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Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on , 2010. It was the first parliamentary election to be held in Latvia since the beginning of the economic crisis during which Latvia had experienced one of the deepest recessions in the world.〔("Latvians Vote in Election After Economic Crisis", Business Week, 2010 )〕 A total of 1,239 candidates representing 13 parties or alliances stood in five electoral constituencies equivalent to the four regions of Latvia and Riga city. With 1012 of 1013 polling stations counted, results showed an increase in support for the incumbent coalition government of Valdis Dombrovskis, with 58% of the vote and 63 of the 100 seats.〔("Latvia PM wins election, to hold coalition talks" Reuters, 2010 )〕 ==Background== It appeared that early elections would be held in early 2009, when the government was faced with violent protests over the effects of the global financial crisis of 2008–2009 on Latvia and some politicians saw early elections as the only way to confront the people's anger.〔()〕 The elections were to be averted if the Saeima passed constitutional reform laws, including a law to allow referendums on dissolving parliament, by 2009; if this had not happened, the President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers, would have dissolved parliament. After surviving a vote of no confidence in early February, PM Ivars Godmanis resigned on 2009 after the two largest parties (People's Party and the Union of Greens and Farmers) called for his dismissal. A new government was formed, headed by Valdis Dombrovskis.〔(Dombrovskis chosen as Latvian PM, BBC News, 2009 )〕 There were also discussions that President Zatlers might use the parliamentary dissolution power of Latvian President to call a referendum on holding early elections. Zatlers stated on 2009 that early elections might be necessary, and that he was willing to extend the deadline for reforms from for one week to 2009 due to the collapse of the government. The tasks given to parliament were: pass constitutional amendments to allow the people to dissolve parliament, passing electoral reforms and setting up an economic supervisory council for the recovery plan and international loans. The tasks given to the government were: coming up with a recovery plan and implementing it, appointing a new head for the Corruption Prevention Board, and reorganising the government and public administration. Zatlers stated he would hold talks with politicians from all parties on 2009 and announce his assessment of the situation on the same day. On 31 March 2009, Zatlers announced he would not dissolve parliament. The Saeima was to consider constitutional amendments as early as 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Latvian parliamentary election, 2010」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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