Raimonds Vējonis Egils Levits Indirect presidential elections were held in Latvia on 29 May 2019.
Before the first round of the presidential election, the political parties represented in the Saeima nominate their candidate.
[1] The president is elected in the first round if they receive the absolute majority of the deputies, i.e. 51 votes out of 100.
If no one is elected, other rounds are held until a candidate receives 51 votes and becomes President of Latvia.
[1] Latvia's parliament elected former European Court of Justice judge Egils Levits as the Baltic country's next president on Wednesday, a largely ceremonial role that also brings with it limited political powers.