The Saeima has adopted and the President issued the following law: parliamentary election law, chapter I. General provisions article 1. The right to vote is a Latvian citizens on election day have attained 18 years of age, if they are not in any of this law, article 2 of the said limits.
2. article. The right to vote no: 1) of persons in penitentiaries;
2) suspects, accused or held tiesājamaj persons, if they like the security feature is suitable for detention;
3) persons who, in the order provided for in the law recognized as incapacitated.
3. article. The person has the right to vote in any electoral district.
4. article. The Parliament can elect every Latvian citizen, who on election day is older than 21 years, if one applies to him any of this law, in article 5 of the said limits.
5. article. The parliamentary elections can not sign up on the candidates and the Parliament could not elect persons: 1) in accordance with the procedure laid down in the law recognized as incapacitated;
2) a custodial sentence;
3) been convicted for intentional crimes which are crimes in Latvia also the entry into force of this law, at the time, and that the criminal is not deleted or removed, except for rehabilitated;
4) committed the crime in a State of insanity or crime sick with long illness that took them to be aware of their action or to control it, and that due to appropriate medical coercive means or whether the case ended without such coercive measures of application;
5) are or have been the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign State security, intelligence or Counterintelligence Services employee;
6) after the 1991 13.janvāra acted the CPSU (LCA), the Latvian SSR darbaļaužu international front, corporate joint Council, and the work of war veterans organization, all-Latvia salvation Committee or its regional committees;
7) does not understand the State language according to the highest (third) State language skills.
6. article. (1) If a candidate is logged on a member of the National President, the State controller, the State control Department of the Council or of the Audit Board Member, judge, Prosecutor or military, within one month after the list of candidates (candidate list) registration is left position (service) and to notify the Central Election Commission.
(2) City Council, District Council or Parish Council members can sign up for the Saeima parliamentary candidate, but in case he loses the election Council (Council) mandate.
7. article. (1) parliamentary elections Latvia is divided in five constituencies: 1) Riga;
2) Smith;
3) Latgale;
4) Georgia;
5) Zemgale.
(2) Riga electoral district covering the city of Riga;
Vidzeme constituency-Aluksne, Cesis, Gulbene district, Jurmala City, Limbaži, Madona, OGRE district, Riga District (excluding the city of Riga), Valka and Valmiera District;
Latgale constituency-Balvi district, Daugavpils and Daugavpils district, Krāslava, Ludza and Rezekne Preili district, district and city of Rezekne;
Kurzemes electoral district-Kuldiga district, Liepaja district and the city of Liepāja, Saldus, Talsi district and Ventspils Ventspils district and city;
Zemgale constituency-Aizkraukle, Bauska, Dobele and jekabpils district Jelgava district, and the city Jelgava, Tukums District.
8. article. (1) the Central Electoral Commission shall determine in each electoral area elected members in proportion to the number of voters in electoral districts that citizenship and Immigration Department notes according to the population register data for four months before election day, but if parliamentary elections take place in the constitutional article 48 for the case, the election on the date of notification. The number of voters resident abroad will include Riga electoral district voter number.
(2) in each electoral area elected members shall be determined as follows: 1) all voters count divided by the number 100;
2) each constituency the number of voters divided by the second paragraph of article 1 in the Division. The integer so obtained represent constituencies elected members;
3) if the second subparagraph of this article, in point 2, in particular the outcome of the integer division of the amount is less than 100, the number of MEPs elected members increased by one of the first in the electoral district in which the fraction is the largest, then the constituency, which is the second largest fraction, and so on, up to the sum of integers is equal to 100;
4) if the two constituencies have equal fractions, first increase the number of members in the electoral district in which the second paragraph of this article, paragraph 2 in the Division, the resulting integer is the smallest;
5) if the two constituencies in both fractions and whole numbers are equal, the electoral district in which a number of members raised, determined by drawing lots.
(3) in each constituency elected in the number of members published in the newspaper "Latvian journal" not later than one hundred days before election day, but if parliamentary elections take place in the constitutional article 48 for the case, not later than fifty days before election day.
Chapter II. Submission of list of candidates article 9. (1) the list of candidates may be submitted to: 1) lawfully registered political organizations (parties);
2) two or more validly registered political organizations (parties);
3) lawfully registered political organizations (parties) associations.
(2) the list of candidates to be submitted to the Central Election Commission. The list of candidates submitted to the person authorized by the then political organizations (parties) or political organizations (parties) associations authority. If the list of candidates consists of two or more political organizations (parties), it shall be submitted with all relevant political organizations (parties) authority authorized person.
(3) may submit lists of candidates, from the eighties, the day before election day. The last day for submission of list of candidates is the 60th day before election day.
(4) If parliamentary elections take place in the constitutional article 48 for the case, may submit lists of candidates, starting with the fifth day before polling day, and the last day for submission of list of candidates is the 30th day before election day.
10. article. (1) the list of candidates presented by each candidate's name, surname, personal code, year of birth, foreign citizenship (nationality), if any, domicile (municipality or city), education, employment, and capacity.
(2) the list of candidates applied for must not be greater than the electoral area elected members.
(3) the same candidate can apply to only one name in the list of candidates in one or more electoral districts. If a candidate applied for the different name lists of candidates, his candidacy deleted all lists of candidates.
(4) a list of candidates for the title with: 1) political organizations (parties) name if the list of candidates submitted to a political organisation (party);
2) the respective political organizations (parties) associations in the name if the list of candidates submitted to a political organizations (parties) associations;
3) all relevant political organizations (parties), if the list of candidates to submit two or more political organizations (parties).
(5) the list of candidates shall be clearly legible, without deletions and corrections. It is signed by the political organizations (parties) or political organizations (parties) associations authority authorized person. If the list of candidates to submit two or more political organizations (parties), signed by all the political organizations (parties) authority of authorized persons.
11. article. To be added to the candidate list of the following documents: 1) each candidate's list of the signed statement that he agrees with his candidacy for the nomination;
2) a list of all the candidates signed the pre-program, which amount shall not exceed the 4000 font;
3) each candidate's list of the signed declaration that he complies with this law, the requirements of article 4 and is not subject to this law, article 5 (1): 6. restrictions referred to in paragraph 1;
4) following each candidate's list of signed messages: a) the applicant's name, surname, year of birth, b) identity number, c) foreign citizenship (nationality), if any, d) resident in (municipality or city), e) jobs and positions held, f) an educational ending (in which year in which the specialty), g) is or has not cooperated with the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign State security, intelligence or counterintelligence services as these services are freelance worker the agent, resident or conspiratorial apartment, h) the applicant's real estate and his own shares (shares, shares), companies (companies), i) marital status;

5) if the applicant is a person who applied for has not finished mācībvalod school or divplūsm Latvian school Latvian stream — the highest (third) State language skills of grade certificates notarized true copy.
12. article. (1) the Central Electoral Commission registers only those candidates whose applicants have lodged a deposit by the Central Electoral Commission of 1000 lats security.
(2) the Bank a security deposit paid shall be issued a receipt stating that the money lodged when it paid and what name is on the list of candidates, which the security deposit paid. This receipt shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission.
(3) the Deposit of a security gives the right to submit one name in the lists of candidates in all constituencies, and it returned to the contributor if the name of the list of candidates in one election district for at least one elected member.
(4) the security lodged for the name list of candidates, from which no one Member is not elected, the Central Election Commission paid into the State budget.
13. article. (1) the list of candidates submitted, subject to the requirements of this law, are registered with the Central Election Commission.
(2) the Registered lists of candidates may not be withdrawn, and amendments thereto may be made only to the Central Election Commission in one of the following ways: 1) striking out the candidate applied for if: (a) the applicant is not full) a Latvian citizen (article 4 and 5), b) a candidate is a person of this law article 6, first paragraph, the order did not have any position (staff), c) the same person logged the names of various lists of candidates (the third part of article 10) , d) the candidate dies;
2) by making technical corrections.
14. article. (1) the Central Electoral Commission numbered lists of candidates, first drawing lots to determine numbers for the list of candidates registered in all five electoral districts, then those who registered in the four electoral districts, and so on. In each of the above groups raffle going on the list, in order of registration. One name on the list of candidates in all constituencies have the same number.
(2) the Central Electoral Commission provides the list of candidates to be printed on separate forms-election signs — and their arrival area (city of the Republic) election commissions and polling stations abroad created the Commission.
(3) electoral mark indicates: 1) electoral district;
candidate list number 2);
3 the name of the candidate list);
4) apply for the candidates name.
(4) ballot from each candidate's name is the location of the voter's mark.
15. article. The Central Election Commission shall ensure that, no later than ten days before the election day newspaper "journal" is published: 1) electoral programs;
2) all list of candidates [indicating the candidate's first name, last name, year of birth, foreign citizenship (nationality), if any, the residence (district or city), education, employment and job title];
3 article 11 of this law) of "a" and "c" — the "i" of the information referred to in each of the candidates;
4) the names of candidates for which the consequences of Totalitarianism documentation center has news that its action in the State archives or other State facilities are documents that show that these candidates could be cooperated with the USSR, Latvian SSR or foreign State security, intelligence or counterintelligence services as these services are freelance employees, agents, residents or holders of conspiratorial apartment.
Chapter III. Electoral procedure article 16. (1) at least ten days prior to election day at each polling station: 1) visible in the post election programmes (article 11, paragraph 2) and the communication with all the constituency list of candidates applied for [showing the applicant's name, surname, year of birth, foreign citizenship (nationality), if any, the residence (district or city), education, employment and job title];
2) must be available: (a) article 11 of this law) of "a" and "c" — "i" the particulars referred to in paragraph about each of the candidates, (b)) this law article 15 referred to in paragraph 4.
(2) not later than fifteen days before the election day district (the town of the Republic) Election Commission declare the election room location and time, when they are open.
Article 17. Elections are held from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening local time on the first Sunday of the month of October and Saturday before them. If the parliamentary elections the parliamentary dismissal takes place in a different year, polling day determined by the Central Election Commission.
18. article. Before the start of the elections the Election Commission President or Secretary of the Election Commission, as well as the presence of authorized observers of political organisations (parties) and their associations, as well as the organizations (parties) associations or offices that have the rights of a legal person (hereinafter authorised observers), ascertain whether the ballot boxes where you intend to throw the election signs are empty. Then the ballot boxes sealed.
19. article. During the election the election monitoring procedures carried out at the premises of the Election Commission Chairman. He looks to the premises and the election closer than 50 meters from the entrance to avoid the restriction of the freedom of elections and order disruption, as well as canvassing.
20. article. (1) the voter's identity card is a Latvian citizen's passport.
(2) at the entrance to the premises of the election one of the members of the Commission will ensure that the citizens are voters here that there is no check mark in the passport for the parliamentary elections.
21. article. The exception provided for in article 25 of the law, voters can only vote in person.
22. article. (1) voting in elections is by secret ballot.
(2) the premises of elections Election precinct Commission (hereinafter referred to as the District Commission) Member voters list record voter's name, ID number and voter shall mark the passport for the parliamentary elections. The voter signs the list of voters.
(3) each voter receives from the precinct Commission all constituency list of candidates applied for ballots and special envelope, which is stamped with the seal of the Commission for the district. This envelope must be placed to the voters the ballots, which corresponds to the list of candidates, for whom he voted. The issue of individual election marks is prohibited.
(4) the Election Commission members are forbidden to aģitē for or against candidates or lists of candidates.
23. article. (1) the premises of the electoral horizon individual room or partition that the voter alone enveloped one election sign and envelope sealed.
(2) the ballot from the voter names of candidates of their choice can be done "+" do not mark or delete a candidate's name or surname.
(3) the mark "+" opposite the name of candidate a voter shall, if he supports the election of the candidate. If a voter does not support any of the existing in this ballot candidates, he deleted the candidate's name or surname. A voter can be put into the envelope also unedited (without tags) ballot.
(4) the Sealed envelope the voter personally handed to one of the Election Commission members, who in the presence of the voter drops a sealed ballot box.
24. article. (1) If individual voters for health reasons is unable to attend a polling station Commission premises, after the voters or their authorised persons a written submission was registered in a special journal, asked two members of the Commission to organize this electoral voting location. Other voters voting outside the polling rooms is not permitted.
(2) voters who in accordance with the first paragraph of this article, vote your location is written to a separate list of voters, and the sealed envelope is dropped in a separate sealed ballot box.
25. article. If a voter, due to lack of physical could not vote, the voter's presence after his oral instructions marks election draws voters made a family member or any other person to whom a voter trust. The person making the marks must not be the Election Commission member.
26. article. Soldiers during the election the proportion of the service's duties for the time necessary to vote.
27. article. (1) the two election days after the 8 o'clock in the evening the ballot can be put only those voters who had arrived at the premises of the election before 8 o'clock in the evening. After the election the room closed.
(2) After the end of voting in the first election day ballot boxes with the appropriate Commission aizzīmogojam seal so as to voting for a second day of polling in election boxes could not throw or remove them from the election envelope; also, the members of the Commission and authorized observers (article 18) has the right to seal the ballot boxes with their seals. Election box left to the Election Commission, at the premises of the police or the National Guard.

(3) the Election of the second day before the voting begins, the President of the Electoral Commission Electoral Commission, as well as authorized observers (article 18) ensure the presence, or the election boxes seal is not damaged.
28. article. (1) starting with the opening of the electoral area on the first day of the election, Election Commission Secretary writes election Protocol over that recorded in the elections.
(2) complaints about elections voters shall submit to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission that they recorded a special complaint log. Any complaint about the elections to the Election Commission to immediately consider and give a reply to the applicant.
Chapter IV. Counting of votes and election results calculation of article 29. (1) the counting of the votes begins the second day of the elections, but the polling stations where voting by mail, 8 o'clock in the evening, on the third day after the second day of the election. The census is carried out election precinct Commission in open session.
(2) the polling stations where voting by mail, election day and the second in the days after each meeting of the Commission before the start of the counting of votes precinct Election Commission open meeting boxes aizzīmogojam with its seal to the next meeting of the Commission of election boxes could not throw or remove them from the election envelope; also, the members of the Commission and authorized observers (article 18) has the right to seal the ballot boxes with their seals. The election boxes left the premises of the election under the supervision of the Commission.
30. article. Before the election boxes are opened, unused ballot envelope and the ballot are deleted, the Central Electoral Commission.
31. article. After the election precinct Commission for opening the box: 1) adds the election boxes existing with the precinct Commission seal stamped envelope;
2) envelope that is not stamped with the stamp of precinct commissions, are considered not valid — they do not open, adds, on packaged and do it mark the previous vote counting Protocol;
3) after a valid envelope addition opens them and remove them from the ballot, while making sure it is not in any envelope more than one;
4) ballots cast after the candidate list to group the numbers sorted from the valid characters are not valid as well as count for each candidate a list of the votes cast.
32. article. (1) For invalid considered: 1) torn ballots;
2) ballots from other electoral districts;
3) different content ballots that put in one envelope.
(2) if the envelope inserted into the electoral character content is the same, the only one to be considered as valid ballots.
33. article. The controversy over the validity of the election signs Electoral Commission settled with the majority. Votes by a casting is the Chairman of the Electoral Commission.
34. article. (1) the District Commission's previous vote counting Protocol celebrated from the district (the city of the Republic) Election Commission received a number of envelopes, the remaining number of envelopes, the precinct Commission issued the number of envelopes, envelope number election boxes after opening them, cast ballot number, invalid number of marks, as well as article 31 of this law in the news.
(2) the invalid ballots, and numurējam for each protocol, why burn mark considered invalid.
35. article. (1) at the counting of votes in the previous ballot box inserts: 1) all the valid ballots, which grouped and packed by candidate list numbers;
2) all invalid ballots;
one of the previous 3) vote counting copies of the report;
4) voters lists.
(2) the ballot box sealed with the seal of the Commission for the district. The Trustees present observers (article 18) also have the right to seal the ballot box with its own stamps, which must be a reference in the course of the election Protocol.
(3) the election box left the station Commission premises police or national guard supervision and in the presence of at least one circuit concerned Member of the Commission.
(4) the second previous vote counting to be delivered to the district a copy of the Protocol (the city of the Republic) Election Commission along with a cover letter, which marked the shipment date and time, as well as the person with whom the previous vote counting Protocol sent. Overseas polling stations established in the Commission's previous vote counting Protocol second copy delivered to the Central Election Commission.
(5) District (the city of the Republic) Election Commission after Commission of the district shall be determined in the previous Protocol, vote counting results of the area (the city) and reported it to the Central Election Commission.
36. article. (1) the day after the second day of the election precinct Commission in an open hearing, the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Commission: 1) repeatedly adds the valid and invalid ballots. Valid ballots distributed by the candidate list numbers;
2) repeatedly adds each number ballots;
3) each number ballots divided into two groups: the amended and unamended. As amended by the count ballots in which voters in a candidate's name made the mark "+" or the deletion of the candidate's name or surname. All other ballots deemed unchanged;
4) for each candidate are counted ballots that: (a) toward his last name) checked "+", b) his first or last name deleted.
(2) the final vote counting results precinct Commission vote counting the final results Protocol, which must be in duplicate, indicating this law, in article 31 and 34 and the first paragraph of this article.
(3) polling stations, where voting by mail, the final vote counting can be done immediately after the previous vote counting is completed.
37. article. (1) at the counting of votes and the votes counting the final results Protocol Dial all the valid and invalid ballots, unused and useless envelope, the unused ballots and one precinct Commission vote counting final results Protocol copies of packaging and aizzīmogojam. The Trustees present observers (article 18) also has the right to seal this bundle with their own stamps, which must be a reference in the course of the election Protocol. Then precinct Commission sends all election materials in district (city of the Republic) Election Commission, but created a foreign election precinct Commission — the Central Election Commission. With the election materials sent a cover letter, which marked the date, time, and the person with whom the election materials sent.
(2) District (the town of the Republic) Election Commission receives and counts all the polling stations in the territory vote counting results after counting votes in the final results of the election protocols and materials along with your vote counting final results Protocol sent to the Central Election Commission.
38. article. (1) the constituencies elected by MEPs sets the Central Election Commission. The distribution of seats is not participating in these one-name list of candidates, who together all over Latvia received less than five percent of the total votes cast, regardless of whether the name of the list of candidates was put in one or more electoral districts. Of the total number of votes cast (the total number of voters who participated in the elections) will be considered valid the election envelopes total.
(2) to allocate parliamentary seats among the rest of the constituency list of candidates applied, apply the following procedures: 1) determines the electoral district for each list of candidates released the number of valid election;
2) for each list of candidates to the election the number of shares successively with 1, 3, 5, 7, and so on, up to the number of the Division is equal to the list of candidates applied for the number of candidates;
3) each resulting separations for all single-constituency list of candidates sanumur the total in descending order;
4) seats constituency candidates receive a sequential list, which correspond to the major Division. If split, whose sequence number is equal to the constituency elected in the number of members is equal to one or more separations, a member of the next site receives a list of candidates who won more votes nationwide. If these candidates are registered in only one constituency, the site receives a list of candidates who registered first.

39. article. Log on to each candidate the list of candidates sarindojam by the number of votes received. On the number of votes equal to the number of votes that passed for the list of candidates, which this candidate, minus the number of elections in which the candidate's name or surname is deleted, plus the number of elections in which the voters of this candidate's last name has committed a "+". If two or more one of a list of candidates candidates passed the equal number of votes, they mutually sarindojam candidates list, in the order provided for the applicant. The elected are those candidates who received the largest number of votes, but the remaining dwelling in kandidāto in the order in which they line up according to the number of votes cast for them.
40. article. If the same candidate in accordance with article 38 of this law, elected as a member of multiple constituencies, he considered elected in the electoral district in which received the most votes, but the remaining electoral districts from the list of candidates for the election to be considered as the next candidate who received the largest number of votes.
41. article. If the elected member of Parliament died, abandoned or lost for other reasons or put his mandate, his place into the next candidate from the same list of candidates, from which the former member was elected.
42. article. If this law as provided for in article 41 reasons someone missing the list of candidates, the candidates article 38 of this law would be on the agenda, from which a shortlist will be taken next.
Chapter v. The citizens of Latvia to participate in the parliamentary elections, which during the election are staying abroad article 43. Voters in that election time reside abroad, vote either personally arrive at polling stations, after a proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Latvia established consular authorities, or by mail.
44. article. Voters who vote in polling stations set up in foreign countries, receives the Riga electoral district a list of candidates applied for the ballot and their votes transferred Riga electoral district votes cast.
45. article. (1) a voter who wishes to vote by mail, no later than two weeks before election day (postmark) precinct Commission sends the written application, indicating your first name, last name, ID number and address. This submission to the Latvian citizen passport.
(2) the receipt of such application, the District Commission: 1) checks whether the application is sent to the first part of this article within the time limit laid down;
2) checks whether the applicant is a voter who has not received a ballot vote by mail the documents;
3) recorded in a specific list of voters vote by mail;
4) made reference to the passport of the voter concerned parliamentary elections;
5) sends voter to the address given in the application, passport, all Riga electoral district a list of candidates applied for the ballot, with the precinct Election Commission seal stamped envelope and the information about the order in which the vote is to be made.
(3) if the application for vote by mail sent, not subject to the time limits laid down in the first subparagraph and the procedure, or the applicant is not the applicant or a voter, if there is a check mark in the passport of the parliamentary elections, the circuit by a reasoned decision of the Commission refusing to send electoral documentation. This decision, together with the application and passport sent to the applicant at his address.
46. article. (1) a voter who received the documents for voting by mail ballot shall be designated, which corresponds to the list of candidates, for which he put to the vote; If you want to amend this law, referred to in article 23 marks, place the ballot in the ballot envelope and the envelope sealed.
(2) the Sealed ballot envelope the voter inserts a postal envelope with the application that contains the voter's name, surname and personal code, and in one of the election days (postmark) transmit to the District Commission, which piesūtījus him in the election documents for voting by mail. To mail the envelope celebrated the election envelope.
47. article. (1) the Commission shall open the circuit only its mail envelopes bearing the mention that this envelope contains the ballot envelope, and it has received up to the start of the counting of votes in the respective station.
(2) mail envelopes bearing the mention that this envelope contains the ballot envelope, and received after the vote counting started in the station, the station, the Commission does not open. These envelopes are numbered and each entry in the Protocol when it was received.
48. article. (1) If the District Commission until the start of the vote counting station concerned receives a postal envelope bearing a mark that this envelope contains the ballot envelope, it: 1) check that the mail envelope sent on election day.
2) removed from the envelope's application and the election envelope;
3) checks whether the election envelope stamped with the stamp of precinct commissions;
4) verify that the voter is registered to vote by mail in the list or is not in the list and checked that this voter is sent the election envelope;
5) shall check the list for voting by mail and drops a valid ballot envelope for the ballot box.
(2) For invalid count election envelopes that: 1) are not sent to the election day.
2) is stamped with the stamp of the respective District Commission;
3) receive from voters who are not on the list for voting by mail;
4) sent voters that voting by mail in the list already checked that this voter is sent the ballot envelope.
(3) the invalid election does not open the envelope and the ballot box are not met, and the number for each protocol in the record, why the envelope considered invalid. Invalid ballot envelope with the application and mail the envelopes are stored in the Central Election Commission.
Chapter VI. Final provisions article 49. The full election results, including results for each list of candidates, each candidate's votes received in each polling station, six months to be compiled and published in a single edition that is freely available in public libraries.
50. article. After the publication of the results of the elections in all Electoral Commission all electoral protocols shall be the national archives, but the ballots and the ballot envelope must.
51. article. List of candidates applied for the applicant, as well as candidates are entitled within seven days of the date of the Commission's decision to the Court of appeal against the decision by the Election Commission's location.
52. article. The people with violence, deceit, threats, bribery or other illegal manner impedes citizens to participate in the elections or to do canvassing or made themselves deliberately false statements of this law, the documents referred to in article 11, or otherwise viltojuš election documents, or knowingly wrong skaitījuš votes, or not followed the voting secret, or otherwise in violation of this law, called to statutory liability.
53. article. With the preparation and conduct of the election related expenses are covered from the State budget.
Transitional provisions 1. Voters to election day has received the Latvian citizen's passport, Election Commission presented to the citizens of the former USSR passport which is citizenship and Immigration Department, certifying that the person concerned is a citizen of Latvia.
2. the voters resident abroad who are to election day has received the Latvian citizen's passport, Election Commission presented or forwarded to the citizenship and Immigration Department issued the registration page with this voter's ID number.
The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation.
The Parliament adopted the law of 25 May 1995.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, 1995 June 6