Confidence and supply (3) Opposition (47) The Saeima (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈsai.ma]) is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia.

It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote.

The Warsaw Sejm of 1677 settled the case of remaining part of Polish Livonia or Latgale (Polish: Inflanty), naming it a voivodeship and a duchy, with the right to name three senators: the Bishop, the Voivode and the Castellan of Inflanty (...) Local sejmiks took place at Daugavpils, while starostas resided at Daugavpils, Ludza, Rēzekne and Viļaka.

[7] He could not explain, however, how the s- prefix got added to the word, and what sense this addition made within the limits of the Latvian language.

Candidates must be qualified to vote, but must also be over 21, must not be former employees of the USSR and Latvian SSR State security services, intelligence or counter-intelligence services or any other foreign affiliated organizations, must not have been convicted of a criminal offence or deemed to be of diminished mental capacity.

If the President proposes that the Saeima be dissolved, a national referendum must be held to confirm the dissolution.

If one-tenth of the electorate signs a petition demanding a dissolution, a referendum can be held without the involvement of the President.

Seats are distributed in each constituency by open list proportional representation among the parties that overcome a 5% national election threshold using an unmodified version of the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method.

[citation needed] If a seat falls vacant during a term of the Saeima, it is filled by the next candidate on the appropriate list.