Election
On Wednesday, the Rīga City Council approved the list of polling stations for the 15th Saeima elections scheduled for October 3 this year – voters in the capital will be able to cast their ballots at 158 polling stations.
The head of the Central Election Commission (CVK), Māris Zviedris, has promised that this year's parliamentary elections, which will take place in October, will run smoothly and that the mistakes that cost the job of his predecessor will not repeated, reports LSM's Latvian-language service in an interview.
A conference titled “Free and Fair Elections: Contemporary Challenges” will be held in the Saeima on Friday, January 23rd.
Four voters in this year's local elections in one of the parishes of Jelgava municipality were bribed with alcohol and cash, according to the LETA news agency.
The Director of the State Digital Development Agency (VDAA), Jorens Liopa, has been demoted for irregularities in the organisation of information technology (IT) processes for the 2025 municipal elections, LETA reported on 4 August.
The new head of the Central Election Commission (CVK), Māris Zviedris, officially took up the post on Wednesday, 30 July, Latvian Radio reports.
To date, the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has initiated 74 administrative violation proceedings in connection with the recent local elections, the LETA news agency reports on 7 June.
Following local elections held in early June, more than half of Latvia's municipal councils have new chairpersons, with 22 new mayors elected and 20 remaining in office, according to data compiled by the LETA news agency.
The State Digital Development Agency (VDAA) has announced a tender for a research audit of the election platform's operations during the 2025 municipal elections, according to information in the Electronic Procurement System.
On Thursday, new chairpersons were elected in five Latvian municipalities, while in six municipalities, people who had previously held these positions returned to office.
On Wednesday, 25 June, the Administrative Regional Court rejected the claim by the party Latvia First to annul the municipal election results in Rīga, even though the party proved the most popular among Rīgans. The party had demanded that repeat elections be held in the capital. The full ruling will be available on Thursday, 26 June.
The Latvian government coalition agreed on Monday to nominate Riga Election Commission head Māris Zviedris for the position of Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CVK), Latvia's national election organizer.
Political parties and their associations spent a total of 2,110,364.76 euros on their campaigns before the recent local elections, according to information compiled by the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB).
Only political parties with at least 1,000 registered members and party alliances with 1,500 registered members will be able to run in future Saeima elections, according to amendments to the Saeima Election Law adopted in the final reading by the Saeima on Thursday, June 12.
On Thursday, 12 June, a majority of Saeima deputies decided to dismiss Kristīne Saulīte, head of the Central Election Commission (CVK), from her position based on her own request.
The National Security Council concluded after a meeting on 11 June that there were significant errors in the organisation of the recent local elections, but overall, the elections were secure.
The head of the Central Election Commission (CVK), Kristīne Saulīte, has decided to resign from her position and has informed the Presidium of the Saeima of her decision. Saulīte's resignation is related to the problems with the local government election system.
The chairman of the party Latvia First (LPV), Ainārs Šlesers, has signed a letter to the Central Election Commission (CVK), the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service (VDD) contesting the results of the local elections in Rīga and calling for them to be annulled, according to party board member Līga Krapāne.
The head of Latvia's Central Election Commission (CVK), Kristīne Saulīte, announced her resignation on Wednesday, June 11, only to say that she would "think about it" a few hours later.
The leader of the Latvian Russian Union (LKS) list in the Liepāja municipal elections, Jeļena Osipova, has contested the results of the municipal elections in Liepāja, according to the political party.
Liepāja City Council is the only local government in Latvia where only men were elected in these local elections, according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission (CVK).
The Greens and Farmers' Union (ZZS), which is one of three parties in Latvia's ruling coalition, believes that the leadership of the Central Election Commission (CVK) must take responsibility for the problems encountered during vote counting in the local elections and is calling on Saeima deputies to dismiss the CVK head, Kristīne Saulīte, reports LSM's Latvian language service.
All municipal election commissions have informed the Central Election Commission (CVK) that the municipal election results have been confirmed, CVK public relations representative Andrejs Vaivars told the LETA news agency on 9 June afternoon.
On Monday, 9 June, Inga Bērziņa (New Unity), Minister of Smart Administration and Regional Development (VARAM) suspended Jorens Liopa, director of the State Digital Development Agency (VDAA), from his duties.
Colour in the green square and say ‘yes’ to the candidate, colour in the red square and say ‘no’. This opportunity for voters to change the party lists has also changed who could become members of the Riga City Council, Latvian Television reports on 9 June.
On Monday morning, an inter-institutional working group, which was set up in February to ensure the smooth running of the election process, will hold an emergency meeting to look into why the elections did not exactly run smoothly, Latvian Television reports.
Provisional results of the nationwide municipal elections held in Latvia on June 7 have been published by the Central Election Commission and, as expected, show a very varied picture across the country according to local circumstances.
Half an hour after polls closed in Latvia's nationwide municipal elections on June 7, total turnout was reported to be 47% – considerably better than the 34% turnout in 2021.
Local elections are taking place across Latvia on Saturday, June 7 with polling stations open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The elections are taking place to elect councils in 42 districts – including the key battleground of Rīga.
Over five days of early voting in Latvia's nationwide local elections – on June 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 – at least 221,924 or 16.11% of eligible voters cast their ballots, according to information from the Central Election Commission (CVK).
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