All municipal election commissions have notified the Central Election Commission (CVK) that the results of the 2025 municipal elections have been confirmed, CVK spokesperson Andrejs Vaivars announced.
If any party or candidate wishes to contest the results, they can do so within three working days by submitting a complaint to the CVK. Therefore, the deadline to challenge the results is by the end of the working day on Wednesday, the 11th of June.
Vaivars also clarified that an elected municipal council member may decline their mandate, but they must first accept the mandate before they can resign it.
This means that if a current Saeima member elected to a municipal council decides not to take up the post, they would first have to resign their Saeima mandate and formally accept the municipal mandate, which they can then decline. In such a case, the person would no longer hold a seat in either the Saeima or the municipal council.
AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, THE VOTE COUNTING PROCESS IN THE 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FACED TECHNICAL ISSUES ON SATURDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.
There were also problems earlier in the week during early voting, as polling stations experienced technical disruptions.
At present, no internal inquiry has been launched into the ballot counting issues, because the necessary information is still being gathered, said State Chancellery Director Raivis Kronbergs after an inter-institutional working group meeting on Monday.
He stated that as recently as last week, there was full confidence that everything would function correctly, with no indication that anything might go wrong. “If we hadn’t been so confident, we would definitely have made decisions earlier,” he added, reiterating that there was no sign the system wouldn’t perform as expected.
CVK Chair Kristīne Saulīte likewise stated that had there been even the slightest indication that the systems were not ready or might fail, the responsible parties would have been prepared to switch to manual vote counting immediately.
“There were no such signs, so we proceeded according to the plan,” Saulīte insisted.
She emphasized that all election results have been confirmed, and there is no reason to question their accuracy. Multiple control mechanisms are in place to ensure precision, she added.
Regarding her own accountability, Saulīte stated that she is willing to take full responsibility for everything within her area of competence, but the current issues involve technical matters that fall outside CVK’s jurisdiction.