The Latvian Farmers' Union is a centrist

Centrism

In politics, centrism is the ideal or the practice of promoting policies that lie different from the standard political left and political right. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional political spectrum of left-right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between...

 agrarian political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

. Founded in 1917, it was the most influential right-wing political party between the two World Wars, during the period of Latvian independence from the Russian SFSR

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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 in 1918 until its annexation

Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940

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 by the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 in 1940, after which the party was banned. The party reformed and resumed operations in 1990 when Latvia began its second period of independence

On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia

The Declaration "On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia" was adopted on 4 May 1990, by the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR...

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Since 2002 it has been part of the Union of Greens and Farmers

Union of Greens and Farmers

Union of Greens and Farmers is a green/agrarian and conservative political alliance in Latvia. It consists of two political parties: Latvian Farmers' Union and the Green Party of Latvia . It is the third-largest party in the Saeima....

(Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība) coalition, along with the Latvian Green Party

Latvian Green Party

The Latvian Green Party is a green political party in Latvia. It was founded January 13, 1990.-Chairpersons:Three co-chairpersons share the leadership position at any one time...

, that won 9.5% of the popular vote and 12 out of 100 seats in the 2002 elections

Latvian parliamentary election, 2002

Elections for 8th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia were held on October 5, 2002. There were lists of candidates from 20 political parties, with a total of 1019 candidates. The voter participation was 71.51%, with 997,754 out of 1,395,287 eligible voters casting votes.Out of the 20 parties...

, 16.7% and 18 seats in the 2006 elections

Latvian parliamentary election, 2006

The most recent elections for the 9th Saeima, the parliament of Latvia, were held on October 7, 2006. There were lists of candidates from 19 political parties...

 and 19.7% and 22 seats in the 2010 elections.