Parliamentary elections in Latvia: lowest turnout and preliminary results

The turnout was 51.8 percent. and was the lowest in parliamentary elections in Latvia since the country regained independence in 1990 - according to data from the Central Electoral Commission (CVK).

The counting of votes cast at polling stations has been completed, but 30 commissions counting votes cast by correspondence are ongoing.

Who will sit in the Parliament of Latvia?

AS was followed by the right-wing populist party Latvia in First Place (LPV), which obtained 13.08 percent. votes, and in third place - the Sovereign Power/New Latvians alliance appealing to the Russian minority - 11.69 percent.

The following will also enter parliament: the right-wing National Union with a result of 8.95 percent, the social-democratic Progressives - 7.73 percent. and the center-right, pro-European New Unity – 6.35 percent. The Union of Greens and Farmers (ZZS) remains below the 5 percent electoral threshold with 4.46 percent support.

42 seats for AS?

According to current calculations, AS will receive 42 seats, LPV - 17, Sovereign Authority/New Latvians - 14, National Union - 11, Progressive - nine, and New Unity - seven.

If the final AS result is confirmed, it will be the best result ever achieved by one party in the Saeima elections; the previous record was held by the Latvian Way party, which won 36 seats in 1993.