Party «Harmony» in the Parliamentary Elections in Latvia in 2018: Victory without a Winner

Abstract

The Social-Democratic Party «Harmony» won again at the parliamentary elections held on October 6, 2018 (the ninth since 1991). However, the new government is being once again formed without its participation. The article is devoted to the changing position of the «Harmony» party and the evolution of its political platform under the circumstances of the Latvian partypolitical landscape undergoing a new fragmentation being influenced by growing populism and anti-establishmentarianism.

Keywords

• baltic states
• latvia
• electoral system