Latvian Political Monitor

LIVE TEXT ⟩ After counting approximately 20% of the votes, the “United List” wins convincingly (48)

“I understand – the problems are that this vote has been stored, and then the question is how to count it all. We will assess the process a little later, whether everything has been in order,” said the 15th Saeima deputy candidate Edvards Smiltēns (AS) in the election night debates #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni. #Vēlēšanas2026

“We have doubled our voter support. We are not afraid of the opposition, but we are also ready to offer cooperation to A. Kulbergs,” Ainārs Šlesers (LPV) said on the election night broadcast #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni. #Vēlēšanas2026 https://t.co/g1NHe88j1E

“Andris Kulbergs will not have 100 days, there will be no running-in period this time,” Andris Šuvajevs (“Progressives”) said during the election night broadcast #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni. #Vēlēšanas2026 https://t.co/DBj727cDOm

“I have great hopes that a large mandate can also mean effective work, but there can also be a model where everyone else is to blame because ‘I have not managed to do my job,’” Juris Pūce (LA) said on the election night programme #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni. #Vēlēšanas2026 https://t.co/7YGtuECThI

In the Baltic neighboring countries, Latvian voters have preferred AS and the Progressives.

More than half of the votes counted: Prime Minister Kulbergs' 'United List' in the lead with a huge margin

Latvia First is ready to offer Kulbergs cooperation in forming a new government

Could 'New Unity' and 'United List' be in the same coalition? We discuss #Krustpunkta. Listen to the election special of #Krustpunkta: 🎧 https://t.co/Lgqwu6rwah

In France, most votes go to 'Progresīvie', with AS in second place.

LPV is ready to start talks with AS on forming the new government, Šlesers announces.

CVK gives green light to polling stations to start counting votes

Šlesers: LPV ready to begin talks with AS on forming a new government

Šlesers: "Latvia First" is ready to begin negotiations with the "United List" on forming a new government. The Riga mayor should also be replaced, the politician believes.

"Latvia First" (LPV) is ready to sit down at the negotiating table with the "United List" (AS) on forming a new government, addressing party members, LPV prime ministerial candidate Ainārs Šlesers said on Saturday. Šlesers indicated that the currently available voter poll results are ratings and they differ from the real results. At the same time, he pointed out that it is obvious that AS has won the election.

“The fact that Evika Siliņa’s government stepped down paved the way for the United List to this result, and they have realized it in a good way,” New Unity’s prime ministerial candidate Arvils Ašeradens said in an interview with Latvian Television. #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni #Vēlēšanas2026 https://t.co/cwuv5HbiO9

The European Conservatives and Reformists group can be pleased with the election results in Latvia, because, taken together, the AS and NA votes according to the exit poll data already give us a majority, MEP Rihards Kols (NA) said in an interview with Latvian Television. #Vēlēšanas2026 #IzvēliesLatvijasNākotni

PHOTO AND VIDEO ⟩ "Society has missed change." Election night at the party "Latvia First"

Siliņa: JV ready to work both in coalition and in opposition

Although still "politically green", Kulbergs could become the most influential politician of the second independence era https://t.co/34CO1Rglqz