latvian Way was a centre-right liberal party in Latvia. It merged with Latvia's First Party to form the Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way in 2007.It described itself as "a liberal party defending people's freedom to shape their own lives"...	362,473	32.4	36
Latvian National Independence Movement	149,347	13.4	15
Harmony for Latvia National Harmony Party The National Harmony Party was a political party in Latvia.The party identified itself as a social-democratic party. It supported further liberalisation of the citizenship law by granting citizenship to each non-citizen who had lived in Latvia for at least 10 years...	134,289	12.0	13
Latvian Farmers' Union Latvian Farmers' Union The Latvian Farmers' Union is a centrist agrarian political party in Latvia. Founded in 1917, it was the most influential right-wing political party between the two World Wars, during the period of Latvian independence from the Russian SFSR in 1918 until its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1940,...	119,116	10.7	12
Equal Rights Equal Rights (Latvia) Equal Rights was a political party in Latvia, mainly supported by the Russian minority.ER was founded on the basis of the "Equal Rights" faction of the Supreme Soviet as an NGO in 1993. The Equal Rights faction had been founded in April, 1990, after the Latvian parliamentary election, 1990.The...	64,444	5.8	7
Fatherland and Freedom	59,855	5.4	6
Christian Democratic Union Christian Democratic Union (Latvia) The Christian Democratic Union is a minor christian democratic political party in Latvia. It is currently led by Māra Viktorija Zilgalve.- History :...	56,057	5.0	6
Democratic Center Party of Latvia Democratic Center Party of Latvia The Democratic Center Party was a small centre political party in Latvia which was founded in September 1992. It took part in the 1993 parliamentary elections, obtaining 5 from 100 seats in the parliament, and in the 1994 local elections, obtaining seats in Riga, Jelgava and Jurmala. Leaders: Ints...	53,303	4.8	5
Others	119,432	10.7	0
Total (valid votes)	1,118,316	100	100

Popular Front of Latvia

Popular Front of Latvia

The Popular Front of Latvia was a political organization in Latvia in late 1980s and early 1990s which led Latvia to its independence from the Soviet Union. It was similar to the Popular Front of Estonia and the Sąjūdis movement in Lithuania....

, which was the ruling party before elections, received 2.6% of vote and did not win any seats in the parliament. The share of votes (32.4%) and seats in the parliament (36) won by Latvian Way is the highest in Latvian history.