 In the event, New Unity was the smallest party elected to the 13th Saeima.Following months of contentious negotiations in which leaders of the larger parties were unable to form a coalition, Kariņš was nominated by President Raimonds Vējonis in January 2019 as a compromise candidate to form a government.He took office on 23 January 2019, and survived a 58-33 vote of no confidence on 11 April 2019.