Voters in Latgale turned out the most active in the first hour of 14th Saeima elections on 1 October, whereas the lowest activity is reported in Riga, according to information compiled by the Central Election Commission (CVK).
The registered number of voters in Riga is 565 297. 1.13% or 6 403 of them voted in the first hour of elections.
In Vidzeme 7 271 voters or 1.83% of the 396 278 registered voters cast their votes in the first hour of 14th Saeima elections.
In Latgale 3 692 or 1.90% of the 194 825 voters registered in the region cast their votes in the first hour of elections.
In Kurzeme 3 133 or 1.74% of 180 070 voters registered in the region cast their votes in the first hour of elections.
3 583 or 1.74% of 205 937 of voters registered in Zemgale cast their votes in the first hour of 14th Saeima elections.
Together with voters who handed their votes in advance a total of 87 400 or 5.76% of registered voters have voted so far.
This 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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