Latvian Political Monitor

LIVE TEXT ⟩ After approximately 40% of votes counted, “United List” increases its lead (48)

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

ZZS still hopes to overcome the 5 percent barrier and enter the Saeima

“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

ZZS still hopes to overcome the 5% barrier and enter the Saeima

“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.

Citskovskis admits: JKP's pre-election campaign lacked both money and time.

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

Election last-place JKP prime ministerial candidate Citskovskis explains modest results

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

Pūce: Voter poll results indicate voters' desire for change

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

Indriksone: current government parties could ensure a stable coalition in the 15th Saeima as well

I reckon that the Saeima elections should be held in spring or early summer. Once every 20 years they would coincide with the European Parliament elections. But that is not the main thing. - the budget could be put together in time - deputies would also have the opportunity to sort out their private affairs over the summer and prepare better for the Saeima session. https://t.co/seqG968gwQ

In the end it will turn out that some dozen people changed their votes, who will now proudly be able to call themselves the CVK-hanging viruses…