1996 Latvian presidential election
June 18, 1996
 
Nominee Guntis Ulmanis Ilga Kreituse Imants Liepa
Party LZS Democratic Party "Saimnieks" People's Movement for Latvia
Electoral vote 53 25 14
 
Nominee Alfrēds Rubiks
Party Socialist Party of Latvia
Electoral vote 5
Votes by MPs
Votes by MPs
President before election

Guntis Ulmanis
LZS

 Elected President

Guntis Ulmanis
LZS

The 1996 presidential elections in Latvia took place on June 18, 1996. Guntis Ulmanis was re-elected President of Latvia . According to the Satversme , the President was elected by the 6th Saeima.

Candidates

Candidate Party
Guntis Ulmanis Latvian Farmers' Union, Christian Democratic Union, Latgale Democrats Party
Ilga Kreituse Democratic Party "Saimnieks"
Imants Liepa People's Movement for Latvia
Alfrēds Rubiks Socialist Party of Latvia

Election process and results

There was a scandal surrounding the election due to the fact that one of the nominated presidential candidates, Alfrēds Rubiks, was in prison at that time, thus there was an active debate on this issue in the previous Saeima sittings before the presidential elections. It was also decided to extend the president's term from three to four years, but only from the next presidential election onwards. In the first round of voting, one of the candidates, incumbent President Guntis Ulmanis collected the necessary number of votes to be re-elected President of Latvia.[1]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Guntis UlmanisLatvian Farmers' Union5354.64
Ilga KreituseDemocratic Party "Saimnieks"2525.77
Imants LiepaPeople's Movement for Latvia1414.43
Alfrēds RubiksSocialist Party of Latvia55.15
Total97100.00

References

  1. ↑ Čepānis, Alfrēds (June 18, 1996). "Latvijas Republikas 6.Saeimas ārkārtas sesijas sēde". Saeima. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
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