For Latvia and Ventspils explained

For Latvia and Ventspils (lv|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

Ventspils local elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
1994	Aivars Lembergs	Unknown	100	New		New	1st
1997		Unknown	100				1st
2001		11,891	86,07	13,93		1	1st
2005		8,426	73,61	12,46			1st
2009		7,685	59,96	13,65		2	1st
2013		7,214	69,44	4,17		1	1st
2017		7,167	62,13	7,31			1st
2021		4,562	54,32	7,81		2	1st

Legislative elections

Election	Party leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
2006	Aivars Lembergs	151,595	16.81 (ZZS)	New		New	2nd
2010		190,025	20.11 (ZZS)	3.30		1	3rd
2011		111,957	12.33 (ZZS)	7.78		1	5th
2014		178,210	19.66 (ZZS)	7.33		1	3rd
2018		83,675	9.97 (ZZS)	9.69		1	6th
2022		113,676	12.58 (ZZS)	2.61		0	2nd	(2022-2023)
								(2023-)

European Parliament elections

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2004	Baiba Rivža	24,467	4.28 (#8)		New	–
2009		29,463	3.79 (#10)		0
2014	Andris Bērziņš	36,637	8.32 (#4)		0
2019	Dana Reizniece-Ozola	25,252	5.37 (#6)		0
2024	Harijs Rokpelnis	11,852	2.30 (#9)		0

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: For Latvia and Ventspils party to assess possibilities to nominate Lembergs for mayor. 2021-11-25. baltictimes.com.
2. Web site: Nordsieck. Wolfram. 2018. Latvia. dead. Parties and Elections in Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20180927112907/http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/latvia.html. 27 September 2018.
3. Web site: Local government . Ventspils City Council . 2014 . June 28, 2014 . August 19, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170819125734/http://www.ventspils.lv/eng/ventspils_local_government/ . dead .
4. Web site: Par partiju (in Latvian) . Partija Latvijai un Ventspilij . 2014 . June 28, 2014 . October 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171028200709/http://www.latvijaiunventspilij.lv/lat/partija/par-partiju . dead .
5. Web site: Opinion: unfathomable how UGF could nominate Lembergs as its Prime Minister candidate . BNN . 2014 . June 28, 2014.