Central Election Commission (Latvia)

Central Election Commission (Latvian: Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija, abbreviated CVK) is the commission responsible for the organising and conducting of elections in the Republic of Latvia.

[2] It organises elections to the Saeima, the European Parliament, local councils as well as referendums.

[1][2] The commission was established in its current form after on 8 December 1992 after Latvian independence from the Soviet Union.

It was, however, originally formed on 20 July 1922 for the first Saeima elections later same year.

[1] Since March 2019, Kristīne Bērziņa has served as the commission's chairperson.