| |
| | Latvia POLITICAL PARTIES |
 | | The Latvian Popular Front, established in 1988 to unite proindependence forces, split apart after independence was achieved, giving way to a number of new parties, many defined by their stance on the status of the country's Russian-speaking population. |
 | | Following the October 1998 elections the 100 seats in the Saeima were distributed as follows: People's Party, 24; Latvian Way Union, 21; Fatherland and Freedom/Latvian National Conservative Party, 17; Popular Harmony Party, 16; Latvian Social Democratic Alliance, 14; and New Party, 8. |
 | | Repse was named prime minister, leading a coalition of New Era, Latvia's First Party, the Alliance of Greens and Farmers, and the For Fatherland and Freedom Party. |
| www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Latvia-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html (142 words) |
|