# For Latvia and Ventspils

For Latvia and Ventspils (Latvian: Latvijai un Ventspilij, LuV) is a regionalist political party in Latvia that mainly operates as a localist party in Ventspils. It is mostly known for its chairman, Aivars Lembergs, who has been mayor of Ventspils between 1988 until his arrest in 2021. In 2006, the party signed an agreement with the Union of Greens and Farmers to allow members of For Latvia and Ventspils to be elected to the Saeima, including the former speaker of the parliament Gundars Daudze, and current members Dana Reizniece-Ozola and Jānis Vucāns. Since then, Lembergs has been named as a candidate for the position of the prime minister many times.

## Election results
### Ventspils local elections

| Election | Party leader | Performance | Performance | Performance | Performance | Performance | Rank | Government |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | Rank | Government |
| 1994 | Aivars Lembergs | Unknown | 100 | New | 11 / 11 | New | 1st | Full control |
| 1997 | Aivars Lembergs | Unknown | 100 | | 11 / 11 | | 1st | Full control |
| 2001 | Aivars Lembergs | 11,891 | 86,07 | 13,93 | 10 / 11 | 1 | 1st | Majority |
| 2005 | Aivars Lembergs | 8,426 | 73,61 | 12,46 | 10 / 13 | | 1st | Majority |
| 2009 | Aivars Lembergs | 7,685 | 59,96 | 13,65 | 8 / 13 | 2 | 1st | Majority |
| 2013 | Aivars Lembergs | 7,214 | 69,44 | 4,17 | 9 / 13 | 1 | 1st | Majority |
| 2017 | Aivars Lembergs | 7,167 | 62,13 | 7,31 | 9 / 13 | | 1st | Majority |
| 2021 | Aivars Lembergs | 4,562 | 54,32 | 7,81 | 7 / 13 | 2 | 1st | Coalition |

### Legislative elections

| Election | Party leader | Performance | Performance | Performance | Performance | Performance | Rank | Government |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | ± pp | Seats | +/– | Rank | Government |
| 2006 | Aivars Lembergs | 151,595 | 16.81 (ZZS) | New | 2 / 100 | New | 2nd | Coalition |
| 2010 | Aivars Lembergs | 190,025 | 20.11 (ZZS) | 3.30 | 3 / 100 | 1 | 3rd | Coalition |
| 2011 | Aivars Lembergs | 111,957 | 12.33 (ZZS) | 7.78 | 2 / 100 | 1 | 5th | Opposition |
| 2014 | Aivars Lembergs | 178,210 | 19.66 (ZZS) | 7.33 | 3 / 100 | 1 | 3rd | Coalition |
| 2018 | Aivars Lembergs | 83,675 | 9.97 (ZZS) | 9.69 | 2 / 100 | 1 | 6th | Opposition |
| 2022 | Aivars Lembergs | 113,676 | 12.58 (ZZS) | 2.61 | 2 / 100 | 0 | 2nd | Opposition (2022-2023) |
| 2022 | Aivars Lembergs | 113,676 | 12.58 (ZZS) | 2.61 | 2 / 100 | 0 | 2nd | Coalition (2023-) |
* ↑ ZZS list won 18 seats - 12 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV
* ↑ ZZS list won 22 seats - 13 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 2 to LP
* ↑ ZZS list won 13 seats - 5 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 1 to LP
* ↑ ZZS list won 21 seats - 11 to LZS - 4 to LZP - 3 to LuV - 3 to LP
* ↑ ZZS list won 11 seats - 5 to LZS - 1 to LZP - 2 to LuV - 3 to LP
* ↑ ZZS list won 16 seats - 11 to LZS - 2 to LuV - 2 to LSDSP - 1 independent

### European Parliament elections

| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
| 2004 | Baiba Rivža | 24,467 | 4.28 (#8) | 0 / 9 | New | – |
| 2009 | Baiba Rivža | 29,463 | 3.79 (#10) | 0 / 8 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | Andris Bērziņš | 36,637 | 8.32 (#4) | 0 / 8 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | Dana Reizniece-Ozola | 25,252 | 5.37 (#6) | 0 / 8 | 0 | – |
| 2024 | Harijs Rokpelnis | 11,852 | 2.30 (#9) | 0 / 9 | 0 | – |
* 1 2 3 4 The ZZS list didn't win any seat
* ↑ The ZZS list won 1 seat, that went to LZS