Representation of deputies in municipalities after the local government elections
2011
Gudevics, J., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics
The fifth local elections after Latvia's restoration of independence took place in 2009. For the first time, the municipal elections were held according to the new administrative division of Latvia that came into force after the elections on 1 July 2009. The deputies were elected in 118 municipalities – 9 republican cities and 109 municipalities. As one of the negative aspects of the new administrative division, it was believed that the newly elected councils of municipalities would not be represented by every previous administrative-territorial unit due to amalgamation. It was proved in the present research – there is at least one administrative territory in 35 out of 92 analysed municipalities, which is not represented in a new municipality. Hence, totally 57 municipalities are represented by deputies from all administrative units. This means that the municipal election system does not ensure the representation of deputies in the councils of municipalities from all administrativeterritorial units. It was concluded in the present research that there are 31 municipalities in Latvia that are explicitly represented by the administrative centre of municipalities, which is one of the prerequisites for the centre of municipalities to be developed more than the entire municipality. It was stated in the research that there were changes in the body of deputies in 65 out of 92 analysed municipalities until 31 December 2010.
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