2020 Riga City Council election

The 2020 Riga City Council election will be held on 29 August 2020 to elect the 60 members of the Riga City Council.[1] The election was initially scheduled for 25 April 2020, and then rescheduled three times - once due to a court ruling and twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, to 2 May[2], 6 June[3], and 29 August. The council will be elected for nearly 5 years instead of standard 4, and the next election is scheduled to take place in 2025, at the same time as all other municipal elections in Latvia.

2020 Riga City Council election
29 August 2020
Party Leader Current seats
Harmony Konstantīns Čekušins 16
AP!/PRO Mārtiņš Staķis 8
GKR Oļegs Burovs 7
JKP Linda Ozola 7
NA/LRA Einārs Cilinskis 5
New Unity Vilnis Ķirsis 4
Alternative Valērijs Petrovs 4

Background

In the 2017 Riga City Council election, political alliance made of Harmony (SKDS) and Honor to serve Riga (GKR) lost 7 seats but held on to their absolute majority with 32 seats out of 60[4]. Nils Ušakovs was re-elected as the mayor of Riga, and served until 4 April 2019, when Latvian minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development Juris Pūce fired Nils Ušakovs[5]. On 31 May Dainis Turlais from GKR was elected as the new mayor of Riga, but was ousted by a vote of no-confidence on 20 June, after just 21 days in the position[6]. On 19 August Oļegs Burovs from GKR was elected as the new mayor of Riga, and served until 24 February 2020, when the City Council was officially dissolved[7].

Opinion polls
Graphical summary
Fieldwork date Polling firm/Commissionner Sample size SDPS GKR NA/LRA AP!/P V/JV JKP ZZS LKS KPV LV Alt PNL/JS Other Lead
NA LRA LA/AP! PRO
20 July-9 August 2020 Factum 829 16,3 9,7 9,3 22,8 12,4 9 6,5 6,8 1,4 (1-2%) (1-2%) 5,8 6,5
13 July-1 August 2020 Factum 873 16,6 10,1 9,1 23,2 11,1 9,2 7,4 6,1 1,3 (1-2%) (1-2%) 4,9 6,6
24-28 July 2020 SKDS/LTV 1008 21,5 8,5 11,7 22,6 9 6,8 5,3 5,5 2,2 0,7 5,2 1,0 1,1
22 June-12 July Factum 412 18,3 8,5 10,5 23,7 10,9 9,8 6,1 6,4 1,6 4,2 5,4
2-6 July 2020 SKDS/LTV 556 33,2 5,9 8,6 23,3 8,4 5,7 6,1 5 1,9 1,5 0,4 9,9
25 May-14 June 2020 Factum 716 19,9 11,5 10,5 21,6 13 7,9 3,6 6,3 0,6 5,1 1,7
18-31 May 2020 Factum 636 21,7 10,7 10,2 20 13 8,5 4,5 5,7 0,6 5,1 1,7
May 2020 SKDS/LTV 36 5,9 10,1 16,6 8,1 9,7 3,2 6,6 2,3 1,1 0,4 19,4
7-26 April 2020 Factum 705 23,2 10 8,7 21,1 12 8,9 4,3 6,8 1 5 2,1
4-27 March 2020 Factum 1087 24,2 9,2 9,2 20,5 11,3 9,2 5,3 7 1,1 3 3,7
24-28 February 2020 Factum 377 26,6 6,9 8,3 20,8 12 9,5 5,2 6,1 1,7 2,9 5,8
18-21 February 2020 SKDS/LTV 364 29 8 12,8 1,3 16,3 11,6 10,8 4,2 3,8 0,7 1,5 12,7
28 January-1 February 2020 Factum 362 28,3 7,6 8,3 1,7 13,4 6,4 13,9 9,9 2,7 5,1 0,9 1,6 14,4
18-31 December 2019 Factum 511 26,4 5,3 9,3 2,4 12,6 5,4 15,4 10 1,8 7,7 1,2 2,5 11
21-24 November 2019 Factum 24,3 6,8 9 1,8 16,6 6 16,2 8,8 2 6,6 1,9 7,3
October 2019 Factum 25,3 6,2 8,4 1,7 17,2 5,7 15,4 9,6 1,6 7,2 2,7 7,8
September 2019 Factum 24,5 7,2 8,6 1,8 16,5 5,3 15,2 9,5 1,6 8,1 1,7 8
August 2019 Factum 24,9 5,7 8,7 1,0 17,6 4 13,5 12,6 1,7 8,9 1,4 7,3
22-29 July 2019 Factum 205 25,1 6,9 9,2 0,8 17,4 12,5 13 1,7 9 4,2 7,7
2017 Riga City Council election 50,8 9,3 13,7 - 6,3 13,4 3,3 - 1,5 - 0,32 1,3 37,1
Graphical summary of candidate approval ratings

References
  1. "Extraordinary Elections to the Riga City Council (2020) | Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija". www.cvk.lv. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  2. "Tiesa maina Rīgas domes vēlēšanu datumu – nosaka 2. maiju" (in Latvian). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. "Ar Saeimas lēmumu Rīgas domes vēlēšanas pārceļ uz 6. jūniju" (in Latvian). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. "Election results".
  5. "Ušakovs atstādināts no Rīgas mēra amata" (in Latvian).
  6. "Turlais neiztur uzticības balsojumu". www.diena.lv. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  7. "Saeima atlaiž Rīgas domi". LA.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
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