2017 Riga City Council election

2017 Riga City Council election

3 June 2017
All 60 seats in the Riga City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	250,107 (58.64%)
First party   Leader Nils Ušakovs Party Harmony / Honor to serve Riga Leader since 27 November 2005 Last election 39 seats, 58.54% Seats won 32 Seat change 7 Popular vote 127,099 Percentage 51.02% Swing 7.52 pp
Mayor before election Nils Ušakovs Harmony Elected mayor Nils Ušakovs Harmony

The 2017 Riga City Council election was held on June 3, 2017, to elect Riga City Council, the unicameral local legislature of the Riga, as part of municipal elections across the country. At stake were all 60 seats in the City Council.

After 2013 elections Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga won an absolute majority 39 of 60 seats and Nils Ušakovs was re-elected as mayor of Riga.

As a result of the election, Harmony and Honor to Serve Riga union received 32 of 60 seats and Nils Ušakovs was re-elected for the third term as mayor of Riga.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party "Harmony"–Honor to serve Riga	127,099	51.02	32	–7
	Latvian Association of Regions–Latvian Development	34,176	13.72	9	+9
	New Conservative Party	33,553	13.47	9	+9
	National Alliance	23,135	9.29	6	–6
	Unity	15,653	6.28	4	–5
	Union of Greens and Farmers	8,249	3.31	0	0
	Who Owns the State?	3,824	1.53	0	New
	For Latvia From the Heart	1,517	0.61	0	New
	All-Latvian Social Democratic Movement	799	0.32	0	New
	Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party	576	0.23	0	0
	Eurosceptic Action Party	549	0.22	0	New
Total		249,130	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		249,130	99.61
Invalid/blank votes		977	0.39
Total votes		250,107	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		426,505	58.64
Source: Central Election Commission of Latvia