By noon, the highest activity in the elections for the 15th Saeima was demonstrated by voters in Riga. Taking into account early voting, over 396,000 people have already made their choice across Latvia.
In the elections for the 15th Saeima, by 12:00, the most active voters were from Riga, according to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC), as reported by LETA.
In the Riga electoral district, by noon, excluding overseas polling stations and mail-in voting, 30.42% of voters had cast their ballots.
The total number of voters in the Riga district also includes citizens voting abroad and residents registered for mail-in voting. Since data on voting outside Latvia has not yet been fully received, taking these voters into account, the overall turnout in Riga at this moment is 21.11%.
In the Vidzeme electoral district, by noon, including early votes, 29.68% of voters had participated.
In Kurzeme, the turnout was 27.96%, in Zemgale — 27.57%, and in Latgale — 25.52%.
Across Latvia, by 12:00, considering early voting, 25.44% of voters had participated in the elections — over 396,000 people.
On election day itself, by noon, nearly 227,000 people had voted, or 14.55% of the total number of eligible citizens.
According to the CEC, the turnout by noon was slightly higher than in the parliamentary elections of 2022 and 2018. At that time, by this hour, considering early voting, 23.57% and 22.25% of voters had participated, respectively.
On Saturday, Latvia is holding elections for the 15th Saeima. A total of 1,557,615 citizens have the right to vote both in Latvia and abroad. Polling stations are open from 8:00 to 20:00.
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