Latvia Exit Polls Put Kulbergs' United List Ahead as Coalition Partners Stumble
Centre-right PM's party ~35.6%; Greens and Farmers below 5% threshold, new coalition likely
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File photo: Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs. Photo: Stenbocki maja, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ives, a pro-European social democratic party, were on about 11.1%. Sovereign Power finished fourth on about 10.8%; the party has opposed more military aid to Ukraine and further defence-spending increases, and most major parties have ruled out coalition with it, according to France 24.
Security and cost of living
The campaign was dominated by concern over Russia's security threat and cost-of-living pressures in Latvia, the poorest Baltic state. An EU and NATO member since 2004, Latvia allocates nearly 5% of GDP to defence after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, France 24 and Al Jazeera reported. Sigita Struberga of the Latvian transatlantic association LATO told AFP it was too early to predict the shape of any future coalition and that official percentages might differ slightly from exit polls.
