National elections to Latvia's 100-member parliament or Saeima have started at 0700 today with 19 lists of candidates seeking to pass the 5 % threshold to get seated. 5 atbildes
juriskazha (2022-10-01 10:58:14) |
National elections to Latvia's 100-member parliament or Saeima have started at 0700 today with 19 lists of candidates seeking to pass the 5 % threshold to get seated. | ||
juriskazha (2022-10-01 11:00:19) |
Voter polls show Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš centrist-liberal New Unity party leading with over 20 percent of the vote, but uncertain whether some other coalition partners will make it. | ||
juriskazha (2022-10-01 11:03:01) |
Voter surveys point to the possibility of a fragmented parliament, with some new and populist parties getting past the five percent vote needed for seating in the Saeima and strong support for a party promoting a convicted criminal as its prime minister candidate. | ||
juriskazha (2022-10-01 11:05:18) |
Polls show the Greens and Farmers Alliance (ZZS), with its Prime Minister candidate former Ventspils mayor Aivars Lembergs, on health furlough from a five-year prison sentence for corruption, in second place in one survey and getting seven percent in another. | ||
juriskazha (2022-10-01 11:08:37) |
It is a chilly, grey day in Riga, normal for autumn. Sunny and warm would distract some voters to their summer house gardens. Heavy pre-voting last few days, good signal for higher participation? | ||
juriskazha (2022-10-01 11:17:14) |
The Prime Minister candidates of 12 lists traded barbs in the last live TV debate Friday night, some making wild accusations and promises (EUR 5000 for each newborn, free electricity all winter). |