2021 Latvian municipal elections

[1] This was the first election after the Saeima passed a municipal reform in 2020 that reduced the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 43 municipalities, including 11 state cities and added 5 new Latvian towns: Ādaži, Iecava, Ķekava, Koknese, and Mārupe.

[2] In total, 645 councilors were elected to 40 municipal councils across the country.

[4] The Saeima decided on 1 June to reverse the decision of the CEC and to move forward with the elections in Madona Municipality on 5 June as initially scheduled.

[5] All 645 councilors were elected using open-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold.

The number of councilors a given municipality were to elect was determined by the Central Election Commission based on the number of residents in that municipality.