As of 12:00 a.m. a total of 23.26% of Latvian citizens have voted in the 14th Saeima elections, according to information from the Central Election Commission (CVK). Activity in Riga, however, remains lower when compared to other regions – 12.67%.
Numbers from other regions are as follows: 23.82% in Kurzeme, 23.06% in Latgale, 22.04% in Zemgale, 21.83% in Vidzeme. This data was published at around 12:15 p.m.
14th Saeima election site at Riga Secondary School No. 34. Photo: BNN14th Saeima election site No. 763 in Olaine. Photo: BNNThis morning, 1 October, 949 election sites opened up in Latvia for 14th Saeima elections. Election sites will remain open until 20:00 p.m. There are also 81 election sites in foreign countries – some of them opened up hours ago, but others will open up according to local time.
There are 19 lists of candidates registered for the 14th Saeima elections. On these lists are 1 829 candidates competing for 100 seats in the parliament.
1 164 or 63.6% of candidates are men and 665 or 36.4% are women. 1 365 or 74.6% of candidates have higher education, 431 or 23.6% have secondary education, and 33 or 1.8% have primary education.
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14th Saeima elections: 23.26% of Latvian citizens have voted so far
