Latvia PM Kulbergs wins election held under shadow of Ukraine war
Opinion polls put Kulbergs’s centrist United List ahead with about 14% of votes as security and Russia policy dominate the race.
- Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs led his centrist, pro-Ukraine United List party to a decisive victory in the national parliamentary election, securing over 35% of the vote.
- The election was dominated by national security concerns following recent Russian drone incursions, cyber threats, and hybrid warfare activities across Baltic nations.
- The populist, MAGA-style Latvia First party finished second with roughly 13% of the vote after campaigning heavily to court the country’s substantial ethnic Russian minority.
- Kulbergs pledged to maintain robust military aid to Ukraine, strengthen defense capabilities along Latvia's eastern border, and reinforce cooperation with NATO allies.
- Coalition negotiations are expected to begin immediately as Kulbergs seeks to form a stable pro-Western government with aligned centrist and reformist parliamentary blocs.
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Aftenposten
With 70 percent of the votes counted, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centrist party, the United List (AS), is leading the Latvian parliamentary election with 36.6 percent support.
With over half of the vote counted, partial results from Latvia's parliamentary election show Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' center-right United List party in the lead.
In the Baltic States there are still great concerns about a Russian invasion. This is also reflected in the result of the election in Latvia. The ruling party can score with the issue of security there.
The United List Party of the Prime Minister of Latvia, Andris Kulbergs, is leading the Seimas elections, which was announced by the Republic's CEC on 4 October.
berlingske.dk
Andris Kulbergs' centrist party has 36.6 percent of the vote, according to preliminary vote counting in Latvia.
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